At a rally on Saturday in California, Sarah Palin offered up a rather jarring argument for supporting the Republican ticket. "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women," the Alaska Governor said, claiming she was quoting former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
The statement came after Palin had recounted a "providential" moment she experienced on Saturday: "I'm reading on my Starbucks mocha cup, okay? The quote of the day... It was Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State [crowd boos] and UN ambassador. ... Now she said it, I didn't. She said, 'There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women.'"
Actually, Albright didn't say that. The accurate quote is, "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't help other women." (Sources made the same point to CBS's Scott Conroy.)
Actually, Albright didn't say that. The accurate quote is, "There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't help other women." (Sources made the same point to CBS's Scott Conroy.)
Palin seemed to realize that the line could be viewed as grating. As the audience cheered, she remarked: "Okay, now, thank you so much for receiving that well. I didn't know how that was gonna go over. And now, California, let's see what a comment like I just made, how that is turned into whatever it'll be turned into tomorrow with the newspaper."
Albright responded to Palin's remarks in a statement to the Huffington Post on Sunday. "Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden."
Here is Albright's correct quote.
Time Magazine:
What advice do you have for women who want respect from their male colleagues? Dana Philbin, CHICAGO
Albright: Women have to be active listeners and interrupters—but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about. I also think it is important for women to help one another. I have a saying: There is a special place in hell for women who don't.
4 comments:
Katie now knows where Palin does her reading. Sad to see Sarah only reads the cups at Starbucks for her news.
Good Lord if Madeline Albright said something so stupid the GOP would have been all over it and we never would have heard the end of it from the Falafel Kings,Coultergasts, and Weasels on Faux.
This ditz needs to get her quotes right.
Right, Third, and I have yet to see anything that Palin has done or could do for women.
As far as I can tell, Palin has done nothing but damage women because the message is women can be STUPID and they must be pretty.
That is the total opposite of what the Cat and Mama believe, i.e. women can be SMART and looks do not matter.
"Sad to see Sarah only reads the cups at Starbucks for her news."
And maybe that is what Palin should have told Couric: She read her latest news from a Starbucks cup.
I concur Chicago Native and Mr. Kitty. USA needs brains not bimbos. Palin is just an attactive woman that way out of her league to run as Veep. And she is just showing that she may be unqualified as Governor. But, she certainly has a lot to schooling. And having resume on anything in life doesn't mean that you qualify for anything or have a sense of entitlement. It is the reading and self-improving yourself everyday gives the person an edge and not just a title in the case of Palin. She is not helping in respects to women in leadership when she dodges real questions, blows off journalists, and uses the "I'm a Washington outsider" card.
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