Posted on 09/19/2010 4:26:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell responded to old clips that surfaced over the weekend where she said she had once "dabbled in witchcraft," clarifying at a GOP picnic in Delaware Sunday, "I was in high school, how many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school? But no, There's been no witchcraft since, if there was, Karl Rove would be a supporter."
The jab at the former President George W. Bush senior adviser came after Rove had cast doubt on her ability to carry the state for the GOP and said there are too many questions about her past.
The nominee showed up at the picnic in a key county that helped secure her GOP Tuesday primary upset, despite canceling previously scheduled appearances on "Fox News Sunday" and CBS' "Face the Nation." Her campaign backed out of the talk show interviews, saying she needed to get back to Delaware and had a scheduling conflict, including attending church and then the afternoon picnic.
She was greeted with a raucous applause at the annual Sussex County GOP picnic with chants of "yes we can" and "yes we will!"
Many in the crowd kept saying "get over it," to the media when she clarified her original witchcraft comments, which included her giving details about a date she had with a witch. The 1999 tape from "Politically Incorrect" first surfaced Friday when Bill Maher aired it on "Real Time with Bill Maher," saying he would keep airing clips until she appeared on his show.
Local Republicans seemed un-phased by the latest clip, which followed other television interviews that surfaced where O'Donnell talked about such issues as sex and condoms on MTV and to Phil Donahue.
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Her opponents would love for her to legitimize their charge by attempting to refute it. I mean, thats what republicans have always tried to do in the past, and the result is the same. She can never answer them to their satisfaction because receiving an acceptable answer is not their goal
Its a stupid charge, and people are fair minded enough to see it for what it is - a cheap political smear.
She's far better off laughing at those trying to make something of nothing.
Good point.
The liberal media calls for questioning conservatives on their high school follies, while no one questions the Clintons on Vince Foster or Obama on Donald Young, the gay friend of Barack's who was choir director of Rev. Wright's church and who was gunned down the same week two other gay members of that church lost their lives, right after he started talking about his affair with Obama... in Dec 07...
Wake up, America. Your "news" is just what one side wants you to hear.
“Its even hard to believe many on our side(?) are participating in the farce.”
I cannot agree more. Even some right here on FR.
I’d like to see Christine ask the media why they were never all wee wee’d up over 0bummer’s ‘dabbling’ in cocaine (per his autobiographies)... and where was the media when Bill Clinton was ‘dabbling’ all over Monica Lewinski???
My sister kissed a frog once. It didn’t do any good.
Nothing. She wins this round. Move on.
I’d rather not imagine the things I’d have to answer for.
The video they have reportedly have shows her wearing a witch doctor outfit and dancing around a fire...Everyone there was chanting and babbling as if casting spells...
It was just fun.
But was it bearded witchcraft?
ROTFLMAO! Nicely played, Christine...
Christine is kind of an empty head, no real resume, like 0bama. I would vote for her given the chance and sure would not be giving the enemy ammunition the way Rove and others are
But Karl Rove no longer runs campaigns. He is a media personality, a Fox New commentator, and as such is expected to give the negatives and positives on all politicians he is asked about. But if I were Karl Rove I still would have said the minimum about Christine and not helped the Democrats. Too much is at stake
Look, is she the best America can do? No. I didn’t vote for her mainly because I live in PA. Is Toomey the best America has to offer? Probably not, but they’ll have to do. I believe she’s a bit flaky, but my God, compared to Hitlery, Stretch Pelosi and Commie Obama, I’ll take’em!
If I were in the business of renting Halloween costumes in Delaware; I’d stock up on witch outfits STAT...
Response: That may well be one way of dealing with the issue. They key will be if the media rtuns with the story and it "gets legs."
Michelle's mother moved into the White House to help raise her grandchildren. It was revealed that Marian was practicing Caribbean voodoo witchcraft called Santería. Reports say she picked up the craft when her husband was dying from multiple sclerosis and was desperate for a cure. At the time, Marian took her husband to ceremonies where they did spells and trances, and sacrificed animals. After arriving in D.C., she was concerned for her health and invited her Chicago voodoo priestess to the White House. Barack Obama had a fit, “No voodoo in the White House. Absolutely. I don’t care what you call it,” he told his mother-in-law.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Michelle_Obama#First_Grandmother
Maybe that is why there have been so many parties and state dinners at the white House. That's one way to get rid of all those dead chickens. :-)
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