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Clinton is copping the same sexist rubbish as Gillard
At the Republican Convention, attendees had the chance to wear their sexist derision for the Hillary Clinton: stickers proclaiming "Life's a bitch, don't vote for one."
Josephine Tovey is a New York-based reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
At the Republican Convention, attendees had the chance to wear their sexist derision for the Hillary Clinton: stickers proclaiming "Life's a bitch, don't vote for one."
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Who or what could lay claim to representing Sydney's values? Alan Jones or Clover Moore? Pemulwuy, Brett Whiteley or Eddie Obeid? The Opera House and natural beauty of Circular Quay, or the Cahill Expressway, dumped thoughtlessly on its shore?
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