Desperate New Smear Against Christine O’Donnell: ‘She Turned Me Into a Newt’

Posted on | September 18, 2010 | 114 Comments

We knew they were desperate, but no one suspected the Left would turn this into a literal witch-hunt:

“I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I’m not making this stuff up. . . . One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar, and I didn’t know it. . . . We went to a movie and then had a midnight picnic on a satanic altar.”

Typical witch pickup line: “Want to go see a movie down at the multiplex and then . . . oh, I don’t know . . . hang out with Beelzebub?”

Speaking of women the Left hates, did you hear what Sarah Palin said in Iowa? “I want to get to Delaware very soon and start knocking on doors.” I put in a call to one of my contacts in the Palin camp, who said they haven’t scheduled that yet. They’re still working on plans for Sarah’s fall campaign tour.

One hears a lot of pundits yammering about how Palin is unpopular in Blue states, but I think that’s one of those Conventional Wisdom things that would crumble at first contact with reality.

If I were in the business of advising political candidates — as opposed to being strictly a neutral and objective journalistic observer — I’d tell Palin to make Delaware the first stop on her fall itinerary and use her speech at the big rally to push back at the attacks on O’Donnell.

Palin could make a joke about the punditry’s favorite anti-O’Donnell meme: “The Democrats have a new slogan: ‘If you like masturbation and higher taxes, vote for Chris Coons!’ But Christine O’Donnell is against higher taxes and, I don’t know if she’s seen the latest scientific studies, but there’s a strong correlation between excessive masturbation and being a total loser — as Chris Coons will prove on Nov. 2.”

Speaking of total losers, did you hear about Bill Maher’s latest joke? (I mean, other than his dating life.) Maher said this Friday:

Isn’t Obama’s big problem is that he does everything half-assed? Maybe it’s because he’s only half black. You know? It’s that, if he was a, if this, if he was fully black, I’m telling you, he would be a better president. There’s a white man in him holding him back because everything is half-assed. The stimulus was half-assed, healthcare is half-assed, let’s talk about Afghanistan.

Of course, I’m strictly a neutral and objective journalistic observer, but if I were offering advice to Bill Maher, I’d warn him that making flippant comments about such sensitive topics could be unfortunately controversial. IYKWIMAITYD.

Also, I’d advise Maher to stop masturbating so much.

And for anyone who didn’t get the joke in the headline:

Category: Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Election, Sarah Palin

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114 Responses to “Desperate New Smear Against Christine O’Donnell: ‘She Turned Me Into a Newt’”

Joe
September 18th, 2010 @ 12:05 pm

You will like this Stacy.

Obviously Bill Maher wants Chrstine O’Donnell to visit Real Time. I cannot blame him for that, she would draw ratings to his show. I hope she is smart enough to say no thanks. Still, I agree with Althouse that Bill does actually like her, but Bill is a scorpion and…well you know the rest of that fable.
zf
September 18th, 2010 @ 12:22 pm

Anyone with a brain and any sense of decency is unpopular in blue states but I digress.

I see the lefts (and sadly, some on the rights) strategy: since all the stuff about her finances and college degree were shown to be crud:

http://christine2010.com/christine-counters/

and the storyline about her lawsuit was found to be full of unfounded accusations and holes:

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=429956895945

they are resorting to attacking her personal life.

Notice how they never even bothered to find out if O’Donnell still held those views about masturbation and the like, in fact her speech at the VVS indicated she might modified them since then (which is ok if true, but as Stacy pointed out there was nothing wrong with her previous views either).

In all our lives we’ve done and said things we regret, and things others might find “wacky” or “strange” (for example, palling around with terrorists and God-hating pastors or voting Democrat) or made verbal gaffes (for instance claiming jobs is a three letter word or that we can’t see whats in a bill until we vote on it.)

So basically the personal attacks strategy/argument is based on this facile premise: that Christine O’Donnell is nuts and can’t be a Senator because she is…a regular human being.

Which I guess is not true of them, I’m sure they are perfect and have lived error free lives.
Joe
September 18th, 2010 @ 12:27 pm

Matt Lewis on the subject.

