Palin Misquotes Albright: "Place In Hell Reserved For Women Who Don't Support Other Women"

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.)

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's video of Palin's remarks:

Comments

[TheGeicoCaveman]

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[Irockcollinwood]

"There's a special place in hell for women who don't share there recipes"

[jansp]

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[raysinhi]

Oh Ms. Palin. I'm sure there is a spot in hell reserved for you!

[SeattleFran]

Wll, that's what she should have told Katie Couric when asked what she read "oh, all of them....Starbucks, Tullys, McDonalds......." This woman is a joke.

[SnapShots]

Exhausted and frantic, McCain's camp must have been seduced by Palin's histrionic personality, uaware of her lack of knowledge and character.

[ersf]

Well, then Palin's place is reserved. Making rape victims pay for their own rape kit in an emergency room, what other place should a woman in power, as Governor, should she make sure she can help other women?
If Palin thinks a Starbuck's coffee cup quote of the day, may change the tenor of the campaign, this plainly shows that Palin has no plan, that McCain has no plan, and that random thoughts of the day on a coffee cup is the best they can offer. Wow. Palin should try to help women, and show intelligence, not attempt to patronize women with the ideals of women's liberation that she in most areas does not support.
Besides, once again, she can't even read what she is referring to. First the Ayers NYTimes articles conclusion and now.... A coffee cup. W-O-W!!!!! OWWWWWWW........

[tmo7734]

Twenty-eight days and we'll send nitwit Palin packing for Alaska. It can't come fast enough for me.

[kristin1030]

What is Sarah "six-pack" doing at a Starbucks? Isn't that a little too elite for her taste, what with their cups that come with quotes from Washington insiders? Maybe if she had been at a Dunkin' Donuts instead...

[kristin1030]

but then how would she have learned who Madeline Albright was?

[i approve this message]

It's written on the cup. See the picture above.

[purplerein77]

well then, I guess I'll just SEE HER WHEN I GET THERE!

[kgdr24]

If Pallin truly believes that "there is a special place in hell for women who do not support women" then I suppose she would have had to give Hillary Clinton her vote had Hillary won the nomination... I wish a reporter would have the guts to ask her a follow-up question like that one.

[timmmahhhh]

For a reporter to do so a reporter would have to be able to approach her. The McCain campaign won't allow her to be more than a talking head reciting old debunked garbage that is ancient news. Truly sad and disgusting.

[Vickii]

I'm not quite sure which will be easier: stopping squillion-dollar bonus payments to corrupt CEOs or prosecuting Palin if any harms befalls Mr Obama.

[TickleyProductions]

Typical, typical. If she held positions that helped other women, many more women would "support" her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YUD_MTlPuM

[haveitoldyoulately]

Sarah.....women Do support other women......BUT YOU AREN'T LISTENING

We Women Are Tell You McCain Is USING You. He's using you to sling mud, while he stay clean in the background.

His career will sustain after Nov 4th ...... YOURS on the other hand will be in the toilet.

[GJKBEAR]

Smart women help other women out. Supporting them does NOT mean selling your soul to the devil and overlooking the fact that Sarah Palin does not support women's rights! Why should women be expected to support her just because she has a womb?