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Being · 10-19-2010, 03:59 PM

Christine O'Donnell's church and state gaffe makes voters laugh | World news | The Guardian

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The US constitution has its quirks but it is crystal clear on one issue: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," begins the first amendment, adopted in 1791. But more than 200 years later, its meaning appears to be lost on Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party favourite running for a US Senate seat.

At a debate today for the Delaware Senate seat once occupied by Vice President Joe Biden, O'Donnell appeared to be nonplussed by the wording of the first amendment, repeatedly returning to the subject and sounding incredulous after her Democratic opponent Chris Coons attempted to explain it to her.

When Coons told her the text of the constitution prohibited government from establishing any religion, O'Donnell replied in apparent bewilderment: "You're telling me that's in the first amendment?"

Minutes earlier, the audience at Widener Law School in Delaware had laughed in derision when O'Donnell asked: "Where in the constitution is the separation of church and state?"

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On Sunday, security guards for Republican senate candidate Joe Miller forcibly handcuffed a local journalist after a public event in Alaska, while Nevada Republican Sharron Angle recently told a room full of Hispanic students that "some of you look a little more Asian to me".

farmergiles · 10-19-2010, 04:32 PM

Anarchism ftw! Politicians are so bright nowadays.

The Rev · 10-19-2010, 04:34 PM

The Rev

~1~ · 10-19-2010, 04:53 PM

Real Time should be fun to watch come Friday.

Dr. ShinDig · 10-19-2010, 05:28 PM

Christianity is the new nazi dictatorship, or at least they wish they could be. The only difference is Christianity is a whole lot more ridiculous/violent/self righteous than even Hitler's "Master Plan"

Xil · 10-19-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. ShinDig

Christianity is the new nazi dictatorship, or at least they wish they could be. The only difference is Christianity is a whole lot more ridiculous/violent/self righteous than even Hitler's "Master Plan"

thats a wee bit over the top dont you think?

Kompressor · 10-19-2010, 05:34 PM

farmergiles · 10-20-2010, 02:20 AM

Wow, she is stupid

.

kamikazi89 · 10-20-2010, 07:11 AM

no you guys misunderstand, this is a christian nation..like it or not it's the law
.....GODS law from which we'll all be judged, no supreme court can overturn that

our god is a mighty god

..hail cesaer

JcP · 10-20-2010, 07:34 AM

woooooooow

and she'll still get a large amount of votes.

the irony of it all was the lead in to that facepalm was her telling the other guy how he doesnt understand the constitution!

kamikazi89 · 10-20-2010, 07:57 AM

it won't be that large, it's still only delaware

Kompressor · 10-20-2010, 09:00 AM

^ Voter bloc might not be big, but the senate seat is just as powerful as any other state.

~1~ · 10-20-2010, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by farmergiles

Wow, she is stupid

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And this man is in the UK folks!

Even he knows how our constitution works.

We are potentially in a lot of trouble people.

Edit: To be fair, the Constitution does not specifically state 'A separation of church and state' but it has been widely interpreted and for a very long time to mean that the government needs to keep it's nose out of your faith and vice versa.

cantSEEme · 10-20-2010, 10:05 AM

hay guize, lets not make fun of christine odonnell

she is trying to save us from the sin of masturbation and has secret ties to non-profit organizations which give her the scoop on how china is taking over the world. she has papers.

have a little respect.

lulz.

kamikazi89 · 10-20-2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Kompressor

^ Voter bloc might not be big, but the senate seat is just as powerful as any other state.

not anymore

zerodown · 10-21-2010, 08:23 AM

1. She thinks evolution is a "belief"

2. She is trying to interpret a constitution she hasn't even read.

kamikazi89 · 10-21-2010, 09:20 AM

she was on GMA and she's clearly delusional(high fives)?

Ego Tripping · 10-23-2010, 10:51 AM

Just proof that the #1 thing that would rock would be term limits and make holding a political office as rewarding as jury duty.

She's far worse than I thought she was. I loved her constant asking "That's in the first amendment?" Yeah bitch, thats why he gave it verbatim, word for word, back to you, 5x over. Coons was impressive.

farmergiles · 10-23-2010, 11:17 AM

She seemed to have no idea what he was saying, she just kept talking over the top of him whenever he said anything without listening to him.

John F. Kerry · 10-23-2010, 11:36 AM

she made her point really badly and stupidly but she does have a point (or at least her argument has a point, the way she made it made her sound retarded) .

....funny how fast "hope and change" and " we are the ones we've been waiting for" gives way to "vote for us we may be horrible but look at those other morons..."

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Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	^ Voter bloc might not be big, but the senate seat is just as powerful as any other state. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

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cantSEEme Cold School Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,019 Thanks: 152 Thanked 127 Times in 457 Posts	hay guize, lets not make fun of christine odonnell she is trying to save us from the sin of masturbation and has secret ties to non-profit organizations which give her the scoop on how china is taking over the world. she has papers. have a little respect. lulz. __________________

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