O'Donnell: I won't face the nation

[maddezmom]

Source: Fredricksburg.com

O'Donnell: I won't face the nation
David Catanese
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:12:49 EST






Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell went on Fox News Channel Tuesday night, where she blamed the national media for interfering with her campaign and swore off any further interviews with news outlets outside her state.

Appearing on Sean Hannity's program for nearly 20 minutes, O'Donnell said she was taking the advice of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who frequently eschews mainstream news outlets in favor of Fox News, to keep the focus on First State voters for the remaining six-week homestretch to Election Day.

"It's off the table because that's not going to help me get votes," the Republican candidate told Hannity. "I'm not going to do any more national media because this is my focus. Delaware's my focus and the local media's my focus and it's frustrating because I've let the local media know they're my priority but our phones are ringing off the hook that they can't get to me. It's actually become an interference with the campaign."

O'Donnell's pledge comes just three days after she abruptly canceled scheduled appearances on two Sunday morning talk shows to attend church services and picnics in her state.

On Sunday, Palin, who endorsed O'Donnell the weekend before the primary, offered the newly minted nominee some advice to avoid "appeasing" the national media "seeking your destruction."







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[napi21]

1. Good luc with that Crissy! Especially when Bill Maher airs a new

video of your appearance on his old show Politically Incorrect!

[happygoluckytoyou]

30. WE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK

[Dulcinea]

38. COWARD!

Ms. McConnell either doesn't have the courage of her convictions or she's afraid she'll be exposed. Either way, she's unfit for public office.

[hendo]

45. Not to defend her

but, it is slightly more important for her to focus on her local constituents. After all, they are the ones voting for her or against her, not us.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

50. Most candidates would welcome the free exposure.

When trying to get their message out, most candidates can't keep away from a camera or microphone. She'll reach more of her states voters on the national media.

She's like a little creepy crawly; lift up the rock and they squirm.

[hendo]

65. Perhaps she would

but, do you really think the people who arent watching Fox News would vote for her anyways? And by bucking the M$M (yes i know Fox is M$M so it doesnt make sense), she is going to look more like she is leading a grass roots movement. It will buy her street cred.

[matt819]

52. Fair enough

But her reasoning is still suspect. The assumption is that media in Delaware will behave as Fox lapdogs. What if media outlets there are like those in Nevada who forced jan brewer into 30 seconds of deer-in-the-headlights silence when asked about the so=called desert beheadings. And if this clown (O'Donnell, not Brewer) thinks that local critical coverage is not going to make it into the national market, then she's living in a fantasy world. Perhaps someone should introduce her to the internets or that utube thing.

Oh, and one more thing. What makes her think that national media outlets are not going to turn up in Delaware? Sure, she might not appear on the Sunday morning talk shows, but you can be reasonably sure that reps from national media will be covering her every move, and those moves will show up nationally every night. Hey, wasn't she a communications major, just like Saint Sarah? I guess there weren't any notable takeaways from that education.

[vanbean]

59. That was Arizona, right name though.

[MattyGroves]

60. The media in Delaware is probably quite familiar with her already

This is her 3rd run for the U.S. Senate in something like 5 years and I'm sure the local and state media has covered her during those runs.

The people of Delaware already rejected her when she ran in 2008. Even with the economy being where it is I can't see the Dems and independents who voted against her in the past running over themselves to support her this time around.

While I understand the need to speak to the people who ultimately will vote for or against her I
don't see how this strategy presumably protects her from media attacks.

[DWilliamsamh]

64. Even though teh Inky is owned by conservatives...She won't get a pass

Delaware is basically sandwiched between the Philadelphia and Baltimore television markets and the papers, including the Inquirer, in the area do a good job of covering politics. She should be careful what she wishes for. Oh and Will Bunch writes for the Philadelphia Daily News. She won't be getting a pass anytime soon.

[femrap]

53. I am beginning to think that the

way our Senate is arranged....2/state....sucks. These conservative states with no people....Wyoming, ND, SD, Idaho. They can dominate the majority of people in this nation.

I read something recently...it was 14% of the population controls the rest of us, as far as the Senate goes.

