# Christine O'Donnell has replaced Palin in my heart of hearts... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499 "2010-09-21T02:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/101 "2010-09-23T03:53:26Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > How did President Clinton do that? Isn’t it illegal to appoint your own wife as SoS? It depends on your definition of “wife.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/102 "2010-09-23T17:03:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That Valley Girlspeak virus seems to have infected an entire generation of young American women. Gotta feel sorry for the young men of our time. One of the advantages of advancing maturity is it is so unlikely that I will ever spend three hours listening to one of them in the forlorn hope that I might get lucky. What-EVerrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/103 "2010-09-23T19:39:37Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I just wonder about any woman who is over 40 and not married. After all, Elena Kagan is presumed to be gay. By Republican reasoning, so is O’Donnell. I think Kagan may in fact be gay. I think O’Donnell thinks that touching a penis will send her to hell. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/104 "2010-09-23T19:44:18Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > > [@psychobunny](#): > > > > I just wonder about any woman who is over 40 and not married. After all, Elena Kagan is presumed to be gay. By Republican reasoning, so is O’Donnell. > > I think Kagan may in fact be gay. I think O’Donnell thinks that touching a penis will send her to hell. I know she thinks that me touching mine is sending me there. I’ll have to remember to save her a seat by the fire. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/105 "2010-09-23T20:11:51Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > > [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > > > I think Kagan may in fact be gay. I think O’Donnell thinks that touching a penis will send her to hell. > > I know she thinks that me touching mine is sending me there. I’ll have to remember to save her a seat by the fire. What makes you think that they have seats in hell. It’s standing room only, baby! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/106 "2010-09-23T20:24:27Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > > [@silenus](#): > > > > I know she thinks that me touching mine is sending me there. I’ll have to remember to save her a seat by the fire. > > What makes you think that they have seats in hell. It’s standing room only, baby! 😉 All the better for a little frottage. In that case I’ll save her the space in front of me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/107 "2010-09-23T20:39:38Z")
Anyhow, screw this witchcraft stuff. Let me know when the naked (or at least bikini) pix come out. You know there has to have some. It’s as sure as a right wing homophobe pastor chasing boys. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/108 "2010-09-23T20:48:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > > [@zamboniracer](#): > > > > What makes you think that they have seats in hell. It’s standing room only, baby! 😉 > > All the better for a little frottage. In that case I’ll save her the space in front of me. 😛 There’s cheese in hell? ---
**Author:** ![Satyagrahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Satyagrahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satyagrahi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/109 "2010-09-23T21:23:34Z")
I confess a have a fantasy about Christine. I’ll try to avoid TMI but it goes like this: The majority of U.S. voters nation-wide come to their senses and the Dems actually pick up a few seats, net, in both the House and the Senate. However, the voters in Delaware are seduced by the media’s endless chanting of “masturbation” in connection with her name and vote her in. That way, we’ll have a (reasonably) sane Congress with just great gobs of entertainment. Websites will spring up with Christine O’Donnell’s Quote of the Day. Maher will dig deeper into his archives and come up with endless weekly videos. A new bikini picture will be released monthly. I won’t have to watch reruns of Gilligan’s Island ever again. Do you think it’s possible? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/110 "2010-09-23T21:58:16Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > > [@silenus](#): > > > > All the better for a little frottage. In that case I’ll save her the space in front of me. 😛 > > There’s cheese in hell? Yeah, but they only have Velveeta. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/111 "2010-09-23T22:01:53Z")
> [@Satyagrahi](#): > > I confess a have a fantasy about Christine. I’ll try to avoid TMI but it goes like this: > > The majority of U.S. voters nation-wide come to their senses and the Dems actually pick up a few seats, net, in both the House and the Senate. However, the voters in Delaware are seduced by the media’s endless chanting of “masturbation” in connection with her name and vote her in. > > That way, we’ll have a (reasonably) sane Congress with just great gobs of entertainment. > > Websites will spring up with Christine O’Donnell’s Quote of the Day. Maher will dig deeper into his archives and come up with endless weekly videos. A new bikini picture will be released monthly. I won’t have to watch reruns of Gilligan’s Island ever again. > > Do you think it’s possible? Yes, but only the part about not ever watching Gilligan’s Island again. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/112 "2010-09-23T22:22:47Z")
> [@Satyagrahi](#): > > The majority of U.S. voters nation-wide come to their senses and the Dems actually pick up a few seats, net, in both the House and the Senate. This cannot be. Voters coming to their senses and electing more Dems is an oxymoron. In fact, it’s having voted for Democrats in the last election that people are having to come to their senses from now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/113 "2010-09-23T23:43:10Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > > [@Satyagrahi](#): > > > > The majority of U.S. voters nation-wide come to their senses and the Dems actually pick up a few seats, net, in both the House and the Senate. > > This cannot be. Voters coming to their senses and electing more Dems is an oxymoron. In fact, it’s having voted for Democrats in the last election that people are having to come to their senses from now. 