Christ Coons called himself a bearded marxist?
Joe
September 18th, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

Jeff Goldstein noted this post which addresses most of the serious accusations against O’Donnell:

1. Re: ISI. She worked for a religious organization and was demoted not because of her job performance but because the supervisors in this ultra religious organization misinterpret their Bible’s and the book of Ephesians where it says that women should submit to men. And she was demoted to have a MAN put in charge of her. The demotion was illegal and she was completely right to call them out on it. She dismissed the lawsuit about 3yrs ago, NOT because it didn’t have merit but she was prepping to run against Biden and didn’t have the time/finances to pursue it. Bottom line was, she was wronged. She had every right to sue them and ISI is lucky that she decided it was not in her best interest to seek a judgment against them.

2. Re: her college career. She DID graduate from Farleigh Dickinson University. She took the courses and walked at graduation. She did not receive the OFFICIAL diploma due to outstanding tuition. It took nearly a decade for her to pay off her college loans and by that time, they made her retake a class to update her degree. (The same thing happened to me. It is very common now a days for colleges to say certain credits have expired, even though technically you got the degree and have worked in the field for years). Unlike others in this country who defaulted on their student loans–she DID pay them herself.

3. As to pursuing a Master’s at Princeton. You are referring to a quote from her deposition in the original ISI lawsuit. She WAS looking into pursuing her masters degree and the question from the legal council was regarding her current work/education. That was her plans after the demotion, then subsequent firing when she brought forth the lawsuit. She did not, however, go forward with it.

4. Re: her home foreclosure. That is a GROSS lie. She SOLD the house in question to help pay for her 08 campaign. She received a letter with a lien against the house more than a year later when it was owned by someone else. It was verified as a computer error and Christine put the letter on her website weeks ago to counter that misrepresentation. As to the IRS, Christine, her family and at least one of her campaign staffers from her 08 bid were audited by the IRS after she ran against Biden. Let’s talk about the statistical improbability for all of those people to be suddenly audited if it hadn’t been that they were all involved in trying to defeat Biden. The IRS found through the audit that she should have owed more in 2004 (?–might have been 05) and I have heard from MANY people that if the IRS audits you, they will ALWAYS find something/somewhere where you should have paid them more. She paid that judgment and posted the IRS clearance letter on her site.

5. Re: the Tea party paying her rent. Again you are distorting facts. Please take the libtard cotton out of your ears and listen up. Christine is NOT rich. She is a single, every day working woman who sold her house in the last campaign and has used every penny she could muster to fight in Delaware politics. She now lives in a small townhouse and because she couldn’t afford an official campaign headquarters–it was run out of rooms from her house. Because of staffers taking up half her living residence, it was determined she could use part of the tea party money as “rent” to her for space in her home for the headquarters. MANY people across this country use part of their house as a business office. (I work as a cardiac consultant from my home and I write off my home office space on my taxes) It is perfectly legal and was the best use of campaign dollars as opposed to her paying a fortune to rent space (which as the campaign has now grown, she will have to do)

Again, this is all unattributed, so I’m making no claims about its veracity.

I will say, however, that the explanations appear at least plausible on their face. And as such, I offer them to you as a way to arm yourself against the allegations that are already being used by professional politicos in an attempt to hamstring she who doesn’t seem to know her place.
Jon
September 18th, 2010 @ 12:50 pm

Notice how Maher didn’t release this stuff until after she had won the primary- he didn’t want to do anything that might hurt the Tea Party’s efforts to hand this seat to the Dems.
TR Sterling
September 18th, 2010 @ 12:53 pm

I heard that rope-line blub about DE too!
Would that I might be in Wilmington, Newark or Rehobeth to enjoy a nice October Sarah with Christine!
Rick
September 18th, 2010 @ 1:03 pm

I seriously thought Bill Maher had died in the late 20th Century.

Actually, that was just his career. I apologize for my confusion.

Cordially…
Antoine La Vey
September 18th, 2010 @ 1:05 pm

“Want to go see a movie down at the multiplex and then . . . oh, I don’t know . . . hang out with Beelzebub?”

Hey, man, Aleister Crowley told me it was only a fraternity initiation…!
Bob Belvedere
September 18th, 2010 @ 1:34 pm

Bob: She turned me into a Newt Gingrich!

[Members of the VRWC all look at Bob skeptically]

Bob: [sheepishly] I got better.
Bob Belvedere
September 18th, 2010 @ 1:39 pm

Antoine: So that explains why Three Beers Richard always speaks fondly of Kenneth Anger and always invites me to watch a ‘special’ screening of Scorpio Rising with him.
richard mcenroe
September 18th, 2010 @ 1:45 pm

Remind me to tell you the funny story about Crowley, L. Ron Hubbard and the founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory sometime.
Joe
September 18th, 2010 @ 2:07 pm

Crowley and Hubbard.

