Look, you're focusing on the more extreme things like a stupid show that used to be on comedy central where she sounds like an idiot. But it's more insidious than that. Becasue when you show clips like that, and the one about masturbation, it looks like you're just picking on her.
First, Let's talk about policy. This is a woman who wants to...
Eliminate Social Security.
Eliminate the VA
Publicly advocated for the US invasion of Iran.
She has performed absolutely no public services for residents in the state of Delaware. In 2006 she ran for senate against Mike Protak and Jan Ting. She won 20% of the republican vote because she was considered a joke compared to the other two people. And even then she still didn't give up because she ran a write in campaign.
After that, since she is a good public speaker, she was approached by the republican party and offered the opportunity for republican support in another more local position so she could give back to the community and learn how to be a legislater. And she turned it down, because in her own mind, she was too good to be a state legislater. She believes, literally, she has a higher calling from God to be a US Senator. She thinks she's a soldier of God and that's why she uses religion constantly in her language.
So then in 2008, she ran again against Joe Biden. And the Republican party let her because she was the only one stupid enough to run against Biden, who is overwhelmingly popular in the state. That was a mistake. Hell, I should have ran against her in the primary, just to have anyone run against her. Because that gave her sense of legitimacy among the rank and file. But she's crazy. It was in that election that she lost the state, 65-35%. I mean, a total landslide.
And this is when people really realized she's crazy. Because she fundamentally didn't believe that she lost the election. She blamed everyone around her for her loss. It was their fault and not hers. That's why she can go on a talk show and say she nearly beat Biden. And then weh it's pointed out she didn't even win Sussex of Kent, she claims she tied! Because she denies reality when it doesn't fit into her expectations.
She states she fired her campaign staff when she fights the charges that she didn't pay them. That's technically true. She did fire them, because she blamed them for her loss and refused to pay them because she delusionally believed they betrayed her and were working against her. She treated them like shit behind closed doors. On top of that, while that whole dispute was going on, the party found out that she was using campaign contributions as her personal slush fund!
I mean, when the hell has a former campaign manager for a candidate ever run a robo call like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhptWcS5CQw
So how the hell did she win? On average for a normal primary we would have had 30,000 republicans vote. In a contested and publicized primary it would have been 36,000. We had 56,000 republicans come out and vote! 20,000 who have never been involved in party politics. These are people who never go to a community meeting, never followed politics, don't know a damn thing about anything. But because they're angry and they see tea party on a flyer they go out and vote. If just the normal republicans had voted, Castle would have won 60-40. But those 20,000 people who came out to vote sure as hell weren't motivated by Castle. They were pissed at him because they felt he had abandoned the party, and practically he had.
But they also don't know that Christine Odonell is not a good human being. And it's hard for me to say that, because it goes against my Christian beliefs to characterize someone like that. But there are bad human beings in the world. I can't realistically deny that. And trust me, she's one of them. But the irony is, when I point this out to fellow republicans, they think I'm the party hack, and making shit up.
Look, I'm not just saying this crap because I'm some RINO. We have other conservatives in the party I'm busting my hump for that no one talks about or volunteers for. I've dropped hundreds of flyers for republican candidates. People like Fred Cullis, Colin Bonini, and even thought I personally supported Michelle Rollins I'm fine with Glen Urqhart as a representative. I may not agree 100% with some of their positions on policy but they're not bad people. They're motivated by the idea of public service and wanting to give back to the community. They believe in a set of values. Christine isn't in the class of people like that.
And here's the scary thing. She has a very, very, very good chance of winning. It's my personal belief she's going to beat Chris Coons. Chris Coons is not beloved in New Castle. He pissed off the unions AND raised taxes three years in a row. He uses one of his staffers as a personal driver. And the secret of Delaware politics is that, while democrats outnumber republicans 2-1 in registrations, they don't vote! When you look at actual voters, the republican and democratic base is equal. In fact, it leans republican. Because a lot of those democrats are former republicans so they're really swing voters. But when they get pissed, they come back and vote republican. And everyone is pissed. And I've cruched the numbers based on yesterday's primary and she has a very, very good chance of winning.
er thread yet or did someone post in "Stay Classy"?
- 50 Seconds in is where it gets fun.
