WITCH!!! the Chris Coons-Yale Divinity School connection (American Spectator). No, seriously.

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In a desperate attempt to legitimize the laughable candidacy of former witchcraft dabbler Christine O’Donnell, the conservative American Spectator has come to the Delaware GOP Senate nominee’s defense with a stunning coup of investigative journalism. Yesterday, the magazine’s Jeffrey Lord exposed a shocking revelation about O’Donnell’s opponent, Democrat Chris Coons — he too practiced witchcraft! Except not really.

Using a quote of Coons saying that he seeks to “apply the principles and values” he honed at Yale Divinity School — where he earned an master’s degree in Ethics — Lord pored through the school’s course catalog to learn, “What values does Yale Divinity School teach?” Making sure his readers are “sitting down,” lest the power of his earth-shattering discovery bowl them over, Lord reveals that Yale Divinity School offers a course on witchcraft — thus Coons “values” witchcraft:

So. Are you sitting down? Sure? Good. We begin.

Yale Divinity School Courses and Required Reading

• Witchcraft and Witch Hunting: Specifically listed as REL 717: Witchcraft and Witch Hunting, the “REL” presumably stands for “Religion.” Apparently Christine O’Donnell’s main offense when it comes to dabbling in witchcraft in high school on a date is some sort of Ruling Class snobbery that she didn’t go to Yale Divinity School, where witchcraft has been quite officially part of the school’s curriculum. The very same school from which Chris Coons insists he has taken his values.


http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/28/spectator-coons-witchcraft/

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1. It's called "stove-piping"

And seems to enjoy bipartisan favorability, especially when it comes to matters of religion. To see it in practice, all you need to see is some post with the subject line "All Christians believe X" where X = Whatever hobbyhorse the poster is currently riding, usually a pejorative.