Note the connections Hubbard-Maher-O’Donnell-Riehl. New Jersey. Coincidence? Crowley even practiced occult for a brief period on an island in the Hudson River. A regular Sarumon that Crowley. The battle for middle earth, of good and evil, is happening…in New Jersey.

There are no coincidences.
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September 18th, 2010 @ 2:13 pm

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richard mcenroe
September 18th, 2010 @ 2:15 pm

Joe… all very true… but that’s not the story.
Joe
September 18th, 2010 @ 2:20 pm

“But the national electoral dynamic this year isn’t about O’Donnell; it’s about changing course. And in making their choice, the Republican voters in Delaware showed a perfect comprehension many senior conservatives haven’t. A vote for Mike Castle was, in fact, a vote for the status quo. The voters knew what they were voting for — and many of them would have said that the kind of strategic voting urged on them by pundits and political professionals is exactly what has produced the status quo.”

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/j-e-dyer/359321

I look forward to Richard’s story.
Ruby Slippers
September 18th, 2010 @ 2:26 pm

Double double, toil and trouble…

…
Joe
September 18th, 2010 @ 2:27 pm

We have seen this before, with Ron Paul, with Ross Perot. And because Christine is not in a presidential race, she has a shot.
Ben (The Tiger)
September 18th, 2010 @ 2:46 pm

Vote for the witch, not the bearded Marxist!
Bob Belvedere
September 18th, 2010 @ 3:19 pm

Richard: I await an e-mail.
PMC
September 18th, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

Does this make Bill Maher Gladys Kravitz?
Estragon
September 18th, 2010 @ 3:40 pm

Sorry, can’t watch the vids – they appear to be of Bill Maher, and his image and words are not allowed in my house.

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Joe @ #12 ~ If Jersey is the battleground for the final fight between good and evil, we’re too late.
CountVikula
September 18th, 2010 @ 3:45 pm

Obligatory.
zf
September 18th, 2010 @ 3:51 pm

Who is Bill Maher the animal rights fanatic to lecture about normalcy, anyway?

Remember, this is the guy who implied Christopher Reeves deserved his accident because people shouldn’t be allowed to ride horses. What a loon.
ccoffer
September 18th, 2010 @ 4:15 pm

Did she spend 20 years going to a “church” headed by a filthy bigot?

No?

Was her wedding performed and her children “baptized” by that same mouth-breathing Klansman?

No?

Then she’s got nothing to worry about.
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Carl
September 18th, 2010 @ 4:59 pm

Glad to see she cancelled Face the Nation and Fox Sunday. Looks like she is finally taking Sarah’s advice. There is no need to do national shows. She is running in Delaware. Only do local media, and preferably short interviews where the media has less chance to “set her up for the kill”. Whenever the local media wants to discuss this crap she should just refer them to her web site for explanations and demand that they talk about the issues facing Delaware voters. Afterall, people are more interested in their taxes than they are in her views on masturbation. Make the media look stupid by pursuing this ridiculous stuff.

I don’t know why candidates like Rand Paul, Miller and O’Donnell immediately schedule national shows for themselves after winning. I guess they get big egos after winning and can’t see that the national media simply wants to set them up. Paul got into trouble with Maddow and had to cancel Meet the Press. Miller got into trouble on Face the Nation and had to walk back some of his comments in Alaska after the interview. Better for O’Donnell to take the hit now and cancel Face the Nation and Fox News Sunday. Otherwise she will have to be on the defensive for another week,instead of being able to go on offense.

She has a good war chest now, so she can start to run ads about her positions on issues, and thereby force the media discussion into that direction. She also needs to immediately launch a negative campaign on the bearded marxist to drive his favorable numbers down – and to start focusing on his flaws. I hope she uses some of this money to hire some good opposition research staff to strip the bark off her opponent – as the late, great Lee Atwater used to say..
ak4mc
September 18th, 2010 @ 5:06 pm

Maybe it’s because he’s only half black. … There’s a white man in him holding him back

ROFLMAO!

So Whitey really is holding him back!
ccoffer
September 18th, 2010 @ 5:09 pm

Bill Maher is a total queer. Why anyone would give a damn what a sneering little turd like him has to say is beyond me.
Scigirl
September 18th, 2010 @ 5:17 pm

Witch hunt?

