Sorry, I've just had it with the whining about this completely unqualified person.
I didn't accept it from Obama. I don't accept it from someone in "the party of adults."
I don't get this bizarre idea--we're supposed to respect her as this tough conservative woman, and yet nothing is her fault--she's been 'sabotaged' by the very people we don't give any credit for the successes of the Republicans who won. I haven't seen ONE winning Republican being credited with his win because "The GOP" made it possible. ONLY O'Donnell....
I started to excerpt her wikipedia entry and just gave up. Check it yourself, if you can stomach it. I will excerpt the parts about her previous campaigns and her work with a conservative organization, but look at the entry, there's plenty there about her 'misstatements,' her financial problems (which we would NEVER accept from a democrat), and her paper-thin resume:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_O'Donnell
In 2003 O'Donnell moved to Delaware to work for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a non-profit conservative publisher of educational materials and bought a house in Wilmington.[10] She filed a gender discrimination complaint,/b> against ISI with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2004 saying that she had been demoted because the conservative philosophy of ISI dictated that women should be subordinated to men. She was fired and then sued ISI in 2005 in federal court for $6.9 million for wrongful termination claiming gender discrimination and that she had been fired in retaliation for filing the EEOC discrimination complaint. She said ISI's actions caused her mental anguish and were a consequence of "ISI's conservative beliefs" She also claimed that she had lost future financial earning power because ISI's actions had delayed her education.[nb 4] ISI defended its action by alleging that O'Donnell had used company resources for her own media consulting work while on their time.. O'Donnell dropped the suit in 2008, stating she could no longer afford an attorney.
In October 2007 O'Donnell stopped paying on the mortgage for her Wilmington house and the mortgage company obtained a judgment against her in the spring of 2008 for $90,000. The house was to be sold at a sheriff's auction in August 2008 when she sold it the month prior to her Senate campaign attorney who was also her boyfriend at the time.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) filed a lien in 2010 that said that O'Donnell owed $11,000 in back taxes and penalties from 2005, according to public records.[10] O’Donnell said that it was a mistake and a computer error,[47] and noted that the IRS agent handling the matter claimed he was perplexed by the agency's actions.[10] In campaign finance reports, she listed herself as self-employed and said she was doing odd jobs to make ends meet.[10] Because of financial difficulties, she moved to a Delaware townhouse, where she paid half the rent with campaign funds because she also used separate quarters in the residence as her campaign headquarters for her 2010 Senate run.[10]
Several days after the 2010 primary, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington alleged that O'Donnell made false statements on Federal Elections Commission filings and illegally used more than $20,000 of her campaign funds as "her very own personal piggy bank" by claiming campaign expenses during a time when she had no official campaign.[5] The group filed a complaint on September 20, 2010 with the Federal Elections Commission and asked the U.S. Attorney in Delaware to investigate.[45] O'Donnell responded to the accusations, telling reporters there was "no truth to it. I personally have not misused the campaign funds" and refused to answer specific questions about her finances asked by CNN.[50][51]
2006 ...as a write-in candidate, finishing with 11,127 votes, (4 percent of the total votes cast), a number that was considered remarkably large for a write-in and which gave her hope for the 2008 election.[1][9]
2008 Her 2008 campaign ended with $23,000 in debt.[10] As of March 2010, O'Donnell owed payments to staffers, consultants, and volunteers from the 2008 campaign.
Between 2007 and 2009 the Federal Election Commission cited her eight times for failing to supply contributions reports on time.
Got 4% in previous election as a write-in.
Lost to Joe Biden 65% to 35%.
Lost to Coons 57% to 40%
She repeatedly breaks campaign finance rules, doesn't pay her employees, sues a conservative employer and mentions its conservative beliefs as reason for her "mental anguish" for $6.9 MILLION ("She said ISI's actions caused her mental anguish and were a consequence of "ISI's conservative beliefs"), blames the party for her problems though she's polling behind by double digits and putting on ridiculous TV ads about not being a witch, can't keep her personal finances in order...
...but we're supposed to respect her as a conservative AND feel sorry for her being 'sabotaged'?
As far as I can see, the only reason she has support from conservatives is because she is a Christian and espouses those beliefs. That is great. It's not good enough to be one of only 100 senators.
You know who sabotaged Christine O'Donnell? Christine O'Donnell
How do you feel about McCain and did you ever support him?
Or is it different and ok for the GOP to support the man who undermined the Republican POTUS while there was a Republican majority in both houses?
GOP didn’t have a problem twisting arms to vote for that guy, but someone the people actually chose isn’t good enough.