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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:46 AM Oct 2012

Remember Christine O'Donnell - she endorsed a candidate charged with 113 counts of Child Abuse

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121025/NEWS02/310250050/O-Donnell-clarifies-remark?odyssey=obinsite

O'Donnell clarifies remark Says 'tacky' did not refer to Bodenweiser sex-abuse charges

Christine O’Donnell said a remark she made on talk radio this week about “tacky” election-year maneuvering was taken out of context and did not refer to the child sex-abuse charges filed Monday against a former Republican state Senate candidate.

O’Donnell, the former tea-party U.S. Senate candidate, railed on a Sussex County talk radio station Tuesday about underhanded campaign tactics when, according to the station, she was prompted to discuss a 113-count indictment against former Georgetown Senate hopeful Eric Bodenweiser. He is accused of sexually assaulting a boy numerous times over a three-year period in the late 1980s, beginning when the boy was 10 years old.

“That’s why these sort of charges are so, are so potent as political weapons, because they put a seed of doubt in someone’s mind,” O’Donnell said on WGMD-FM (92.7). “If you do it as an October surprise, there’s not enough time between when they throw the bomb and Election Day for the truth to really emerge. And it’s just, it’s tacky and it’s what’s happened to our political system.”

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At a public fundraiser last month, O’Donnell enthusiastically endorsed Bodenweiser’s candidacy in the Georgetown-area 19th Senate District after he defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Joe Booth in a hotly contested primary. She also donated $600 to Bodenweiser’s campaign.
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Remember Christine O'Donnell - she endorsed a candidate charged with 113 counts of Child Abuse (Original Post) LynneSin Oct 2012 OP
Yes, I barely remember her. She is dumber than Sarah Palin, if that is possible. lumpy Oct 2012 #1
Same cloth. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #7
All I remember of her is Aerows Oct 2012 #2
Hmm, she made the remarks in response to a question about the indictment. yellowcanine Oct 2012 #3
Grifter Johonny Oct 2012 #4
Who always keeps things classy? ... pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #5
WOW, rape just doesn't seem to offend ANY Republican rustydog Oct 2012 #6
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
2. All I remember of her is
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:00 AM
Oct 2012

"I am not a witch, I'm you."

That has to be the worst campaign video that I've ever seen. That was a tactical nuke to her own campaign, and she pushed the button herself.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
3. Hmm, she made the remarks in response to a question about the indictment.
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:03 AM
Oct 2012

But her remarks were not about the indictment? Okay. I guess she was just having an independent conversation with herself then.

Johonny

(20,852 posts)
4. Grifter
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:03 AM
Oct 2012

Her and Palin are the face of the Republican party. They want fame and money. They have no policies sans those that earn them fame and money. They are so fake and yet some people can't give these people enough time and money.

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
6. WOW, rape just doesn't seem to offend ANY Republican
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:11 AM
Oct 2012

Maybe it was the way the boy was dressed. He asked for it?
At least he can't get Gods gift of pregnancy.

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