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Crossfire Over Hillary's Cleavage

Posted Jul 28, 07 7:40 AM CDT in US,  Politics 

(Newser) – A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton released a letter yesterday condemning a Washington Post columnist for noting a cleavage-baring outfit the Senator wore in a televised speech last week. In a fundraising flyer, Ann Lewis called Robin Givhan's piece "grossly inappropriate," and urged donors to help fight treatment she called "insulting."

Clinton's cleavage, Givhan wrote, "was a small acknowledgment of sexuality and femininity" that departed from the Senator's "desexualized uniform" of black pantsuits. Givhan's editor at the Post noted that the paper had run "dozens" of pieces on Clinton's policy positions, adding, "I don't think we have anything to apologize for."  

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Hillary gives a statement in a more modest neckline. Senior Clinton adviser Ann Lewis has leveraged the Washington Post article into fund-raising fuel in a perceived war against poor taste.   (Associated Press)
Hillary Clinton displays a less than conservative neckline in this CSPAN video capture.   (CSPAN 2, Video Capture)
Sally Quinn, left, and Robin Givhan (showing some skin herself) pose for a photo at the CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, Monday, June 4, 2007. Givhan, who won a Pulitzer Prize last year, defended her...   (Associated Press)
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