Christine O'Donnell Is Out Promoting Her Book: Will You Buy It?
SodaHead Politics
2011/08/18 20:00:00
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You remember Christine O'Donnell, right? The Tea Party darling from Delaware whose Congressional bid fizzled like a dud bottle rocket on a rainy fourth of July when her anti-masturbation, civics-challenged reputation overtook voter anger last fall?
After laying low for a few months, O'Donnell is back with a book entitled "Troublemaker: Let's Do What It Takes To Make America Great Again," which promises to ring up more controversy as it rehashes her infamous "I am not a witch" ad and her time spent in the trenches of the Delaware political game.
In addition to walking off Piers Morgan's CNN chat show on Wednesday night when the British interlocutor asked about her thoughts on gay marriage, WBOC reports that some Delaware political veterans are questioning the facts presented by O'Donnell in her book.
Sussex County resident Maria Evans, former communications director for one-time Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee, told the station that O'Donnell greatly exaggerated a reported "shout-out" Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour allegedly gave her at a July 2008 Republican fundraising event, saying audio from that day has Barbour barely mentioning O'Donnell. Rather than saying she'd "done a great job" when she worked for him, Evans said Barbour merely mentioned that O'Donnell had once worked for him at the Republican National Committee.
O'Donnell's former campaign manager said the audio is taken out of context and is a further attempt to smear her from the same group that he claimed had gone after the candidate before. "If the failed leadership of the old Delaware GOP this past decade and their obnoxious sense of entitlement really were interested in moving forward, they would be praising her for the bold message and insights about Barack Obama and plan she lays out for going forward," said Matt Moran.
O'Donnell has not ruled out a fourth shot at the U.S. Senate next year, according to Delaware Online, but speaks often in the book about being shunned by the Delaware Republican Party establishment.
"I would argue that anyone who would hold on to a grudge for three years for not being recognized at a dinner is someone who wants to be somebody," former journalist and communications director for the state Republican party Ken Grant said of the Barbour story.
After laying low for a few months, O'Donnell is back with a book entitled "Troublemaker: Let's Do What It Takes To Make America Great Again," which promises to ring up more controversy as it rehashes her infamous "I am not a witch" ad and her time spent in the trenches of the Delaware political game.
In addition to walking off Piers Morgan's CNN chat show on Wednesday night when the British interlocutor asked about her thoughts on gay marriage, WBOC reports that some Delaware political veterans are questioning the facts presented by O'Donnell in her book.
Sussex County resident Maria Evans, former communications director for one-time Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee, told the station that O'Donnell greatly exaggerated a reported "shout-out" Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour allegedly gave her at a July 2008 Republican fundraising event, saying audio from that day has Barbour barely mentioning O'Donnell. Rather than saying she'd "done a great job" when she worked for him, Evans said Barbour merely mentioned that O'Donnell had once worked for him at the Republican National Committee.
O'Donnell's former campaign manager said the audio is taken out of context and is a further attempt to smear her from the same group that he claimed had gone after the candidate before. "If the failed leadership of the old Delaware GOP this past decade and their obnoxious sense of entitlement really were interested in moving forward, they would be praising her for the bold message and insights about Barack Obama and plan she lays out for going forward," said Matt Moran.
O'Donnell has not ruled out a fourth shot at the U.S. Senate next year, according to Delaware Online, but speaks often in the book about being shunned by the Delaware Republican Party establishment.
"I would argue that anyone who would hold on to a grudge for three years for not being recognized at a dinner is someone who wants to be somebody," former journalist and communications director for the state Republican party Ken Grant said of the Barbour story.
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