Tea party favorite O'Donnell fails to draw crowd in Naples

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  1. Think for myself

    Think for myself Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I will confess to finding this incredibly amusing.

    The lady who out primaried a season politician, who has later been exposed as both unintelligent and bat (*)(*)(*)(*) crazy, has apparently not drawn very well at her latest book signing.

    Maybe her supporters favor e-books, but they get so dirty with the crayon all over the lcd screen.

    No matter.

    May favorite part is the guy asking her to sign the demonology book. That is flat out hilarious.

    http://www.news-press.com/article/2...nell-fails-draw-crowd-Naples?odyssey=nav|head

    Not even tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell could draw a large crowd for her book signing Wednesday in staunchly Republican Naples during August, a month when there are few tourists and many locals are on vacation.

    Still, O’Donnell took the turnout of five people — members of the media outnumbered customers — at Barnes & Noble in stride.

    “God bless you, Tom,” she told Tom Bruzzesi of Fort Myers, who said he’s launching his own presidential campaign.

    “I like her,” Bruzzesi said. “She’s kind of a rogue like me.”

    “Thank you for coming out today,” O’Donnell said to Louise Campo of Naples.
    “She interests me. She’s very conservative,” Campo said.

    O’Donnell, a Christian, then politely turned down a request from a young man who asked her to sign his book on demonology instead of a copy of her book.

    Her book, “Troublemaker: Let’s Do What It Takes To Make America Great Again,” recounts O’Donnell’s 2010 Senate bid and her stand on political issues.

    “I wrote the book to set the record straight, to serve as an inspiration to others to work for change and to articulate the proper role of government, which I believe should be limited and local,” O’Donnell said.

    The book also details her childhood, her rise in politics and the “I’m not a witch” ad released during the Senate race.

    O’Donnell said she chose the title “troublemaker” because that’s what Time magazine called her for upsetting the Delaware political establishment, featuring her on the cover in a $6 thrift shop red blazer.

    O’Donnell, 41, defeated nine-term U.S. representative and former Gov. Mike Castle in the Republican primary for Senate, but lost in November to Democrat Chris Coons.

    During the race, comedian Bill Maher aired statements O’Donnell made in 1999 in which she said that “I dabbled into witchcraft.” Her following campaign ad stating she was not a witch spawned numerous parodies.

    O’Donnell said her book points out that she was telling young people about her teenage years and how her life changed when she embraced Christianity. In retrospect, O’Donnell said she would not have launched the ad campaign that just drew more attention to a non-issue.

    And that’s another purpose of her book — to give advice on political pitfalls and to encourage others to run for office by saying “if she can do it, so can I,” Donnell said.
    O’Donnell said she won’t rule out running for office again.

    As she tours the country, O’Donnell continues to draw controversy.

    She walked off CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” last week after he asked her about her views on gay marriage. She said she walked off because the show’s videotaping had gone overtime, but volunteered to come back and say that states should individually decide the issue.
     
  2. Hjalmar Thorsson

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    Looks like you put an awful lot of effort into a thread that nobody gives a (*)(*)(*)(*) about.
     
  3. toddwv

    toddwv Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Cute single 40 year old virgin with a bit of crazy in her? That's like a HUGE flame for certain moths...
     

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