Posted on 09/08/2010 11:30:38 AM PDT by Superstu321
Over the past week, several political-insider wizards of smart have deemed Republican senatorial hopeful Christine O’Donnell unelectable – almost taking it to the point of vitriolic screeds you’d expect to hear from left-wing commentators, which would probably appear as a guest on MSNBC in their prime time lineup.
Their issue: In an interview, O’Donnell had claimed she could be the potential target of political opponents and that she had to be extra careful when she would go home at night.
“They’re following me,” she told The Weekly Standard. “They follow me home at night. I make sure that I come back to the townhouse and then we have our team come out and check all the bushes and check all the cars to make sure that—they follow me.”
Now suddenly this has raised the ire of some conservative pundits – suggesting that she isn’t fit for office because of her caution. But actually, she does have cause for concern. According to a video from her campaign – it has been documented that operatives from her opponent’s campaign, Rep. Mike Castle, have in fact attended events she hosted with video cameras. So how would you feel if you were being followed with a video camera?
That being said – who are these detractors, as conservative males, to call into question the safety self-concerns of a 41-year-old female in what could be a highly charged political contest? Is it really the smartest thing to do to be so obsessed with the race for a Delaware Republican senatorial nomination that one would make these judgment calls about someone’s character, especially coming from the political right? It’s a bizarre phenomenon to say the least.
video after the jump....
(Excerpt) Read more at threefingersofpolitics.com ...
True, but O’Donnell seems flakier than most.
So everyone in politics is like Clinton and Obama? You ask if I have proof she's not telling the truth. Do you have proof she is, esp.in the absence of her ever filing any police reports of this stuff? She made the accusation, let her provide the proof. The burden of proof rests with the accuser--and her refusal to ever report these claims to the police says alot about their veracity. I'm not naive. I just don't accept claims spewed out without evidence, nor do I accept the silly proposition that somehow all politicians act like Bill Clinton or the Obama cabal do. I'm no Mike Castle fan but don't you think equating him with the Democratic thugs is a little unfair?
Listen to the audio here around the 7:00 mark. http://www.wgmd.com/?p=9588
Rachel Maddow picked this up last night and it reeked of political dirty trickery.
Who's the "they?" The police? What's your source that "they" caught someone in the bushes, and second even if they did that he was working for her opponent? The article doesn't mention anyone having been apprehended. If I missed something in the article, I'll be glad to admit I overlooked it.
There’s a Tea Party Express rally tonight on Legislative Mall in Dover. I’m sure the Castle trackers will be out in force!
BAM!
So says all the GOPride village people.
We'll see if the good folks of Delaware have been paying attention to the rest of the gay antics across the nation.
I'm betting they will elect conservative Christine O'Donnell, in spite of the gay RINO tactics.
You're asking us to equate the two activities, when they're not even remotely the same.
She sounds good to me.
What is his name? What are his connections?
Did the police bind him over or release him on his own recognizance?
What were the charges?
It’s satisfying sometimes.
I would perhaps buy the argument that O’Donnell is less than a stellar candidate but when her opponent refuses to debate her, imho that tells me a lot more about him than it does her. And does anyone notice that the folks who trash O’Donnell never bring up this tidbit.
I’m not a Delaware voter but, in my opinion, she beats any alternate in the arena. I think the problem with this country is that we da peoples are not the risk-takers that we, once, were. Were too timid to make a bold decision and live with the consequences (and I’m not talking about the dead-beat in the Whitehouse)! We were, once, a better people!
Bring a flashlight and check the bushes for us ok?
I don’t know his name, but I know what he looks like. They told him to leave and he did. He is working either for Castle of the Republican GOP. He hasn’t given a straight answer.
I don’t know his name, but I know what he looks like. They told him to leave and he did. He is working either for Castle or the Republican GOP. He hasn’t given a straight answer.
That's what it must be.
Still you have to be impressed by how well Castle is funded - after all, he was able to use a time machine to send Parmenio back to 2003 to sign up for FR, just so he could lie in wait for seven years to criticize poor O'Donnell.
What a nefarious mastermind!
She is making huge waves which makes her a HUGE TARGET and her election threatens billions that could be made if Castle is not elected and the Cap & Trade scam is not rammed thru in the lame duck session.
These three groups are trying to smear her . I ‘ll send a note to her campaign that YOU DEMAND she file a report NOW !
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