O’Donnell is comedy gold. Better than the chicken lady, even!
Bunni
September 18th, 2010 @ 5:19 pm

# 26. Carl, that’s what I was thinking too. Someone very smart advised her to cancel going on the nat’l shows.

#20 PMC, that is hilarious.

#5. Jon, That is a brilliant observation.

The entire post is so funny. Maher is certifiable. Talk about getting desperate. I hate to see what they are going to do next. Suddenly “drinking with bob” rings in my ears….”What’s Next, What’s Next”.
nitpicker
September 18th, 2010 @ 5:32 pm

Please note that Chris Coons didn’t write that he was a “bearded Marxist,” but that his friends joked he was becoming one because of a trip he took to Africa. Only Stacy McCain could see the merely showing O’Donnell’s full quote as a “desperate smear” and using an out-of-context phrase by Coons as God’s honest truth.
Kelly
September 18th, 2010 @ 5:37 pm

You know what is frustrating? It’s bad enough when the opposition blogs/runs stuff like this against a candidate, but when your own side is trying to use it against you as well…

See AOS’s post by Drew M. to see what I mean. Our own people are turning a non-issue into an issue.

Can’t they concentrate more on the record of Coons instead of insisting on concern-blogging O’Donnell’s words from over ten years ago? On Bill Maher’s joke of a show?
Bob Belvedere
September 18th, 2010 @ 6:09 pm

On a related matter:

The 1st Republican Candidates Announce For Pres and VP in 2012!
TJWalsh
September 18th, 2010 @ 6:22 pm

“So what? They’re all witches.”

Fromthe drunk at the bar in the first episode of Bewitched.
Joe
September 18th, 2010 @ 6:42 pm

Joe @ #12 ~ If Jersey is the battleground for the final fight between good and evil, we’re too late.

Think if Jersey as Modor. And the view from the Turnpike at night is pretty much Modorish.
PatD
September 18th, 2010 @ 8:51 pm

So how come the conservative blogoshere never breaks this stuff first? There must have been more than a few of them out there before/during/after the primary and none of you bothered to investigate her background, just a smidgen!
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September 18th, 2010 @ 10:15 pm

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24AheadDotCom
September 18th, 2010 @ 10:47 pm

Nothing in this post is going to have any impact whatsoever on those smearing O’D. And, the fact that her supporters are completely incapable of taking effective steps against the smears is yet another example of “issues” that the teapartiers have.
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M. Simon
September 19th, 2010 @ 8:57 am

Any friend (or former friend) of Aleister Crowley is a friend of mine.

http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2010/09/christine-odonnell-was-witch.html
M. Simon
September 19th, 2010 @ 9:00 am

Oh. Yeah. I also posted it on my million hit blog. So maybe you’ll get some traffic.
Red
September 19th, 2010 @ 9:25 am

So mote it be…bwuahahahaha!
RGK
September 19th, 2010 @ 12:02 pm

They try all through the primary to get media to cover them as well as those media considers ‘the serious candidates’, then when they win assume they will be treated as serious and want to take advantage of what they see as ‘earned media advertising’ while they have a media window. They didn’t know, prior to Rand Paul’s debut, that the media was going to turn on them, and not be remotely objective.
pst314
September 19th, 2010 @ 9:19 pm

Mr. McCain, here is another video that would go well with your post:

Remember the M*A*S*H episode where some crazy general asks a black soldier to testify in a court martial, but then says:

“But first, a number. You know, a musical number.”

The soldier and the others in the room look at each other in confusion.

“You’ve got it in your blood, boy. Just let it out.”

And the crazy general then begins to shuffle and sing an old plantation song, “It’s a Treat to Beat Your Feet in the Mississippi Mud”.
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ER White
September 19th, 2010 @ 9:39 pm

Witchcraft, Satanists, Sammy Davis, Jr and My Official Government Sanctioned Involvement With Ritual Animal Sacrifice

http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=2533

Cheers
jms
September 19th, 2010 @ 9:43 pm

I always wondered what the next card was after the race card had been completely played out. Apparently, the Democrats have decided to make the midterm elections a national referendum on masturbation! I don’t think they will have much luck with that one.
Robert
September 19th, 2010 @ 10:54 pm

I started a Chris Coons fanpage on Facebook if anyone is interested in joining.

Just search Chronic Masturbators for Chris Coons.