# Odonnell beats Castle in Delaware **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798 "2010-09-15T02:21:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/161 "2010-09-20T21:00:22Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Who cares what platform she ran on? The voting public cares about such laughably unimportant issues as whether a candidate wears an American flag lapel pin at all times. Do you really think they’re uninterested in whether a candidate is a total loon? Do **you** think that media can portrait anyone as a loon? And I mean, _anyone_. Example? Ron Paul. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/162 "2010-09-20T21:06:34Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > It’s always interesting how easily discussion about politics that should be all about economics gets all steamrolled by politics of emotion – masturbation, abortion, witchcraft. > > Did she really run on this platform? I dunno, but it sounds like a winner! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/163 "2010-09-20T21:07:35Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > > Who cares what platform she ran on? The voting public cares about such laughably unimportant issues as whether a candidate wears an American flag lapel pin at all times. Do you really think they’re uninterested in whether a candidate is a total loon? > > Do **you** think that media can portrait anyone as a loon? And I mean, _anyone_. > > Example? Ron Paul. Yes, he’s a **pretty** good example of a loon – but not a patch on O’Donnell. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/164 "2010-09-21T02:24:25Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > > Who cares what platform she ran on? The voting public cares about such laughably unimportant issues as whether a candidate wears an American flag lapel pin at all times. Do you really think they’re uninterested in whether a candidate is a total loon? > > Do **you** think that media can portrait anyone as a loon? And I mean, _anyone_. > > Example? Ron Paul. You mean the Ron Paul who wants to abolish the Federal Reserve, start issuing letters of marque, and thinks the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional? ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/165 "2010-09-21T14:28:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > > [@newcomer](#): > > > > It’s always interesting how easily discussion about politics that should be all about economics gets all steamrolled by politics of emotion – masturbation, abortion, witchcraft. > > > > Did she really run on this platform? > > I dunno, but it sounds like a winner! 🙂 But, seriously, every time someone appears on the scene you can be sure that everything from their past and their shoes will be turned and tumbled in the best journalistic tradition of Enquirer. And, worse than that, people will drink it and swallow it to fulfill the individual need of feeling better for another day. All the while, all those who are FOR masturbation and FOR abortion and FOR \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fill-in at your pleasure), exactly those who play up your individual dignities are taking your every dime and then some and drop it on you. Yes, some are “tea-bagging”, but vast majority of people are getting the “golden shower” and love it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/166 "2010-09-22T11:41:11Z")
O’Donnell went on Fox last night and announced she would not do any national news shows. She will attend town meetings and go to every church picnic she can. Gee , i wonder why she wants to avoid the news shows. Couldn’t be because Palin failed so miserably , could it? Or could it be because she does not have a clue? This morn her people announced that the fact that she used campaign money for her personal use is fine because she intended to run a couple years later. And the accusations are being made by leftys so it can not possibly be true. I don’t think she will go back on Maher. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/167 "2010-09-23T01:57:45Z")
So how about the whole “[bearded Marxist](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36726.html)” flap for Coons? Does O’Donnell have a chance now that the American public knows Coons once self-labeled (albeit firmly tongue in cheek) as a Marxist? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/168 "2010-09-23T03:09:12Z")
No, she’s about 16 points behind according to recent polls. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/169 "2010-09-30T16:01:14Z")
[Christine O'Donnell Says God Is Guiding Her Campaign (VIDEO) | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/30/christine-odonnell-on-god_n_744658.html) It is over. O’Donnell can not lose. God, who you might think is pretty busy, is actually guiding the trajectory of her campaign. How can she lose? The 16 point gap is man’s analysis, not gods. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/170 "2010-10-07T16:18:36Z")
I still think it will take an extraordinary effort to beat her. Lord knows, she isn’t going to beat herself. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/171 "2010-10-07T16:40:16Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/172 "2010-10-07T17:03:38Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > O’Donnell went on Fox last night and announced she would not do any national news shows. To be fair, though, why should she? This is a state election, not a national one. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/173 "2010-10-07T17:37:30Z")
It’s a national office. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/174 "2010-10-08T04:36:01Z")
I love her last ad explaining she is not a witch. Also that she is not a politician. Of course she ran for senate twice. She was a media consultant in 2003-4. She was a press secretary for a Concerned Citizen right wing group. She was a consultant for Women for America and a consultant for The Rep. National Comm. Nope she is not a politician. She is you. She has no understanding of the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/175 "2010-10-08T06:03:54Z")
Wait, she actually ran an ad saying that she’s not a witch? Anyone have a link? Because that just may possibly be the most politically inept thing I’ve ever heard of. The only effect that’s going to have is to associate “Christine O’Donnell” with “witchcraft” in the minds of her supporters (you know, the folks for whom that would be a Very Big Deal). ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/176 "2010-10-08T06:34:19Z")
[Knock yourself out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxJyPsmEask). It’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Well, maybe not, but it’s still pretty dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/177 "2010-10-08T12:24:19Z")
[QUOTE=Chistine O’Donnell] I’m not a witch. [/QUOTE] Okay, whatever. I believe you. [QUOTE=Chistine O’Donnell] I’m you. [/QUOTE] Oh, HELL no!! _Now_ I’m offended! ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/178 "2010-10-08T14:01:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, she actually ran an ad saying that she’s not a witch? Anyone have a link? Because that just may possibly be the most politically inept thing I’ve ever heard of. I loved Eugene Robinson’s take on it. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43137.html](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43137.html) [QUOTE=Eugene Robinson] She looks like she _might_ be a witch. And anytime you have to start a new ad and say, ‘I’m not a witch,’ that is not a good day. [/QUOTE] For anyone who hasn’t watched the ad, she’s wearing very dark colored clothing, looks extremely pale, and is standing in front of a black backdrop with what appears might be a bubbling cauldron behind her. So he’s not just being mean to her, she does look like she might be a witch in the ad. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/179 "2010-10-08T14:15:20Z")
30 odd years ago, Richard Nixon felt compelled to explain, “I am not a crook”. Now candidates have to say, “I am not a witch.” We are truly slouching toward Idiocracy. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798/180 "2010-10-08T17:48:04Z")
Personally, I like [this take on it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjn6RoJBkmQ&feature=player_embedded) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odonnell-beats-castle-in-delaware/553798.md?page=10)