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Remember ‘Hottie McAwesome’?

Posted on | September 19, 2010 | 86 Comments

Excellent advice from Hillbuzz:

This actually reminds us a lot of how Democrats tried to use Scott Brown’s ROCKING HOT Cosmo centerfold pictures against him, thinking calling the man “a former nude model” would prevent him from being elected Senator.  The Democrat playbook is to find something they think will embarrass a person, attack him or her personally, and drive a wedge between that candidate and voters by turning the person into a pariah and laughingstock. . . .

Read the whole thing. Being sexy is so bad for Republicans! 

Let me point out that the Marcela Hoeven bikini scandal has done nothing to undermine GOP prospects in North Dakota. And to completely change the subject, how many weedheads in Delaware know about Christine O’Donnell’s position on the War on Drugs?

“Drug policy should be decided at the state level, not the federal level.” . . .
Will McVay, Chairman of the Kent County Libertarian Party . . . stated that she “did not shy away from the libertarian label.”

Hmmmm. It’s almost as if O’Donnell is not a one-dimensional cartoon stereotype. Longtime O’Donnell supporter Jerry Wilson stands up to defend Christine from the latest smears, and Carol at No Sheeples Here adds to the fun:

Oh, look: That wacky witchy anti-wanking wingnut all the “experts” said could never beat Mike Castle has raised nearly $2 million in less than five days since she beat him. And she just got $20 from me. (Y’all have been so good about hitting my tip jar, I’d feel bad if I didn’t give a little.)

Put your money where your heart is, people: Fight back!

CHRISTINE O’DONNELL for U.S. SENATE

UPDATE: Putting aside for the moment that we’re talking about the Future of the Country, this Delaware fight is the best online entertainment value of the year! Anytime Jeff Goldstein decides to start pounding the hell out of Patterico, you know you’re going to get your money’s worth.

Mark Levin is hanging tough, naturally, and Dan Riehl . . . my God, who’s ever seen the like of this? Bam! on Patterico, then Bam! Bam! again, and Bam! Bam! Bam! on Hinderaker. The most remarkable of all, however, was when Dan threw an elbow at Mary Katharine Ham.

Drew M. at Ace of Spades wonders what the impact of the drip, drip, drip will be. Let me say this: The very worst of it, to date, was when three of her former staffers went telling tales to Politico. Her financial history is already yesterday’s news — “Asked and answered,” as the Clinton White House used to say — and she’s already held her own in the first debate with Coons.

So she’s been hit, hit, hit for five consecutive days and raised nearly $2 million in that time. She’s still on her feet, you see.

Bloodied, but unbowed.

My gut hunch is that she’s taken the worst of it already. The Castle campaign dumped everything really damaging it had on her, and still lost. Can Democrats dig up anything worse, or else recycle Castle’s stuff to truly lethal effect? Kinda doubt it.

O’Donnell is a little more than 10 points down in the polls, but she’s up around 40% with six weeks to go in a Blue state against a bald guy who raised taxes three times in four years. Let me remind you that on Jan. 10 — just nine days before the Senate special election in Massachusetts — the Boston Globe poll showed Martha Coakley with a 15-point lead over Scott Brown.

We remember how that turned out, don’t we?

By God, don’t tell me Christine can’t win. Give her all you can.

Category: Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Election

Comments

86 Responses to “Remember ‘Hottie McAwesome’?”

  1. Big Bang Hunter
    September 19th, 2010 @ 3:15 am

    – The Lefturds are4 falling right in line with their usual tactics. They just don’t know or believe in the words “silent majority”, which is all to the good.

    – An epic battle is shaping up between the “good witch” of the east and SanFranNan.

    – Question of the week. Can Botox Nan immunize the Demorats against trVth, morals, and the American way. Discerning independent broom owners all across the nation want to know!

  2. Ben (The Tiger)
    September 19th, 2010 @ 3:58 am

    Well, the two lines cancel each other out — either she’s an anti-whacking-off Super Christian, or she’s a ditsy witch — can’t be both.

    Still beats voting for a bearded (now balding) Marxist who’s Harry Reid’s pet.

  3. Jerry Stratton
    September 19th, 2010 @ 4:00 am

    Samantha’s thanksgiving to remember:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZnY6-dYmYg

    People who think that women don’t belong at the men’s table.

  4. Alan Kellogg
    September 19th, 2010 @ 5:36 am

    People tend to a fiscal conservatism during a recession and some people expect a Marxist to win against a conservative? That’s like expecting a Nazi to get an invite to a bar mitzvah.

  5. Jon
    September 19th, 2010 @ 5:48 am

    Give your money to Angle or Rossi or Miller- somewhere it can do some good. Don’t flush it down the toilet by giving it to COD.

