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Title: Eugene Robinson: Christine O'Donnell 'looks like she might be a witch'
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43137.html
Published: Oct 6, 2010
Author: SCOTT WONG
Post Date: 2010-10-06 12:45:34 by Skip Intro
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Views: 12885
Comments: 11
Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell is using a new TV ad to stress that she’s no witch, but her latest attempt to get past a decade-ago comment is providing fresh fodder for the chattering classes. Case in point: Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said O’Donnell “looks like she might be a witch,” referring to her appearance in the ad where she stares directly at the camera and proclaims: “I’m not a witch.” “The lighting, the pale skin and the dark background. She looks like the question is in doubt,” Robinson said Tuesday morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “She looks like she might be a witch. And anytime you have to start a new ad and say, ‘I’m not a witch,’ that is not a good day.” The tea party favorite has been dogged by the witch label for weeks, after a 1999 video clip surfaced of her appearance on Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect." In the clip, she says: "I dabbled into witchcraft but never joined a coven,” and that “one of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar.” O’Donnell, who upset Rep. Mike Castle in the GOP primary and faces Democrat Chris Coons in November, released her first general election television ad Monday in which she tries to put the rumors to rest.. “I’m not a witch,” she says. “I’m nothing you’ve heard of. I’m you.” Later in the ad, she again tries to connect with voters. “None of us are perfect, but none of us can be happy with what we see all around us. Politicians who think spending, trading favors and backroom deals are the ways to stay in office,” she says. “I’ll go to Washington and do what you’d do. I’m you.” Produced by veteran GOP ad man Fred Davis, the 30-second campaign spot set the blogosphere abuzz. Several Beltway media personalities drew a comparison with President Richard Nixon’s infamous line: “I am not a crook.” The Nation’s Greg Mitchell tweeted: “Now that Christine O'Donnell is channeling Nixon with 'I am not a witch,' … she has to say we won't have her to kick around any more.” Meanwhile, The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza tweeted at The Fix: “Christine O'Donnell ‘witch’ ad has allowed Monty Python's glorious return,” a nod to the cult classic film in which peasants comically dress up a girl like a witch, then accuse her of being a witch. “I’m not a witch,” the girl says. David C. Wilson, a University of Delaware political science professor, questioned the logic behind the ad. After dismissing the witch label, “the rest of the commercial, including O'Donnell's appearance, the background music and the setting all fail to get the ‘witch’ thing out of our minds,” he wrote on The Huffington Post. “Please, for the campaign's own good, do not put out a response to the masturbation statements.” The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder offered an opposite view, saying the ad might work to put the witch issue to bed. “O'Donnell's concession in the ad defuses some of the tension about her witchcraft experimentation, and it might help inoculate her against some of the more valid charges, like her propensity to fudge her resume, or maybe even her opposition to masturbation,” he wrote.
Poster Comment: O'Donnell's down 19 points as of today.
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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)
I just saw the ad last night and my first thought was why in the hell would she wear all black and have a god-awful if not spooky background to sit in front. Either she is a witch or just plain stone-stupid for taking the advice of her handlers.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
She's good at casting spells though. Just having supporters with selective memories is proof.
Has there ever been a candidate for the Senate who introduced herself with "I'm not a witch"?
It was probably, at some point, on Hillary's Top Ten list during her listening tour...probably nestled between..."I didn't kill Vince Foster" and "I didn't fuck Webb Hubbel".
Hillary Clinton. She introduced herself as 'the stupid bitch'.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Eugene looks more like a monkey then she looks like a witch. Fuck that asshole.
Another succinct reply, Stone. What's your I.Q., around 80?
Live from New York! It's... Seriously, this is like Saturday Night Live skit. Regardless, the RINO is gone. So, I'm happy.
I tested almost genius on internet iq tests.
I have superhuman strength playing Halo.
Well my avatar is leader of a society in EntropiaUniverse.com on planet Calypso, so there. They only allow one avatar in that real cash economy Mind Ark of Sweden game, and we don't look too much alike, but she's skilled much higher then any other avatar in the Society.
“The lighting, the pale skin and the dark background.
#2. To: Skip Intro (#0)
After dismissing the witch label, “the rest of the commercial, including O'Donnell's appearance, the background music and the setting all fail to get the ‘witch’ thing out of our minds,” he wrote on The Huffington Post. “Please, for the campaign's own good, do not put out a response to the masturbation statements.”
#3. To: Brian S (#1)
#4. To: Skip Intro (#3)
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Has there ever been a candidate for the Senate who introduced herself with "I'm not a witch"?
#5. To: Skip Intro (#3)
#6. To: Skip Intro (#0)
#7. To: A K A Stone (#6)
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#8. To: Brian S (#1)
I just saw the ad last night and my first thought was why in the hell would she wear all black and have a god-awful if not spooky background to sit in front.
Rule of law: B students wind up working for C students. A students teach.
#9. To: Skip Intro (#7)
#10. To: A K A Stone (#9)
I tested almost genius on internet iq tests.
#11. To: Skip Intro (#10)
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Les personnes faibles ne peuvent être sincères.
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