• May 27, 2012

Christine O’Donnell Shocks Delaware By Not Knowing First Amendment

by Jack Stuef  1:05 pm October 19, 2010

Today's demooooooocracy!Staying true to her background as a character from a 1990s teevee show, Christine O’Donnell was in her state today talking about teaching creationism in schools, because she wants children to have the math and science skills to get jobs in that emerging Jesus Science industry. Chris Coons was here too, doing the old “exasperated bald-guy foil” routine. Suddenly, Coons said something about creationism not belonging in public schools, and O’Donnell asked him, “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” This was not the debate’s quiz-show round; O’Donnell actually had no idea such a thing was in the Constitution. Isn’t that one of the manuals you have to read before you can apply for this job?

When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O’Donnell asked: “You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?”

Her comments, in a debate aired on radio station WDEL, generated a buzz in the audience.

“You actually audibly heard the crowd gasp,” Widener University political scientist Wesley Leckrone said after the debate, adding that it raised questions about O’Donnell’s grasp of the Constitution.

Did it really “raise” any questions, sir? Perhaps those questions had already been raised and answered, no? We are in what is referred to as the “pile-on period.”

This is what O’Donnell gets for showing up to “a debate before an audience of legal scholars and law students.” Someone in that building was likely to have actually read the First Amendment, unlike at her usual events, where the only parts of the Constitution people know are the Tenth and Seventeenth Amendments. Those people recite them every night before they go to bed, by the way.

And then there’s this. Remember this?

Christine O’Donnell (R-DE) believes her participation in an eight-day conservative think tank fellowship is the “number one” thing qualifying her for service in the U.S. Senate. O’Donnell says the “deep analysis of the constitution” taught at Claremont Institute’s competitive Lincoln Fellowship program would help her make sound decisions in the Senate

Okay. Bye, lady. [AP/TPM]

{ 189 comments }

4TheTurnstiles October 19, 2010 at 1:09 pm

Next stop: the victim card.

"Always ganging on the helpless woman who speaks her mind. Librul media!"

Kitty_Sanchez October 19, 2010 at 1:35 pm

Of course! It's the SnowSnooki Force Field. She was coached for the debates by Team Sarah's "smart people" staff.

Bonzos_Bed_Time October 19, 2010 at 1:44 pm

With their gotcha questions.

GOPCrusher October 19, 2010 at 3:01 pm

The Constitution is a "gotcha" document.

Ms. O'Donnell, in what amendment is the seperation of church and State mentioned?

Why, all of them.

loquacioustunes October 19, 2010 at 1:10 pm

Christine O'Donnell can raise my questions* any time she wants.

* = penis

a_pink_poodle October 19, 2010 at 1:19 pm

I don't quite follow your innuendo…

Fare la Volpe October 19, 2010 at 1:40 pm

He really wants to bubble her cauldron.

a_pink_poodle October 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm

That's even vaguer!

Rarian Rakista October 19, 2010 at 4:09 pm

I think he is implying he has effervescent sperm he would like to 99 Red Balloon her with.

GeoffPeterson October 19, 2010 at 1:33 pm

When I first saw her, I thought, is she old enough to run for Senate? Then I realized she uses the blood of virgins to keep that youthful glow. That's also why she promotes abstinence.

IonaTrailer October 19, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Dude, she sprays.

loquacioustunes October 19, 2010 at 8:34 pm

Nice. I type a stupid, non-funny comment with the word "penis" in it, and my p-score shoots up THREE FREAKING POINTS. You guys are AWESOME.

BaldarTFlagass October 19, 2010 at 1:11 pm

“You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?”

Rest of Teabaggers across the land: "No shit? Well, hell. Never mind, then; forget we spoke. Go Barry!!"

JustPixelz October 19, 2010 at 4:34 pm

Sadly, many/most TP'ers think the Constitution does not forbid government involvement in religion. They should have written that damn thing down so we wouldn't have to argue about it so much.

metamarcisf October 19, 2010 at 1:11 pm

At least O'Donnell is familiar with the Sixth Amendment: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

jakegittes October 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm

You're telling me that's in the Sixth Amendment? I thought that was the Masturbation Amendment.

