. . . because it will be one cold day there before I "support" her.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/palin-misquotes-albright_n_131967.html
Palin says women who don't "support" other women have a special place in hell. She used it in the context of women not voting for her. She supposedly quoted Madeleine Albright, but Albright said women that don't "help" other women. I suppose this just shows what you get when your knowledge of the world comes from disposable Starbuck's coffee cups, and worse yet, you can't even understand or quote that correctly.
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I don't think we should support OR help each other when people want to do things we think are wrong. You can't just blindly always support or help based on some prior alliance.
There a song (Drops of Jupiter)with the line "Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know you're wrong." A while ago, I asked Greg if he'd stick up for me if he knew I was wrong and he bluntly said no. At first it made me a little pouty, but now, I think I'd rather we all stand up for what is RIGHT, rather than support or help people do whatever just because they want to do something.
Is that vague enough? Do what is right and help people do what is right, according to your own conscience.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Albright meant it in terms of a woman, once she achieves power, helping other women by setting policies and agendas that enable others to succeed and get what they need too. Not the twisted way it gets recycled via Palin.
It just annoys me to no end.
Sarah Palin vlogger Sara Benincasa reacts to the Starbucks cup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2MGte8H7vk
I think it's pretty clear here. The McCain/Palin ticket is not interested in women's rights. In this case, HELPING women means NOT supporting this particular woman.
Well.
As we discussed last week Tammy, Palin has a knack for misquoting and misattributing quotes---she attributed to Reagan the idea that America is a 'shining city on the hill' when the original came from John Winthrop's 1630 sermon, courtesy of Matthew. I'm rusty in my Puritan-speak, but I think Palin used the quote to invoke the idea that America is the greatest nation in the world. I'm pretty sure Winthrop meant that the religious colony created (not yet America....not for a loooong while) should forge a moral example so strong that it would not fail and would serve as an example for others....not quite the same thing, no? And some example, eh?
It's no secret I really dislike Palin, but for her to invoke this is just, well, words quite escape me, considering how she has eviscerated women's rights and refused to lend a hand throughout her career. And does she really get her quotes from Starbuck's cups?!!! I mean really?!@!#$?! Fact check?
This almost feels like The Handmaid's Tale (or at least what I recall of it).
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