You realize that Albright didn't actually think anyone was going to hell, right?

[DanTex]

It was a joke. Not a very good one, but people still laughed. People make jokes. Politicians often make bad jokes. It happens.

Everyone calm down.

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Sure, whatever You and the Icon say more " Perception Management " ?

I don't think so .

[DanTex]

2. ???

[islandmkl]

3. kind of like Saturday Afternoon Live...

it's a stock line of hers...she should be aware of the situation she drops it into...

like all 'jokes' it is the ears of the listeners that determine if the joke works...ALL the listeners...

that's why they invented laugh tracks...."Hey, you might not have thought it was funny sitting in your living room but listen to that audience laughing!"

[Fumesucker]

4. Some planned spontaneity

Went off, so to speak, with a bang.

[Chemisse]

5. It's an old saying of hers.

I can see that it made sense in some situations when Albright was young, like maybe the dog-eat-dog world of corporate America, where the few women involved (particularly in Albright's time) would battle each other to get to the top, making a tough struggle even harder.

But when introducing a female political candidate, it just comes off as a threat - well not exactly, because nobody takes it literally - but more like a pointed jab that says vote for Hillary because she's a woman.

And that's why it hasn't gone over well. We should not be voting based on gender. Sure, it would be great to have a female president, but only if she is the best person for the job.

[cali]

6. I think everyone gets that. Personally, I don't see it as a big deal.

[Bobbie Jo]

7. What is it they throw around at us...?

Pearl clutching, or some such?

I'm taking the same dismissive attitude here.

Meh...

[Odin2005]

8. Bullshit.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Maybe some people -particuarly younger ones- are tired of being preached and finger wagged at

So it gets a little hard to tell the "jokes" from the serious lecturing.

[DanTex]

10. True, Bernie's preaching and finger wagging about things that will never happen does drag on.

But I'm not about to blow a fuse because someone says something that they thought was funny.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. ...riiiiiight

That's why he's doing so poorly with those "stupid" whippersnappers, eh?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=42455

[reformist2]

11. Nope. We need Madeline to promise she'll support Bernie if he's the nominee.

[Bjornsdotter]

13. We have a winner!! +1. n/t

[leftofcool]

14. She probably would have but that may depend on what her Facebook page looks like.

[Downwinder]

15. I doubt that Albright believes in Hell.

On May 12, 1996, Albright defended UN sanctions against Iraq on a 60 Minutes segment in which Lesley Stahl asked her "We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?" and Albright replied "we think the price is worth it."

[PonyUp]

16. If there's a hell Albright is going with the blood of 500,000 children on her hands.

[JudyM]

17. Shaming women about what they "should" do is just a riot.