Palin: Women Who Don't Support Other Women Go to Hell

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Hannah Tennant-Moore — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:16:21 GMT

Politick,

You raise some good points. I agree that we should all focus on policies more than trivial jabs in this election. However, this is precisely the reason that I find this video of Palin important. It is characteristic of her using appealing rhetoric to hide behind her true policies, about which I was hoping to spur discussion. When someone is opposed to abortion even in the case of rape and incest, she should not be using (inaccurate) feminist rhetoric to paint herself as a champion for women's rights.

re: Palin: Women Who Don't Support Other Women Go to Hell

politick — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:40:57 GMT

Because there is such a difference btw help and support in this context? Starbucks was using that quote to campaign for Hilary Clinton (not that it isn't their right..). Palin was using it to point out how consistantly she is battered in the media.

Stop looking for reasons to put the woman down. This is getting juvenile. If she makes a *real* mistake, and not just an intentional tweak to a quote (which we have all done before, including Mr. Obama), fine. If you don't agree with her policy, fine. Vote for Obama. But let's focus on the issues that matter in this election and not cloud it with trivia.

re: Palin: Women Who Don't Support Other Women Go to Hell

Knitty — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:05:15 GMT

Hell: Where we're all headed if McCain/Palin manage to pull this off. Besides, didja read the big news? Some 60's radical did some nasty stuff when Obama was eight, and, um... well, that says something about Obama's character, or something.

re: Palin: Women Who Don't Support Other Women Go to Hell

Magillagore — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:50 GMT

Wow.

This is amazing coming from Palin....wasn't the policy in Wasilla, AK, while she was mayor, to charge a rape victim's health insurance company to cover the rape kit used to collect evidence? (Of course no home-owner insurance companies were charged for collecting evidence in any cases of vandalism.) So, I guess she's going to h*ll.

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LogicalMama — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:11:56 GMT

ridiculously underqualified to speak on a podium, let alone take second in command with a high possibility of having to take first in command!! S.C.A.R.Y!!

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Huffybike — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:40:30 GMT

http://tinyurl.com/5yr6xz

And this just after she sent Jill Biden to heaven!

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chyna823 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:31:40 GMT

I also think it's sexist to demand that I support a female candidate simply because she's female. It's the same as if someone demanded that I *not* support a candidate because she's female. Gender shouldn't matter.

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PolitcalDad — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:38:18 GMT

Thanks for the info, Peggy! I am DEFINITELY not going vote for Madeleine Albright this election!

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Peggy McGilligan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:48:22 GMT

Starbuck’s Quote #287: “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women,” first appeared on coffee cups during Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency, about a year ago. The message was rather clear: vote for Hillary, or suffer eternal damnation. And, for Starbuck's to make it public, it must have some socially redeeming value. But speaking of old news, did you know the quote’s originator, Madeleine K. Albright, may or may not even believe in hell? According to my sketchy knowledge of theology, hell is a tenet of the Christian religion. So, according to Ms. Albright only Christian women who fail to vote for Hillary will be thrown into the pit. Ms. Albright is an Episcopalian convert. But believe you me, even though the Episcopal Church is a Christian denomination, certainly none believe he or she shall be consigned to that place where the wicked are punished after death for declining to vote for Hillary. According to Madam Albright, "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.” Were Madeleine to be believed, it’s just something she screamed from a second story window at Georgetown University that miraculously found it’s way onto a coffee cup: http://theseedsof9-11.com

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lovedannygansle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:26:50 GMT

There's a place in hell for women who misquote other women for cheap political points.

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Donita — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:14:09 GMT

The more I hear this lady talk, the more she makes my skin crawl! Oy!

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esther — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:13:30 GMT

Gee, I wonder is she voted for Hillary in the primaries. I guess she's going to hell.

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PolitcalDad — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:59:32 GMT

Starbucks?!? what an elitist!

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hmmm — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:38:39 GMT

Lordy, I thought you were joking when you said she'd read it off a Starbucks cup.

I'd bet dollars to donuts her intent was indeed the polar opposite of M. Albright. There's a world of difference between "help" and "support" when you're stumping for the female vote. Her whole faux feminist schtick is really annoying.