Chet Kincaid October 19, 2010 at 1:49 pm

Amendment, commandment, amendment, commandment…let's call the whole thing off.

Lucidamente1 October 19, 2010 at 1:13 pm

Well, Delaware, that's what you get for being the first state to ratify the constitution.

Gratuitous World October 19, 2010 at 1:14 pm

University of Phoenix On-Line Con Law Certification > Claremont Institute's Fellowship

binarian October 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Article the third …… Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Ok, so the words "Separation of Church and State" don't appear explicitly….still the intent seems clear. Er. No snark, sorry; she just continuously amazes and appalls.

4TheTurnstiles October 19, 2010 at 1:17 pm

In fairness, the phrase "accept Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior" doesn't appear in the Bible either, but who reads that?!

Maman October 19, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Well, I certainly didn't, but I was raised Catholic. We don't read the Bible, we are just told what is in it.

HELisforHEL October 19, 2010 at 1:51 pm

True that. The only bibles in our house consisted of the one some thumper-evangelical gave Mom back on the air base in the 50's and Dad's regulation Naval Academy version. Mom being a 'Papist pawn' and Dad being an atheist, I never saw one otherwise. Hee

Jukesgrrl October 19, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Who needs Bibles? The Popes have great clothes. And better hats than any Queen.

anniegetyourfun October 19, 2010 at 5:38 pm

Also, statues! And candles! It wasn't a BAD childhood, just really, really gay. I kind of miss it.

comrad_darkness October 19, 2010 at 8:19 pm

The very definition of Catholicism. That and pretending to be virginal.

DashboardBuddha October 19, 2010 at 1:25 pm

Been amazed and appalled so long it's not true
Wanted a leader, never bargained for you
Lots of people talkin' they gasp and say damn!
Christine O'Donnell's brains made out of spam
[guitar solo]

binarian October 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Nice LedZep adaptation. 1 up.

DashboardBuddha October 19, 2010 at 1:57 pm

I am here only to serve.

Steverino247 October 19, 2010 at 1:59 pm

Thanks for the trip to SW Asia, by the way. Hope it wasn't too hard on you.

Troubledog October 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm

And Christine, those little crackers? Made from the actual flesh of your Messiah. #PaysToReadTheFinePrint

DashboardBuddha October 19, 2010 at 1:20 pm

OT question about that flesh of christ thing. When Catholic missionaries went into the wild untamed lands, they ran into cannibals. Rightly so, they taught that eating the flesh of another human is a bad thing. However, they also taught our erstwhile cannibals that the bread and wine turn into actual flesh and blood (transubstantiation). How did they square this with the natives?

Lefty_Lucy October 19, 2010 at 1:26 pm

Hopefully the natives reconciled the ambiguity by eating the missionaries.

ph7 October 19, 2010 at 1:36 pm

After screwing them in the reverse cowboy position.

Rarian Rakista October 19, 2010 at 5:02 pm

Are we still allowed to do that, because those Mormon missionaries could stock my fridge with meat for months.

StillGoinGreen October 19, 2010 at 2:15 pm

As is evident by the big obelisk erected for Captain Cook in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii – sometimes, rather tasty!

JWDTucker October 19, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Basically, they stressed that it was your soul being fed by a miraculous substance- they didn't much see the contradiction. Protestants of the period, though, saw exactly the contradiction you notice, and mocked them mercilessly for it; they started calling Catholics cannibals around 1540 and didn't stop for 150 years. I leave it to those of you funnier than I to make a dick joke…

slappypaddy October 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm

all who are surprised, raise your hands.

prommie October 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Now, don't get all lib-tardy, its been a right wing talking point for decades that the words "separation of church and state" do not appear in the constitution, those words are not in the first amendment. They are taken from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson. Don't make a martyr of her over this one, its true, what she was saying, is literally true.

TheInternet October 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm

"When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O’Donnell asked: “You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?”

Since he quoted the first amendment verbatim, I think we can get libtardy here.