I can see why the US may at some time in the future break into pieces. I, for one, am tired of the conservative states controlling legislation.

O'Donnell will be in the SENATE....that controls you and me. If she and the other nut in Nevada get into the Senate, I won't be able to bear it. The nut in Nevada wants no abortions for women who have been raped or impregnated by a male relative. That is simply too extreme. It's beyond logic.

They want a Theocracy.

[hendo]

66. I am amazed

how much the tea party hates islamic theocracies while at the same time wanting to set up a christian theocracy here in the good ol' US of A.

[femrap]

87. I know....

The people who want to 'see the government go down the bathtub drain' might as well move to Somalia. There is no gov't there.

Go live in a failed state....go to Somalia!

[AlbertCat]

80. That's the whole point of the Senate!

To NOT be the House!

The only reason the Senate sucks these days is because Repugs are abusing their Senate privileges.

Why would we need 2 Houses????? The reason the Senate is set up this way is to avoid the "tyrrany of the majority".


Do they not teach ANY civics in school these days?

[hendo]

83. I think you are right

civics is being thrown out the window. Heck, half of what my high school civics book had in it way back when was wrong anyways, not to mention the pure BS that we learned in HS history. HS provides such an incomplete, and at times blatantly wrong, take on the world.

[femrap]

85. Yes, I know the

damn reason. I'm just sick of being told what to do by the NASCAR circuit that seems to control all of the states w/ low population.

What about the 'tyranny of the minority?' I'm sick of the theocrats.

[lumpy]

91. Perhaps someday, like the USSR, the US will break up into

separate states. We are a very diverse nation in our over-all thinking. Maybe we are just too big for our britches.
I have never like the idea that we cannot vote for all Congressional candidates. It's true that we are stuck with those who don't really represent us and do affect our very lives.

[femrap]

93. Maybe my part of the country

can join with Vermont. We could have 'The Progressive States of America.' And then there could be the 'The Nascar Circuit of the United States.' Or 'The Theocracy of the United States.'

Maybe I should just head to N. CA and hang out there. But I hear there is more violence up there due to protecting the pot fields.

[ProudDad]

97. The "senate" is the most important piece of the setup

that makes sure we don't get Democracy in the USAmerican Empire...

They want an oligarchy -- and they've got it -- have had one since 1787...

Theocracy is part of the smoke they blow up the sheeple's asses to keep them quiet...

[indimuse]

55. AND appearing on *Faux Spews* is...

LOCAL?

[donquijoterocket]

68. except

As a member of the Senate her decisions affect more than her home state. The only props she deserves are for recognizing her weaknesses and the fact she's considered a bull goose loony by anyone not a full blown bagger.

[LanternWaste]

77. National exposure does not deny local exposure, thus allowing both

National exposure does not deny local exposure, thus allowing both. I would imagine that her local constituents watch not merely local news, yes? Yet the reverse is not quite as true to that same degree; more often than not, local stories stay simply that-- local. If she was actually losing an absolute at the expense national exposure, your point would be valid. However, as this is not a zero-sum equation, and her focus on local voters is not predicated wholly on local news, we may only presume that she is simply afraid of looking like an absurdity on the national stage.

Additionally, it is the responsibility of the citizenry to become aware not only of the platforms and views of their own candidates and representatives, but of as many as possible to realize better context. Both local AND national news broadcast are additional tools to help form that knowledge.

It would be the height and pinnacle of provincialism to ignore all political candidates outside of own districts.

[jtuck004]

78. Isn'tshe running for senate, where her votes could infect, I mean affect, the

whole nation?

[hendo]

82. The same could be said of

Barbara Boxer, but fortunately her extreme anti-gun opinions aren't taken quite as seriously outside of California.

[Roy Rolling]

84. local Fox News?

so why is she appearing on National show Hannity on Fox News to get her local message out?

[kiranon]

100. But she is probably only going on the local FOX channel and not other

stations that might ask her a tough question or a real question.

[Blue Owl]

44. Throw another body out

and don't stop until this unqualified nutjob has safely lost.

