Hillary Clinton probably doesn't like being compared to Sarah Palin, who almost made history as the first ever female vice president of America. That doesn't mean they don't have a lot in common. For example, Hillary does not appear to regularly read any newspapers or magazines. She seems to get all of her news forwarded to her by her inner circle of obsequious bootlickers and then orders lesser peons to print it our for her. According to a recent profile in Vanity Fair, the arrangement has prevailed for decades.
From a passage regarding the 1992 Whitewater scandal:
Hillary would come to rely on a group of legal advisers that included attorney David Kendall, who told her not to read the newspapers or watch television and who became, as Clinton put it, "my main link to the outside world." Staff members were tasked to tell Clinton what they felt she needed to know.
Our limited glimpse into Hillary's email inbox certainly suggests that little has changed:
The staff’s relationships with Hillary are co-dependent and intertwined. They’ve been protecting her for so long—sheltering her, telling her what to read and what not to read, praising her, and occasionally talking tough with her—it’s hard to tell who is running things. This campaign is like a Turing Test of whether Hillary is indeed herself.
It is a credit to Hillary that she is still able to come across as warm and relatable despite living in a Palinesque bubble. Perhaps her massive wealth and natural charm have helped keep her grounded. She is a good candidate for president.