JMPEsq October 19, 2010 at 1:36 pm

It's a silly semantic argument, that focuses on the one phrase and ignoring the anti-establishment clause. But hey, what do you expect from people who like to pick and choose the bits of the Constitution they want to follow, like claiming that it's tyrannical judicial activism to find any rights that aren't specifically outlined in the Bill of Rights which specifically says, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

V572625694 October 19, 2010 at 1:52 pm

Or that the preamble says 'promote the general Welfare' with a capital W, so why don't I get a check every month?

Well maybe the Framers meant welfare in the form of lifetime free health care and liberal socialist pensions for the generals (that is, flag rank officers of our Beloved Troops), whether accept take post-retirement "marketing" jobs at Lockheed Martin or not.

BarryOPotter October 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Boom!

Lefty_Lucy October 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm

But can she really mean that it's okay to teach creationism in public schools b/c it doesn't literally say "separation of church and state" in the First Amendment? Whom do I call to demand that they teach Flying Spaghetti Monsterism in schools?

the_deliverator October 19, 2010 at 1:37 pm

Yeah, that's what wingnuts believe. that because the WORDS are actually in a letter from Jefferson, even though he's describing the implications of the constitution, that there is no separation of church and state. I know this because my family has a few wingnuts who expound upon it.

JMPEsq October 19, 2010 at 3:00 pm

If we allow creationism, ignoring the fact that it's completely disproven, than all religions should be allowed equal time; for one, I follow the faith of ancient Egypt, and demand that children be taught that the lower gods and the Earth were created by the first god Atum, from his semen, by his masturbating.

Lefty_Lucy October 19, 2010 at 3:16 pm

Being a "classicist", I subscribe to the creation via Gaia and Cronos throwing Uranus's severed genitals into the sea.

finallyhappy October 19, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Ramen, sister!!!

nachoproblem October 20, 2010 at 12:56 am

Of course she can mean that. Teatards are social conformatives — er, conservatives, whatever — and believe that the majority has the right to establish its religion, just like the Constitution says they can't. So in every school district, the majority has a right to decide which ideas are scientific and should be taught in a science class. You see, science uses the word "theory," which means it's totally subjective and can be pretty much anything. Saying that science has rules is wrongly imposing your views on other people — which is something that only town councils are allowed to do.

The exception of course is predominantly Muslim communities, like Deerborn, MI. They shouldn't be allowed to have even private places of worship, because that's sharia law and possibly ter– definitely terrorism and a threat to national security.

SheriffRoscoe October 19, 2010 at 1:42 pm

The problem, one can safely assume Prommie, is that her handlers told her that "seperation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution, and if she plays her cards right and drives that point home, she'll fucking soar as the brilliant scholar that she is; but they didn't foresee the precise verbiage regarding congress making "no laws respecting an establishment of religion" being the point of the discussion, resulting in much confusion within the simple structures of Christine's brain, and the showing of her ass which followed.

StillGoinGreen October 19, 2010 at 2:03 pm

O'Donnell is just a dumber, cuter version of Palin herself. When Biden spoke literally of laws or amendments, instead of using euphemisms and "common knowledge" descriptions, Snowbilly's ability to get in her cutsie-tootsie one-liners crumbled, thereby destroying her little house of cards. I think Coons's handlers knew this and set her up for the fast ball! Lack of intellect is hard to ferret out, but lack of intellectual curiosity is very easy to reveal – just follow the principles of absolutes.

prommie October 19, 2010 at 4:17 pm

Roscoe, I love you, man, and JMP up there, too, though he must be young if he still shows off that Esq., but anyway, this is why democrats lose, because they get all technical and lawery and complicated, when engaged in trying to, you know, campaign for office. Getting the majority of the votes means convincing the majority of the people, not just the 10% that are literate. Her first statement was "separation of church and state is not in the constitution." He read the first amendment, and confirmed the truth of her statement. Case closed.

prommie October 19, 2010 at 4:19 pm

Getting all intellectual and lawyery on this doesn't work with the average person, who is a moron. The fact is Coons fucked up big time, he should have recognized her ploy and said "oh, your pulling that old trick you guys play, of course, those words aren't in there, those are the words one of our most revered founding fathers used to describe the effect of the words in the first amendment." But he didn't understand what she was doing, because he too, was lawyering, not performing for the masses. Stop over-intellectualizing, its why dems lose. "Its the economy, stupid." That worked. John Kerrey's ponderous, endless, parenthetically conditioned sentences, that lost (with the help of the Ohio Secretary of State).

