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I think Hillary Clinton's a very clever politician but she would be too easy to stereotype the way John Kerry was.

Maureen Dowd

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Maureen Dowd
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 14
Columnist
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Maureen Brigid Dowd
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