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  7. Paul Zummo
    September 19th, 2010 @ 7:25 am

    Not that O’Donnell shouldn’t get support, but I hope conservatives don’t forget the other candidates – Angle, Miller, Johnson, Fiorina – that are going to need money and attention in the coming weeks. The DE kerfuffle has been perversely entertaining, but let’s not forget these other races.

    And sorry if that came off as naggy, but I had to wake up early and now I am watching annoying Nick. Jr. cartoons with my 19-month old daughter.

  8. DaveP.
    September 19th, 2010 @ 7:50 am

    Honestly, I put about as much stock in what John Hindraker says as I do in what James Carville says. He blew his credibility back in ’08, with his incessant pimping for McCain.
    Right now, he’s seeing a way to make his desire to see a non-Ruling-Class candidate fail into a self-fulfilling prophecy- and so he’s working as hard as he can to help insure an actual Marxist wins that Senate seat. No more needs to be said.
    As for Patterico… I’ll paraphrase one of his own lines and say that while I don’t believe he’s actually a total blithering idiot, he does certainly make blitheringly idiotic statements.

  9. Dandapani
    September 19th, 2010 @ 8:03 am

    Done. Matched your $20.00

  10. KingShamus
    September 19th, 2010 @ 8:11 am

    “Let me remind you that on Jan. 10 — just nine days before the Senate special election in Massachusetts — the Boston Globe poll showed Martha Coakley with a 15-point lead over Scott Brown.”

    Thank you. This is how I feel about O’Donnell. She’s got 5ish weeks to knock down a 12 point Coons lead. She’s running in a Republican year. She’s running against a dude who Harry Reid called his pet.

    This is more than doable.

  11. filbert
    September 19th, 2010 @ 9:54 am

    I propose this new Insurgent-Republican campaign theme:

    “Smear, smear, smear, destroy, destroy, destroy.

    That’s all the Democrats (and their allies in the Media–AND their co-dependents in the Republican Establishment Old Boys Network) know how to do anymore.

    Let’s show them the right way to go about fixing this country.”

  12. M. Simon
    September 19th, 2010 @ 10:17 am

    filbert,

    Laugh them out of the room. Good fun, saves the bile for a better day, and you will sleep better.

  13. Jon
    September 19th, 2010 @ 10:21 am

    DaveP said: “Honestly, I put about as much stock in what John Hindraker says as I do in what James Carville says. He blew his credibility back in ‘08, with his incessant pimping for McCain.”

    Yes, nominating RINOs like McCain for President is dumb. However, nominating flaky “True Conservatives” in deep blue territory like DE, is also dumb. Both are violations of the Buckley Rule, for different reasons.

  14. M. Simon
    September 19th, 2010 @ 10:25 am

    My friend Eric at Classical Values is considering donating to Christine because she is a socon but not a statist (she said some favorable things about ending the War On Drugs).

    A non-statist socon is rather unusual in Eric’s opinion.

    Here is my take on such matters:

    http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2010/09/leftist-dogma.html

  15. Joe
    September 19th, 2010 @ 10:30 am

    I had nothing against those who argued before the primary election that Castle was the better choice than O’Donnell. They had a point. You can disagree with it, but it was a legitmate argument. Just like those supporting O’Donnell had a legitimate argument.

    The primary is over. O’Donnell is the GOP candidate. The opponent is Chris Cooms. Direct your fire to Cooms please.

    So with all due respect, Powerline, Patterico, Frum, Brooks and NRO…lead, follow or get out of the way. If you are conservatives, then support O’Donnell or shut up.

    And that advice goes to you too Stacy. If you voted for Bob Barr over Mac Daddy in the presidential primary, fair enough. But not if you voted Barr over McCain-Palin in the general. You might as well voted for Obama like Althouse did.

  16. Joe
    September 19th, 2010 @ 10:43 am

    Talking about witches…

    I said a few weeks ago that Patterico reminded me of Glenda in Wicked (the vapid come along, get along, “good” witch). Wicked was a very clever play, where the role of the Wicked Witch of the West is questioned. Hilbuzz has an excerpt that is interesting.

    Patterico, you probably think this song is about you… and in this case yes, but you are still vain.

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  18. Joe
    September 19th, 2010 @ 11:00 am

    This new post by Jeff G is made of awesome.

  19. DaveP.
    September 19th, 2010 @ 11:18 am

    ..So Jon: Supporting the candidate of my choice is somehow some “rules violation” (note: Buckley never referred to it as a rule)
    but your constantly running down the candidate that DID beat your mancrush in the primaries- helping to insure that the Marxist wins- is somehow okay?

    I smell concern troll.

  20. Janelle
    September 19th, 2010 @ 11:47 am

    Hmmm……..interesting headline on Drudge this morning. BHO wants supporters to guard the change. Change the guard would be more appropriate and should be done frequently.

  21. David
    September 19th, 2010 @ 11:47 am

    I suspect the ‘Alinsky rules’ are coming to an end. It doesn’t work so well when the radicals mask starts to slip and issues are what is important not the ‘man’.

