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→Early life and background
==Early life and background==
==Early life and background==
:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton early life and career]]''
:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton early life and career]]''
As a young woman Hillary told classmates her ambition was to marry a Senator.<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/christophermassie/heres-what-hillary-clinton-did-in-her-senior-year-of-high-sc?utm_term=.pvEOdnVjl#.fvlebWD79 </ref> Hillary was a solid [[Goldwater]] [[Republican]] in 1964; Goldwater was one of 6 Republicans who voted ''against'' the Republican party leadership and joined 21 Southern Democrat [[segregation]]ists to vote ''against'' the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. Hillary later repeatedly made the claim when speaking to [[African-American]] audiences she had been inspired by Dr. [[Martin Luther King]] since 1962. Goldwater, who was considered an [[extremist]] at the time Hillary supported him, responded to his critics without denying it saying, "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice". During Hillary's tenure at the White House, Hillary routinely called all political opponents "extremists".
As a young woman Hillary told classmates her ambition was to marry a Senator. Hillary was a solid [[Goldwater]] [[Republican]] in 1964; Goldwater was one of 6 Republicans who voted ''against'' the Republican party leadership and joined 21 Southern Democrat [[segregation]]ists to vote ''against'' the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. Hillary later repeatedly made the claim when speaking to [[African-American]] audiences she had been inspired by Dr. [[Martin Luther King]] since 1962. Goldwater, who was considered an [[extremist]] at the time Hillary supported him, responded to his critics without denying it saying, "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice".<ref>Goldwater also suggested the use of low-yield [[nuclear weapons]] in Vietnam; Hillary supported Goldwater's Vietnam policy.</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/christophermassie/heres-what-hillary-clinton-did-in-her-senior-year-of-high-sc?utm_term=.pvEOdnVjl#.fvlebWD79 </ref> During Hillary's tenure at the White House, Hillary routinely called all political opponents "extremists".
Only when she met Bill, did her political views flower and she became a [[Democrat]].
Only when she met Bill, did her political views flower and she became a [[Democrat]].