"The idea of American exceptionalism doesn't extend to Americans being exceptional."
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Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is a journalist and essayist who is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times. She has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter. In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her columns on the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal.
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