  22. ECM
    September 19th, 2010 @ 11:49 am

    Any minute now, some conservative blog is going to step away from the traffic bonanza/likely having little actual effect in DE (you know, where her current views are a bit more important than her bloody stance on astrology) that is the OD is a nut/witch/bride of Cthulhu story and actually start hammering Chris Coons for being the tax-hiking, Barry-loving, hardcore lib that he is…any minute now…hold on…wait for it…it’s coming in hot and fast…

    In other words, those of you riding this story into the ditch to gin up traffic are starting to make me sick. (And Stacy is hardly remotely the worst offender* in this regard, w/ the likes of Ace, Allah (surprise!), Powerline, etc. being the big ‘winners’ in the race to the bottom.)

    *At least you’re defending her, but at some point *someone* on the right is going to have to start leading the charge and taking it to the Coons camp…right??

  23. Joe
    September 19th, 2010 @ 12:24 pm

    Not everyone at Hot Air is on the wrong side of this issue.

  24. not neo just conservative
    September 19th, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

    Someone once said, and I can’t remember who it was, that “When I was young and dumb, I sometimes did immature and foolish things.” I wish I could remember who it was so I could quote it correctly and attribute it properly, but that is the exact tone that O’Donnell needs to take. She’s going to get hit with a lot more of this crap and she doesn’t need to let it sidetrack her campaign.

    Thank God there was nobody following me around with a camcorder when I was in my twenties…or thirties. Come to think of it, thank God nobody follows me around with a camcorder today.

  25. richard mcenroe
    September 19th, 2010 @ 12:38 pm

    Stacy, saw your tweet about CO’D hiring a DC PR firm. This could be good, but it could be very bad if that firm buys into the beltway picture of the GOP base as racist bible thumping gunbunnies just itchin’ to drag faggits and wiccans behind their pickups.

    The only way to answer this “attack” is with laughter.

    “O’Donnell did something dumb in college. Chris Coons did nothing BUT dumb in office.”

    “Christine O’Donnell never sold her soul, but Chris Collins sold his vote.”

    “Nothing Christine O’Donnell has EVER done is as disgusting as what Bill Maher does in the Playboy Mansion hot tub…”

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  27. DaveP.
    September 19th, 2010 @ 5:34 pm

    It’d also work pretty good if she positions this as her vs. Karl Rove (who, let’s remember, is still viewed as the Antichrist by much of the Democratic Electorate).

    “Wanna make Karl Rove cry? Vote O’Donnell!”

    “Who’s Karl Rove’s favorite Democrat? Chris Coons is! Vote O’Donnell and keep a Rove tool away from Washington!”

  28. Bob Belvedere
    September 19th, 2010 @ 6:20 pm

    Joe wrote: So with all due respect, Powerline, Patterico, Frum, Brooks and NRO…lead, follow or get out of the way. If you are conservatives, then support O’Donnell or shut up.

    Joe, this could be a good thing – a weeding out of the deadwood on the Right. Also, maybe the coup Stacy has been advocating over at NRO may finally take place – although, I’d rather see Andrew McCarthy take over rather than Jonah after his performance lately.

  29. Prudence
    September 19th, 2010 @ 6:27 pm

    But, Stacy, it appears that the former staffers didn’t tell all their tales to Politico. Or if they did, Politico want to disclose it.

    See:
    http://prudencepaine.com/2010/09/18/moores-bedfellow/

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  31. Joe
    September 19th, 2010 @ 9:02 pm

    Bob, I like Jonah. A little weak on this issue, but generally on the right side of things. But Andy McCarthy is preferable to Rich Lowry.

  32. Bob Belvedere
    September 19th, 2010 @ 10:51 pm

    Joe: I like Jonah a lot, but he’s gone all lily-livered on the whole RINO issue.

  33. Joe
    September 19th, 2010 @ 11:20 pm

    This comment over at The Agitator made me laugh:

    I know nothing about Christine O’Donnell and since I don’t vote in the state of Delaware, I probably won’t expend much effort trying to figure her out. She is accused of being a flake and of making some crazy statements. Again, I can’t say one way or the other.

    But I did have this thought:

    Since when did making crazy, nonsensical public statements in the heat of a political campaign become a disqualification for a Senate seat held by Joe Biden for three decades?

  34. Randy Rager
    September 19th, 2010 @ 11:42 pm

    I say this as a dude that misses the good ol’ days when witches were burned at the stake: Better a Wiccan than a Commie.

    Fuck Coons.

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  37. Bob Belvedere
    September 20th, 2010 @ 7:47 am

    Randy Roger: At least you can reason with a witch – ask some of my old girlfriends.

  38. Bob Belvedere
    September 20th, 2010 @ 7:47 am

    ‘Rager’…apologies.

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