[curiousdemo]

70. This is the only time I'm gonna

agree with Karl Rove. This woman is nutty. Republican Party has sunk to a new low. They're grabbing anyone off the street to run for office. These people are from another planet.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. Sush, my positions are a secret! Vote for me to find out what they are

but here is a hint. What looks really good in a white sheet standing by a burning cross? Tea baggers!

[TheWebHead]

3. this focus leaves me with a distaste for the media

there's an election for 37 senate seats and every house seat, yet for some reason rather than focus on all races with some level of proportionality to provide a clearer picture of how congress will look after the November elections, we're sucked into the young (relative to congress) white female vortex because apparently it gets better ratings to talk about elections in a state where less than 1 million people live.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Maybe repugs don't want to show their boobs on TV

Much better to just have the repug boobs talking on local radio.

:hi:

[Kolesar]

10. Perky cleanfingers still gets plenty of "free publicity" from the TV media

Ohio is about to put bush's trade advisor into the Senate. That is a big story.

[leftynyc]

43. The media were hoping

the Dems would be facing losing the house and the senate. The nomination of crazy lady from DE took away that narrative and they're going to punish us for it.

[breadandwine]

54. Yeah! Like, what's the media trying to pull, making her the GOP poster child or something?

Can't have that!

Protect the GOP from bad examples!!!!

Silence the watchdogs scrutinizing the GOP!


Leave O'Donnell alone!


Nuf said!


BUT let me say THIS!!!!


O'Donnell said scientists have created mice with fully functioning human brains!!!!!

Do you DENY it?


Here is the scientific proof !!!!!! ------


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJPFSNu_QNs


So stop picking on Christine O'Donnell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kestrel91316]

72. Her Senate vote would affect ALL of us. We damned well better care about

what goes on with her campaign.

[wake.up.america]

4. I find this person as annoying , if not more than Palin.

Her game is avoid the media, except in Delaware?

Well, I can tell you some journalists are after her even Delaware.

[Loudmxr]

6. Yeah but Bill'Os out to getcha! He may even send Biff the stalker to interview you!!

[ixion]

7. "mainstream news outlets in favor of Fox News,"

Uh, I got news for them: Fox News IS MAINSTREAM NEWS.

Geez.

[cstanleytech]

11. That or shes admitting finally what most of us here have known for years

(and which was finally confirmed with that 1 million donation to the GOP by News Corp the owners of Fox News) which is that Fox News is little more than the pr arm of the republican party and thus thats where most conservatives run and hide behind to avoid those tough nail biting questions like what magazines or newspapers do they read.

[cascadiance]

18. Fox "News" is definitely mainstream, but their providing "news" is doubtful!

They are better described as "mainstream infotainment" (or perhaps mainstream propaganda). Other "news" at the mainstream level is also going more infotainment as well, but Fox is leading the way going that direction.

[hendo]

46. I seem to remember that they said a while ago

that they only report the news from what was it, 9 am - 10:30 am? John Stewart hit them hard for it when the press release came out.

[barbtries]

27. disagree

it's right wing propaganda.

[No Elephants]

73. So are most, if not all, networks. However, other networks purport to be objective, which makes

their propaganda dissemination more insidious, and therefore more dangerous.

[barbtries]

88. i don't know about them being more dangerous

than fox. if fox had not gained such a foothold the rest of the media just might feel free to report the news and dispense with the bullshit. the public discourse has sustained what could prove to be a fatal hit, and it came from the direction of fox.

but i suppose you're right, which is why i get my news online. just this year i started listening to NPR when i'm in the car and the guy on "all things considered" drives me batty because of what i perceive to be his right wing bias. and that's the "good" news.

and i suppose it's not fox per se; it's the corporatocracy. did i spell that right?

[ixion]

98. MSM is synonymous with RW propaganda

and CNN and FAUX and MSNBC are all guilty of it.

[Uben]

8. Faux News will reach the tea naggers.....

...and a few crazies, but if she was a serious candidate, she would have to make the regular circuit of political programs, too. Sarah the stupid fucking idiot Palin is quick to give advice, but just like GWB, she was a failure in everything she has done since she entered politics. So, listen to her O'Donnell......PLEASE!

