Madeleine Albright 'did not mean to tell large number of women to go to hell'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Madeleine Albright 'did not mean to tell large number of women to go to hell'

In New York Times editorial, first female secretary of state says her remarks at a
Hillary Clinton campaign event came at ‘the wrong time’

Amanda Holpuch in New York
Saturday 13 February 2016 18.25 GMT

The first female secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, has said she did not mean to tell “a large number of women to go to hell” at a Hillary Clinton campaign event last week.

At the New Hampshire event, Albright deployed a rhetorical flourish she has used thousands of times before, saying: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.”

Albright’s comment was seen, however, as a condemnation of women who do not support Clinton’s run for the Democratic nomination. In New Hampshire, Clinton was soundly beaten by Senator Bernie Sanders.

“I absolutely believe what I said, that women should help one another, but this was the wrong context and the wrong time to use that line,” Albright wrote in a New York Times editorial published on Friday.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/13/madeleine-albright-hillary-clinton-go-to-hell-editorial

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. That's ok, just keep trotting that line out throughout the primary. nt

[yourpaljoey]

4. She will be remembered, and not in a good way...

for two things she said.
How sad.

[NanceGreggs]

2. When did Albright ...

... tell a large number of women "to go to hell"?

And yes, I am familiar with the quote about "a special place in hell for women who don't help other women", which she's been using for decades.

That's a far cry from "telling women to go to hell".

Sorry for pointing out the obvious, but this kind of mis-quoting (especially of Democrats) here bears a striking resemblance to the tactics employed by FOX-News.

[FreakinDJ]

3. But she did it anyway

[Punkingal]

5. Well, a large number of women told her to go to hell last Tuesday, and they meant it.

[Kalidurga]

6. Well isn't that sweet.

I think that I am helping a lot of women by supporting policies that will help them so I am sure I am safe from the wrath of Madam Albright's wrathful and vengeful god. That being said it is a terrible thing to say when a whole lot of young women are not supporting someone you support. It's just terrible. I don't see eye to eye with any of my children politically, but I would never ever say that there is a special place in hell for them.

[beam me up scottie]

7. She implied we were traitorous because we don't support Hillary.

Don't worry, Madeleine, we know exactly what you meant.