Posted on 10/14/2010 7:45:29 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded
Republican Christine O'Donnell was unable to name a single recent Supreme Court decision she disagreed with during a televised debate with her Democratic rival a moment similar to a 2008 gaffe by her mentor Sarah Palin. Miss O'Donnell, 41, who is running for the senate in Delaware, invited the question when she said she opposed activist judges, citing the recent court decision ordering an immediate halt to military discharges of gays who revealed their sexuality. But when the moderators asked her to name a recent Supreme Court decision with which she disagreed, the Tea Party favourite was unable to name a single one. Her opponent, Chris Coons, a senior official in the state, immediately answered that he disagreed with the court's Citizens United earlier this year which loosened controls on campaign financing. The fact that the debate was televised live on CNN showed how the populist conservative movement has upstaged the midterm elections. Miss O'Donnell was a surprise winner of the Republican primary, but has struggled to cope with bizarre comments she has made in the past, such as admitting she dabbled with witchcraft. She attempted to hit back at her Democratic opponent by calling him a Marxist. "There are more people who support my Catholic faith than his Marxist belief," Miss O'Donnell jabbed at Mr Coons, who as a student said he admired Marxism. He said it had been a joke. He said he had never "been anything but a clean-shaven capitalist." The exchange set the tone for a testy debate that was seen as a chance for Miss O'Donnell to prove she is not a political lightweight with somewhat bizarre personal baggage - and for Mr Coons to persuade angry voters that he understands their difficulties.
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Hey, State-Run Propaganda Machine:
Why the hell didn’t you look for and report gaffes like this when Obammie the Commie and Joe “three-letter-words-J-O-B-S” were busy tripping over their own tongues?
Rhetorical question, obviously.
RE: Republican Christine O’Donnell was unable to name a single recent Supreme Court decision she disagreed with during a televised debate with her Democratic rival a moment similar to a 2008 gaffe by her mentor Sarah Palin.
They could have just simply followed the old Dubya line when asked the same thing. He referred to the unpopular — DREDD SCOTT DECISION over 150 years ago.
Imagine if she had claimed there were 57 states.
With Joe Biden on the public scene, how can the media fret over anyone else’s gaffes? He is the king of imbecilic remarks.
Isn’t the Daily Telegraph a conservative paper?
Yep, or if she didn’t know how to pronounce corpsman or Orion...
I’m not a legal scholar, but Kelo v. New London jumps to mind.
Gotcha moment? Media fluff heads covering for Mr. Coons? Downfall of a her campaign? Proves her ad saying “I’m you”? None of the above?
I know I’m better read than the average citizen about our government and history but is it really expecting too much that everyone should be able to name several recent Supreme Court cases off the top of their head?
I’m not talking about interviews or televised debates (heck I’m not sure how I would perform with all those Eyes on me) but I’m saying in normal conversation with friends or coworkers I find myself having to educate the other person way too often.
A citizen representative!!!
So she didn’t have glib, prepared responses to questions that Woofie Blitzer had likelyu provided, in advance to Coons.
Have you all noticed how Woofie kept stabbing his finger at Christine as he pummelled her for answers to his accusations? He didn’t wait for a response - it was as if he was firing an automatic weapon.
well
I am a lawyer and don’t pay attn to the Supremes
unless they mess it up royal like on the WalMart property pro developer case
you can’t expect a normal person to be star struck by the Supremes
only the dimwits in DC
Between Karl Rove, the GOP elites, the leftists exploiting the skeletons in her closet, and now this...stick a fork in her, she’s done. I’m sorry, but I just don’t see how you can come back from a double-digit deficit with all that against you.
Good thing I decided to donate to Sharron Angle instead of her.
hey ICE
don’t be defeatist
donate to her
RE: I am a lawyer and don’t pay attn to the Supremes
Repeat after me -— GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL AND REFER TO THE UNIVERSALY DESPISED DREDD SCOTT DECISION.
That’s all you need to do to get the question out of the way and shut them up.
Simply say — Dredd Scott and then say — YOU SEE, the Supreme Court is not always right.
Yep. Kelo v. New London is a clear choice.
It’s unfortunate for her, though. Stuff like that hurts, fair or not. Being on live TV is a crummy time to draw a blank, but it happens. Hopefully she can power through it and not have it do too much damage.
yeah, nice point, man
yeah, what he says
That’s all they got?
She’s not a lawyer?
It is conservative but that doesn’t mean it likes America.
And if you really want vile hatred of our great country, go to their blogs and comments.
Republicans should stop going on these liberal networks.
This is what they do. Did he have a similar question for her opponent. I did not see the debate...did he ask Coons to name the same thing?
Clearly a gotcha question similar to that viper Katie Couric’s infamous interview with SP.
They are trying to trip up Christine every chance they get.
The Dems and the media are like a pack of hyenas.
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