[underpants]

9. Playing victim to a national media yearning to tell your story of victimhood

Just like Palin she is simply talk radio pretty enough for primetime

[liberal N proud]

12. Not ready for prime-time candidate

But vote for me anyway

:rofl:

[peace13]

24. Those were my thoughts on Palin but she has hung on like a bad case of strep! n/t

[The_Commonist]

13. She wants to make decisions that affect the whole nation?

But doesn't want the whole nation to understand how she will make those decisions?
Fuck you, Christine!

Actually... she doesn't really want to make decisions that affect the whole nation. She knows damn well that this particular decision will mean that she will get about 35 percent of the vote in her election. What she's really doing here is auditioning for a job on the Fox News Channel. Better watch out, Sean. She's slicker and prettier than you. You might be in danger of losing your time slot...

[MattyGroves]

14. So she makes a big deal out of Reid calling Coons his "pet" (which was idiotic)

while at the same time she takes all her marching orders from Sarah Palin.

If this moralistic idiot gets into the Senate it's going to be a telling commentary on where our nation is heading.

[anachro1]

15. The old Nazi Party tricks

made current.

[hendo]

47. I'm pretty sure

that the Nazis just threw you in a concentration camp when you disagreed with them.

[anachro1]

99. And somehow

do you think they wouldn't toss everyone into a concentration camp?
There's nothing uglier than a rabid Xtian with a little power.

[hendo]

105. There is no reason to bash my religion like that! n/t

[Demit]

16. Her phones are ringing off the hook so local media can't reach her? LOL!

It's time somebody invented some other form of communication to alleviate this serious problem!!!

[progressoid]

17. Wow, wonder how many of Sean's viewers see the irony in that statement?

Going on a national media program to say you aren't going to go on any national media programs. :eyes:

[HughBeaumont]

19. I wonder if Sean sees the irony in that statement.

. . .. Ok, really, I don't, but football-field jaw is laughable thinking his network is "cutting edge" in any way. ;)

[Roland99]

20. Oh? Sean Insanity does his show in Delaware now?

What a lying bitch.

[Javaman]

21. So faux news isn't national?

better to spout off stupidity via the ministry of propaganda than actually answer questions about her hairy palms stance.

Not only will she lose but she will lose in the most embarrassing way.

Which, is what she rightly deserves.

[BurtWorm]

22. Or mainstream.

An outlet that is played in McDonald's, bars, hotel lobbies and elevators across the US is neither national nor mainstream.

:eyes:

[SomeGuynTexas]

36. CNN or FOX?

Just wondering.

You left out whorehouses, jails, and other places of ill repute.

[BurtWorm]

62. Well, since you mention whorehouses and jails, of course I mean FOX.

The only news on in those places of ill repute is watched by the idiots in positions of power, so to speak. Right? (<=no pun intended.)

[CanonRay]

23. Yet another right wing coward

That's all they are. They know their positions are so assinine, and their arguments so illogical, that they can't put them in the national spotlight. So they run away and hide in the dark.

[COLGATE4]

25. Absolutely. But the problem is that they've all taken a page

from Caribou Barbie's playbook and it's working. Unless and until (and I'm not holding my breath) the MSM starts to punish candidates for running and hiding there's no down side for them doing this. Look for more and more Rethugs (and particularly teabaggers) to use this stunt to run out the clock. Makes me want to :puke:

[barbtries]

26. if i was a believer

i'd be praying to GAWD almighty that this wretched trick blows up in her face.

[nbcouch]

28. Chris Coons

I had the chance to listen to Chris Coons on the radio this morning - intelligent, well-spoken, accomplished, thoughtful. The choice in Delaware could not be clearer, between a man who's actually qualified and a religious fanatic who seems to have far more interest in her own fame and fortune than in public policy.

[h9socialist]

29. Compare to Obama's Town Hall this week . . .

I think it serves as testament to who has political guts and who doesn't.

[mnhtnbb]

31. If that doesn't confirm Faux is a propaganda machine, I don't know what would.

[mnhtnbb]

33. I bet she'll be happy to take money from outside DE though. Any takers?

[NewJeffCT]

42. well, it's okay, since she's a Republican

hypocrisy is not only expected, it's encouraged.

