# Is Christine O'Donnell an Imbecile Who Doesn't Know the First Amendment?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-christine-odonnell-an-imbecile-who-doesnt-know-the-first-amendment/558168>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 24, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-christine-odonnell-an-imbecile-who-doesnt-know-the-first-amendment/558168 "2010-10-24T05:49:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-christine-odonnell-an-imbecile-who-doesnt-know-the-first-amendment/558168/101 "2010-10-30T14:26:13Z")

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> [@jtgain](#):
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> It did seem like a talking point she was repeating, but there is a large element of truth in it that she was unable to follow up on.

Only if by “large element of truth” you mean “things people who want to believe a particular view have hashed together a flimsy rationalization for that is often based upon outright lies.”

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**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-christine-odonnell-an-imbecile-who-doesnt-know-the-first-amendment/558168/102 "2010-10-30T23:06:25Z")

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> [@jtgain](#):
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> And, in fact, the constitution does not contain those words.

And, in fact, the Constitution doesn’t contain the words “separation of powers” nor “checks and balances.” But so what?

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