Christine O’Donnell Walks Out Of Piers Morgan Interview

[deminks]

Christine O'Donnell, the Delaware conservative activist who shockingly won the Republican nomination for Senate in 2010 -- and then lost what had looked like a safe seat by a double-digit margin -- walked out of taping an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan on Wednesday.

O'Donnell is currently promoting her book, Troublemaker: Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again, mostly through appearances on friendly conservative media.

In this case, she apparently reacted badly to Morgan's questions about her views on sexuality. As the public learned in the 2010 campaign, she is a vociferous abstinence campaigner, and has even gone so far as to speak out vigorously against masturbation. Morgan apparently couldn't resist prodding her on this, nor could he resist raising her infamous anecdote about having once dabbled in witchcraft. The final straw, however, appears to have been a question about her opposition to gay marriage.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/christine-odonnell-walks-out-of-piers-morgan-interview.php

[Critters2]

1. Link:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/17/odonnell-walks-out-of-cnn-interview/#comments

[no_hypocrisy]

2. She REALLY is a troublemaker . . . . .

[tabbycat31]

10. no, she's a witch

[eppur_se_muova]

22. No, she's you. nt

:evilgrin:

[warrior1]

who?

[baldguy]

8. Who and who?

[sakabatou]

3. I bet she's going to go whine about "gotcha" questions soon

[high density]

4. I'd forgotten all about her. NM

[TroglodyteScholar]

13. Me too!

It was WONDERFUL....

[Ikonoklast]

5. Two media whores who deserve each other.

[malaise]

6. Why didn't she fly out

on her broom?

[peacetalksforall]

7. It's possible that she could have had a pre-interview agreement that she would

not be asked questions about her sex stands and he ignored it which is what right wing hosts are good at.

[Control-Z]

14. Nah. I don't think that's what happened.

She would have let the audience know he had lied about it. That he was breaking a promise/agreement. She's not the kind to hold anything back no matter how childish or stupid it makes her sound.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. Is that really what they are good at?

What topics should be off limits?

[LynneSin]

23. Her book is tanking - she needed to make some sort of publicity stunt to get folks to buy it

I live in Delaware and the local bookstore in Wilmington hasn't sold one yet.

[peacetalksforall]

24. That makes the most sense. If she can't sell locally, seek nationally.

[LynneSin]

27. Her official DE stop to sell the book also tanked - less than 10 people showed up.

I thought it was odd she would do the book signing in Northern New Castle County - which is a strong support area for Mike Castle (the guy she beat in the primaries). In fact overall New Castle County is overwhelmingly democrat or independant. You'd think she'd find a bookstore down in Southern Delaware where the idiot tea party people live.

But then again it's really only about 90 minutes to drive from one end of the state to the other - you'd think if someone from sLower Delaware wanted to get their book signed by Christine they would just make the trip - but clearly they weren't that interested. Maybe they thought the cost of all those tollbooths not worth the chance to get Ms. O'Donnell to sign their book.

[sfpcjock]

9. Probably an unabashed 'bator.

:rofl:

[immoderate]

11. Did she "fly off the broomstick?"

:nuke:

--imm

[Cleita]

12. Why are these faux pols getting any air time at all

if they don't want to answer hard questions? Let them sink into the obscurity they deserve.

[KansDem]

15. What happened? Wasn't her "torpedo" there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvvF--hNK7w

It's so hard to get good thugs these days...

[Hydrated]

16. Did she walk out of a funny farm first?

Some politicians, on both sides of the Atlantic, belong in one.

[Major Hogwash]

17. Did they get any of it on tape? Sounds like it is another O'Reilly moment.

"Fuck it, we'll do it live . . . we'll do it live."

[mysuzuki2]

18. Oh, who cares!

[LynneSin]

20. Why O Why must they use Delaware. She's from NEW JERSEY

Yikes what a dingbat

BTW I was at my local bookstore in downtown Wilmington today (9th Street Bookstore). I saw they had about 10 of her books back in the poly-sci section. I asked one of the owners (she was working the register) if it was selling - they hadn't sold one yet, didn't even have any ask about it.

Ironically they had a display of political biographies in the front window - her book was nowhere to be found.

[LLStarks]

21. Piers is terrible with or without O'Donnell.

[Courtesy Flush]

25. Did you see the Thom Hartman video about $15 town hall meetings?

This is an extension of that mentality. They espouse a set of values, but are ashamed enough to not want to answer questions about them.

[Johonny]

26. Why would CNN waste air time on a nobody with nothing to say

serves them right.