[Roy Rolling]

86. outside money okay...outside media verboten! Seig heil!

The morons of the Republican Party in Louisiana sent out a message last week asking Louisiana people to contribute to her campaign....I want the money I didn't send back! LOL

[Lifelong Protester]

32. Is this the only play in the teabaggers' playbook?

blame the media so I can get more attention from the media?

I agree with several of the posters here, there are WAY more important races that should be getting our attention, such as Russ Feingold's tight race against the millionaire in WI.

[LynneSin]

40. I have a feeling that the O'Donnell factor will reach well outside of Delaware

This Tea Party has been cover ad-nauseum for over a year by the media and there are still people on the fence about whether this group has any validity or not.

Christine O'Donnell is the poster child of everything that is wrong when it comes to the Tea Party. She is proof positive that this party isn't about finding quality candidates but finding mouthpieces that will spew the rhetoric. She is becoming a major drag not just on the Tea Party but Republicans in general who have no choice but to crawl into bed with these idiots.

A few months ago I really felt like this mid-term election was going to be a bloodshed for the democrats. It looked as though we would lose the senate and now it looks like we might only lose about 4-5 seats (I think that Arkansas and North Dakota are lost causes). If we can come thru the election with only a few seats lost then that's actually pretty good for a mid-term election of a democratic president.

Every person who is contimplating supporting Tea Party members need only look at Christine O'Donnell to realize this organization is a joke - a bunch of scared white people afraid that they may no longer be the majority one day (which by 2050 they won't be).

[Historic NY]

34. So the LSM should use one of their DE affiliates....she

won't face the nation but aspires to a national office.

[LynneSin]

35. That make work for those backwoods folks from Slower Delaware

But the rest of us our educated enough that we would like to know our Senator would represent us well on TV.

[Gecko6400]

89. Yeah! Those unwashed,uneducated ,redneck

pecker-woods should not be allowed to vote, let alone breed.

:sarcasm:

[lumpy]

102. Don't know about being unwashed or redneck, but uneducated?

YES

[tavalon]

37. That worked well for Palin

Not!

Doesn't matter. You've been playing fast and loose with campaign money and now you're going to jail, not Congress.

[NewJeffCT]

39. This seems to be working for Republicans, though

After a disastrous start, Sharron Angle has stabilized in the polls by avoiding the media in Nevada... and Rand Paul has done similar in stabilizing in KY after his disastrous start there on The Rachel Maddow Show.

[lumpy]

103. Rather humorous that those running for public office have to

hide out lest they prove how unknowledgable and ignorant they are. We deserve better than having a repeat of the misery we experienced with Dubya. We don't need any more pissants making decisions for us. There are enough pissants in the Congress already.

[Jester Messiah]

41. Honestly, it's the smartest move she could make.

She hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell, but at least she's smart enough to know that any closer scrutiny is going to reveal her for the dingbat that she is.

[hendo]

48. ding ding ding

we have a winner!

[NewJeffCT]

58. As I stated above - similar strategies are working for Rand Paul & Sharron Angle

Paul holds a solid lead in KY, despite his disastrous showing on TRMS. He's avoided the media ever since.

Angle has scrubbed her website and toned down her rhetoric while also avoiding the media, and she's neck-and-neck with Harry Reid.

[breadandwine]

49. Tell the national media to stop ringing O'Donnell's phones off the hook! Leave her alone!

Stop attacking O'Donnell!!!!!!!


Tell them to stop asking nosey questions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Leave O'Donnell alooooooooooooooooooooooone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9167081



And stop picking on her automotive habits! They're none of your business!


So what if she double billed her campaign for gas and mileage when the campaign was already over and she has no car!

Don't criticize her for THAT!

That is so UNFAIR!

You just don't UNDERSTAND her.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ5M11m9vI0


And DON'T call her Christine Odometer!



Phooey.

[K8-EEE]

81. lol genius can't communicate other than by campaign phone

She could call the local media on her damn cell phone or email them.....she doesn't want to face ANY media ore even win for that matter, she's just using it to grift the dumbasses and you know what God bless her because all the money they give her is money that won't be going to a tighter race.

