Look Alikes: Hillary Clinton and Big Edie Beale

Today, after several postponements due to a stomach virus, fainting and blood clots, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before a Senate committee about the attack on American state department personnel in Benghazi, Libya. She looked as well as ever and gave impassioned testimony.  This photo was on the front page of the Washington Post website this afternoon:

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When I saw the wide-rimmed glasses, the long wavy hair and the slight magnification of her eyes, my first thought was Big Edie Beale! The look isn't identical, but the essence of the image is.

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I love both of these women.  Hillary Rodham Clinton is an icon to me, and while no one is perfect, she is someone I admire. Big Edie is the matriarch of Grey Gardens, a run-down estate in East Hampton, and mother of Little Edie, one of the most quotable ladies of 1975.  You understand.