I agree with Jill Lawrence’s tweet about that hit piece on Christine O’Donnell — that it’s “absolutely, totally, offensively out of line.” But in my estimation, this story is more about the tabloidization of political news (see Sarah Palin’s interview with “Entertainment Tonight”) and the desire for outlets to generate page views and ad impressions, [...]
A confident Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware who is running behind her Democratic opponent, says “God is the reason I’m running” and that the prayers of voters can propel her to an unlikely victory. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, O’Donnell, a conservative Christian and Tea Party favorite with [...]
Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell definitely evokes intense emotions in people. But the reactions to this political rookie range widely. On the one hand, there’s Newt Gingrich sending words of encouragement to the Tea Party favorite. On the other, there’s the feminist website Jezebel wanting to transform her name into something icky. Gingrich recently [...]
Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell definitely evokes intense emotions in people. But the reactions to this political rookie range widely. On the one hand, there’s Newt Gingrich sending words of encouragement to the Tea Party favorite. On the other, there’s the feminist website Jezebel wanting to transform her name into something icky. Gingrich recently [...]
Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware, questioned Tuesday whether the First Amendment to the Constitution requires a separation between organized religion and government. “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” she said in a debate with Chris Coons, her Democratic opponent. When Coons told her [...]
Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, said Sunday that Christine O’Donnell, the Tea Party star who won the Delaware GOP Senate nomination, is a “nutjob” who is “making a mockery of running for public office.” “I speak as a 26-year-old woman,” McCain said on ABC’s “This Week.” “And my problem is that, no matter [...]
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