😃 Well, no, what I see is more people losing their senses and not looking carefully at what voting for anger will get them: [http://climateprogress.org/2010/09/10/climate-zombies-gop-global-warming-deniers/](http://climateprogress.org/2010/09/10/climate-zombies-gop-global-warming-deniers/) > [@](#): > > Anti-science syndrome goes viral within the GOP > September 10, 2010 > > (They mindlessly deny the science of climate change…. > And if they win, humanity loses.) > > R L Miller is tracking Climate Zombies: Every Republican candidate for House, Senate, and Governor who claims that global warming is a hoax, doubts the science of climate change, and wants a new Dark Ages for America. > > Below are extended excerpts of two posts, with permission, from her Daily Kos diary. See also Diagnosing a victim of anti-science syndrome (ASS). > > > [@](#): > > > > After researching the causes of temperature fluctuations on earth, I found the largest factor to be the sun. The earth’s orbit changes. Also the earth’s spin and axis change over time. When areas of the earth are closer to the sun, the temperature is hotter and when they are further away, cooler. The sun also has more activity at times and less at other times. They have been able to map out large changes in the earth’s temperature over time to the sun. Times with no polar ice caps have corresponded to times when we were closer to the sun. Ice ages have corresponded to times when we were further from the sun. We should not punish the people of the United States financially by legislating on pseudo-science that has not been proven. > > That’s no ordinary tea partier. That’s a candidate for Congress. And she’s not alone. > > Meet the Climate Zombies. But as [Cracked](http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html) could say :D, even if the Zombies do take control they will fail very quickly due to the fact that they will not be able to hide their true intentions if they control the house. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/114 "2010-09-23T23:48:43Z")
Since I hold advanced degrees in thaumaturgy and necromantic sciences from Misktanonic University, I am anticipating a boost in my employment opportunities in the coming regime. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/115 "2010-09-24T00:08:58Z")
Also, as one deeply concerned with issues of science and women’s health, I would be very interested to hear someone pose a question to Ms. O’Donnel regarding the following scientific breakthrough. > **[Recycling and recovery of polystyrene – Tatom Dumpster Rental](https://tatom.org/recycling-and-recovery-of-polystyrene/)** \*\*Study: Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women \*\* > [@](#): > > Women who perform the act of fellatio and swallow semen on a regular basis, one to two times a week, may reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 40 percent, a North Carolina State University study found… (I swear, I am _not_ making this up.) Now this is science. Guys with white lab coats, a natural sense of logarithm. The real shit. What is the Senate’s responsibility to make such advances more widely known, for the sake of women’s health? I want to see the question posed to her, and make bets as to her response. A: “Huh? What’s that?” B: Run screaming from the room C: “Fifty bucks, just like downtown” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/116 "2010-09-24T00:21:49Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Also, as one deeply concerned with issues of science and women’s health, I would be very interested to hear someone pose a question to Ms. O’Donnel regarding the following scientific breakthrough. > > [Recycling and recovery of polystyrene – Tatom Dumpster Rental](http://www.tatom.org/documents/CNN.com-StudyNewstudyshows.htm) > > \*\*Study: Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Women who perform the act of fellatio and swallow semen on a regular basis, one to two times a week, may reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 40 percent, a North Carolina State University study found… > > (I swear, I am _not_ making this up.) > > Now this is science. Guys with white lab coats, a natural sense of logarithm. The real shit. > > What is the Senate’s responsibility to make such advances more widely known, for the sake of women’s health? I want to see the question posed to her, and make bets as to her response. > > A: “Huh? What’s that?” > B: Run screaming from the room > C: “Fifty bucks, just like downtown” If you re-word the report on the study to refer to “naughty pillows” cancer, she’ll be less likely to respond with “A”. LESS likely. Still a good chance she’ll think “fellatio” refers to something the choir sings when the Mass is being conducted in Latin. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/117 "2010-09-24T00:24:28Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Also, as one deeply concerned with issues of science and women’s health, I would be very interested to hear someone pose a question to Ms. O’Donnel regarding the following scientific breakthrough. > > [Recycling and recovery of polystyrene – Tatom Dumpster Rental](http://www.tatom.org/documents/CNN.com-StudyNewstudyshows.htm) > > \*\*Study: Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Women who perform the act of fellatio and swallow semen on a regular basis, one to two times a week, may reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 40 percent, a North Carolina State University study found… > > (I swear, I am _not_ making this up.) > > Now this is science. Guys with white lab coats, a natural sense of logarithm. The real shit. > > What is the Senate’s responsibility to make such advances more widely known, for the sake of women’s health? I want to see the question posed to her, and make bets as to her response. > > A: “Huh? What’s that?” > B: Run screaming from the room > C: “Fifty bucks, just like downtown” I know nothing of science, but I support these findings 110%. Serious question, how did the study conclude that breast cancer occurrence was down with fellatio, but the risk did not increase for women who didn’t perform fellatio? And, BTW, women “suspected of performing fellatio”??!! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/118 "2010-09-24T01:27:07Z")
So, what happens is this scientist guy goes on tv and says “To our surprise, some guy named \*\*Boyo Jim \*\*on the SDMB internet site, he pointed out a problem with our control group, and he’s right, totally right, so anyway, we’re taking it down because our findings are total bullshit, which we now know thanks to **Boyo Jim** on the SDMB…” There’d be no place you could hide. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/119 "2010-09-24T01:55:03Z")
Forever stripped of my man pants… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499/120 "2010-09-24T02:11:47Z")
Oh well, IIRC the fellatio item was a prank, what was not a prank was the study pointing out that masturbation was actually beneficial in helping prevent prostate cancer, later studies however point that it may not be as beneficial, so… More research is needed! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-odonnell-has-replaced-palin-in-my-heart-of-hearts/554499.md?page=7)