nachoproblem October 19, 2010 at 3:45 pm

When then. The phrase "gun control" does not appear in the Second Amendment, so that 's all okay isn't it?

prommie October 19, 2010 at 4:38 pm

But the phrase "well-regulated" does appear in the second amendment, which of course led to the Supreme Court concluding that regulating guns is unconstitutional.

nachoproblem October 20, 2010 at 12:34 am

* "Well then." Missed the edit window on that one, I guess.

gvvt October 19, 2010 at 4:46 pm

Meanwhile, O'Donnell has issued a statement clarifying her comments:

"In this morning's WDEL debate, Christine O'Donnell was not questioning the concept of separation of church and state as subsequently established by the courts. She simply made the point that the phrase appears nowhere in the Constitution. It was in fact Chris Coons who demonstrated his ignorance of our country's founding documents when he could not name the five freedoms contained in the First Amendment."
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/1...

BarackMyWorld October 19, 2010 at 10:21 pm

Because he was asked that question, right?

HELisforHEL October 19, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Nah–Harry's author is some kind of ex-welfare LIEbrul. And she wrote all about them magical powers that Xtine doesn't have, because, she's not a witch, ya see.

And there's too many damn words, she'd never go for it. Of course, we're assuming she can read at all.

walstib October 19, 2010 at 1:39 pm

You abbreviated Christian.

You are obviously some sort of Muslin/Jew hybrid and are headed for HELL.

Shove a pineapple up Sen. Helms butt and tell him I said Hi!

HELisforHEL October 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm

Yay! Warm climate here I come.

Will a pineapple fit next to his head that's already shoved up there?

Bonzos_Bed_Time October 19, 2010 at 1:53 pm

I just wanted to confirm if the Muslin/Jew eats Kosher or Halal?

StillGoinGreen October 19, 2010 at 1:17 pm

At this point, Chrissy just needs to shout, "WOOOHOOO – MAMA GRIZZLIES!!!" and show her tits.

BaldarTFlagass October 19, 2010 at 1:40 pm

Squirrel!!

4tehlulz_lite October 19, 2010 at 1:18 pm

She should get credit for acknowledging that the Constitution, not the Articles of the Confederacy, is the law of the land.

RINO

BaldarTFlagass October 19, 2010 at 1:18 pm

Well, since the precedent has been set, guess we'll be seeing her on Dancing With The Stars next season. Which was maybe what she was after all along.

mavenmaven October 19, 2010 at 1:21 pm

After all, in today's world, getting into People magazine is far more important than holding or keeping public office. Why actually work when you can just be made up and photographed all day?

Oblios_Cap October 19, 2010 at 1:23 pm

Better than getting a "real job".

walstib October 19, 2010 at 1:18 pm

F'ing A man!

She knows the TRUTH 'bout dat shit an when Baby Jeebus rode in on a Raptor (cause God ain't no pussy) and handed teh Constitution to GeeDubs it din'int have no dayum Mendments! That pussy Jefferson forced it on us an you know we cain't trust him cause he liked to sleep wit da darkies.

fuhrius October 19, 2010 at 1:19 pm

I saw a D-bagger sign that said "Nobama care is not in the U.S.S. Constitution."
i like to picture a red white and blue QEII and the bill of rights getting shitfaced and hitting on the fifth amendment's girlfriend on the Liberty Deck. Senator Gopher plays cap'n Stoobing.

Vinnie Saltine October 19, 2010 at 1:19 pm

what do you expect? her campaign manager is a Moran.

imissopus October 19, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Dumbass attention whore is a dumbass.