[Evasporque]

51. Isn't the senate considered a national office....?

100 senators...for all of us....

Granted we only vote on the two from our state...but the impact of Senators....from other other states effects us all.

I am sick of hearing about her and she should be flat out ignored by everyone but fox.

Lets see her get elected being ignored.

[Ozymanithrax]

56. Being ignored is her best shot at being elected.

If she campaigns from one podunk to the next, and no body asks tough questions, her smile and her comfortable Republicanness could push he over the top. Sincerity is everything. When you can fake that you've it made. Like all Republicans, she fakes sincerity very well.

[breadandwine]

57. Hey. Mind yer beeswax. The Senate has nothing to do with national office and issues.

The only time Christine O'Donnell would have to think about the larger stage is if she was hiding Jews in her house during the Holocaust and Hitler came to her door and asked if she had any Jews there.

And THEN, only THEN, she would have to fess up and tell Hitler the truth, that she had Jews in the house, because

SHE CAN NEVER TELL A LIE.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph7jb4humhE


Except for THAT, nothing you want to know about her is any of your BUSINESS!


GOT IT??????????

[Gecko6400]

61. No, no! Were that

the case then we would all be able to vote for each and every Senator running for office.

[AllyCat]

63. If you can't face the nation, you can't lead. Bye bye

[lumpy]

92. If she happens to make it to the halls of Congress, the old GOP

boys will be on her like flypaper since she will require a helluva' lot of baby sitting.

[zehnkatzen]

67. K+R

Excellent. Now the evil national media can continue to paint her as a nut without enough smarts to find a real job without her stepping in to correct the issue.

In another way of saying it, they'll show her as she is.

[begin_within]

69. If you can't stand the heat, step away from the cauldron

[stanwyck]

71. LOL. n/t

[BlueIdaho]

74. Bullshit!

Once elected to national office, you will be voting on national policies. You have an obligation to prove to all of us you deserve that responsibility.

[paparush]

75. But, does she read every single magazine and newspaper?

Every single one?

If so, well, then ok. No need to talk national media.

:sarcasm:

[No Elephants]

76. Loony dumbass

[K8-EEE]

79. The local media 'can't get to me?' WHAT BULLSHIT!!

Excuse me do they have AN EMAIL ACCOUNT?? What local media is she doing. What she really wants to do is NOTHING....what she really wants to do is lose, and pocket the money, and possibly pick up some easy street job as one of Fox's fascist homecoming queens, er, I mean "analysts" a la her mentor Mama Grizzles.

[onecent]

90. Something bothers me - O'Donnell is 41 years old and when

she was on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (1999)...she was NOT a teenager...She was 31 when she dabbled in witchcraft...
why doesn't this get any publicity? The teabaggers are so hard for me to deal with as several of my FAVORITE family members
go to the rallies....Boy I HAVE to zip my lips.....

[glinda]

94. This alone proves she is incapable of being in Government in any way shape or form.

[truthisfreedom]

95. "It's actually become an interference with the campaign." Phones ringing off the hook, eh?

What happens when you're in office? Will the duties you've taken on be an interference with your future campaigns?

This woman is seriously mentally ill if she thinks she can run away from what she's said and done. Sarah Palin ran away from office and thinks she can run for President. She was derelict in her duties and is assisting this woman in being derelict in hers... by telling her she doesn't have to own up to what she's done in the past.

[ProudDad]

96. She's very funny... (n/t)

[bushisanidiot]

101. Waaaaaaaaaaaa!

cry baby.

how the hell do you expect to be senator if you can't even give interviews?

idiot. just like brain dead palin.

[crim son]

104. She's thinking she can rely on the morons

who voted for her in the first place. Maybe she can. Anyway, in her shoes I'd do the same.

[Imagevision]

106. Be real! if you were christine Odonnell would you have wanted to appeared with Bob Schieffer

with no Palin like answers scribbled on your palms???

[moondust]

107. But she'll gladly vote to send the nation's children to war.

Fair enough?