More precisely, the fact that anyone voted for O’Donnell dismays me.
Think Progress » The Old Adventures Of New Christine
“There’s only truth and not truth. You’re either very good or evil. I went back to my dorm and asked myself what I was. If your principles aren’t grounded in absolute truth, you don’t know what to think.” [Wilmington News-Journal, 11/12/06] [mjh: Therefore, she is evil.]
Think Progress » The Old Adventures Of New Christine
E.J. Dionne Jr. – Mike Castle’s defeat — and the end of moderate Republicanism
Castle’s defeat at the hands of Christine O’Donnell, a perennial candidate who may be the least qualified Senate nominee anywhere in the country, does indeed mark the collapse of the Republican Party not only of Nelson Rockefeller and Tom Dewey but also of Bob Dole and Howard Baker.
E.J. Dionne Jr. – Mike Castle’s defeat — and the end of moderate Republicanism
Op-Ed Columnist – Horror in the Hedges – NYTimes.com
O’Donnell is a marketing consultant whose clients included the movie “The Passion of the Christ” and a Vatican portrait-painter. One of the most notable things on her political résumé is her well-publicized position against masturbation. (“The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can’t masturbate without lust.”)
… O’Donnell has had a series of financial problems, and her disclosure form says she earned only $5,800 last year, although she claims she had other income that didn’t require disclosing. She said for years that she was a 1993 graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, but it turns out she actually got her degree … last week. And a conservative radio host was compelled to correct her when she claimed that she had won two counties in a 2008 race against Senator Joe Biden. That would have been quite a trick, given that Delaware has only three counties and she lost the election by 65 percent to 35 percent.
“I meant tied,” she said, forcing the host to point out: “You didn’t tie him either.”
Op-Ed Columnist – Horror in the Hedges – NYTimes.com
PostPartisan – Why Christine O’Donnell’s victory is scary
Republican members of Congress look at races such as those in Utah, Alaska and now Delaware and think: There but for the grace of the Tea Party go I. They will be that much more watchful of protecting their right flank against a primary challenge. They will be that much less likely to take a political risk in the direction of bipartisanship. In this sense, it matters less whether O’Donnell will win the general election — that doesn’t seem likely — than that she won the primary.
The Delaware result might be good news for both Tea Partyers and Democrats. It is not good news for the cause of good government.