“My Special Place in Hell, Courtesy of Unfettered Greed,” by PDA Executive Director Donna Smith

[Nanjeanne]

My Special Place in Hell, Courtesy of Unfettered Greed
by Donna Smith,Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America

The comments made by Madeleine Albright about the "special place in hell reserved for women who do not help other women" certainly caught my attention this weekend. While the implications were that those who support Bernie Sanders might find themselves suffering eternal damnation, which I reject, I will leave it to other more capable experts to point out how inconsistent Albright’s comments were in light of just some of the death and injury caused to women and children in the 1990s in Iraq under sanctions issued on Albright’s watch.

For many, many years, working class women and girls like me in this country have suffered in a "special kind of hell" as we have struggled against policies rigged to protect the interests of the wealthy and powerful. So for these and other reasons, I must take issue with making gender the primary determinant when making my choice in this Democratic presidential primary.

“It is a special place in hell women find themselves in when they hear women who know precious little about what we face within the healthcare system because their positions of privilege and power afford them all they could ever need.”

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But most especially, it is a special place in hell women find themselves in when they hear women who know precious little about what we face within the healthcare system because their positions of privilege and power afford them all they could ever need. Imagine that special place in hell I might have avoided, and please do not ask me to turn my support to anyone based on anything other than a firm commitment to achieving real good for all people. Having a vagina is not sufficient for me. Supporting 'Medicare for All' is. My support is with Bernie Sanders for this reason and many other similar policy reasons.

Read whole article that articulates what a person still goes through with the ACA - particularly when you are of a certain age -but not old enough for single-payer Medicare. http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/9/1482127/--My-Special-Place-in-Hell-Courtesy-of-Unfettered-Greed-by-by-PDA-Executive-Director-Donna-Smith

[antigop]

1. k&r nt

[FlatBaroque]

2. I am enjoying tremendously the disintegration of shitty bureaucrats

like Mad Maddie. There IS a point to Hillary's candidacy, it is rid the system of these decrepit, foul smelling politicians who have been central to the destruction of our democracy.

[Autumn]

3. Recommended. What more can be said.

Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.

http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/

How many women suffered a special place in hell because of the results of those sanctions that she thinks were worth it? At least a half a million.
Thank you for posting this.

[closeupready]

4. +1. I'll never EVER forget that outrageous claim.

[dreamnightwind]

5. +another

and never forget what these people stand for. They serve wealth and power, and will rationalize anything in its pursuit.