ManchuCandidate October 19, 2010 at 1:20 pm

When I read Xtine's name and shock, I'm thinking that she put two in the pink and one in the stink not being an ignoranus about the US Americuh Constitution, the RW's most sacred and fetishized document evah.

x111e7thst October 19, 2010 at 1:20 pm

Clearly todays demcracy is composed primarily of deep fried pigs anuses.

natoslug October 19, 2010 at 1:20 pm

To be fair, Coons didn't know shit about the Necronomicon, so they're pretty much even on this one.

mrblifil October 19, 2010 at 2:10 pm

Yeah but in his defense he probably never drunkenly fucked a dude dressed up in a Gandalf costume. I SAID PROBABLY.

mrpuma2u October 19, 2010 at 5:05 pm

Ugh. that whole "witch" think is an affront to Wiccans everywhere. She doesn't know shite about Wicca either.

natoslug October 19, 2010 at 5:07 pm

Well, she IS a Wizard when it comes to wicker. Surely that's close enough.

mrpuma2u October 19, 2010 at 5:32 pm

Also, her potpourri arrangements do seem to have a "magical" quantity to them. The cinnamon sticks in the arrangements are clearly demon phalli.

lulzmonger October 20, 2010 at 2:16 am

IA! REAGAN FHTAGN!

StillGoinGreen October 19, 2010 at 1:21 pm

Never once has he even dropped the , "Are you fucking kidding me with this shit?" on the crowd. I would have already cracked, but big boy has bit his tongue and soldiered on – he must have some REALLY lucrative side deals he needs to get into office and exploit.

mrblifil October 19, 2010 at 2:02 pm

You guys are killin' me here…

RedNM October 19, 2010 at 1:21 pm

What's all this fuss about the separation of church and steak? What's wrong with a little beef in the vestry? Why I remember when I was a little girl and we – what's that? State? Not steak, state? Oh well, that's very different. Nevermind.

4TheTurnstiles October 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm

It's not too late to try it in the rectory. I'm up for it, and this *is* Wonkette…

johnnymeatworth October 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm

or watched Schoolhouse Rock….

Maman October 19, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Which is infinitely sadder…. Maybe she didn't watch Schoolhouse Rock because she was tied up so she couldn't accidentally diddle herself.

MistaEko October 19, 2010 at 1:24 pm

And you! You members of the press, why are you all assembled here, talking about the government redressing your grievances? What on earth gives you the right, huh?

VirginiaOPossum October 19, 2010 at 1:24 pm

Not only "raised", but seen and called, I think.

Failed_2_Menace October 19, 2010 at 1:25 pm

I'm mildly insulted to learn she apparently intended "I'm you" as a subtle means by which to call me a moron.

DoktorZoom October 19, 2010 at 11:42 pm

I am SO stealing that.

Oblios_Cap October 19, 2010 at 1:25 pm

Christine should have used a memory charm to make the audience forget what she said.

She's a pretty shitty witch. That's what happens when you forget to use the sex energy when spell casting.

BaldarTFlagass October 19, 2010 at 1:32 pm

She definitely would benefit from having one of those Men in Black memory-zapper-thingies.

edgydrifter October 19, 2010 at 1:26 pm

O'Donnell's confusion is completely understandable. She is me, and since I've read the Constitution and know what it says she must know what it says, too. For someone to claim that her knowledge of the Bill of Rights is incomplete is really an insult to me, then, as we are one! And Xtine will be gosh darned to heck if she's going to sit around and let somebody badmouth ME! Ooooh, it gets her all riled-up! And THAT must be the reason she feels so awfully peculiar when those questions are asked, because if it isn't then that would mean maybe she doesn't really know the things I know because she ISN'T me, and if she isn't me then that would mean she really IS a witch. OH NOES!

VirginiaOPossum October 19, 2010 at 1:27 pm

Xians aren't allowed to read Harry Potter because it glorifies witchcraft. Or, no, wait, does everything Christine did before she finishes reading it get dismissed as youthful indiscretion she'll repent as soon as she finds out what happens at the end?

JMPEsq October 19, 2010 at 1:29 pm

The crowd was shocked, and this was at Widener, the region's worst law school; but even would-be lawyers who can't get into a decent place know enough about the to be shocked that someone that ignorant about the Constitution could think she's qualified to make laws (Note to Christine: that's Article 1).

HistoriCat October 19, 2010 at 2:09 pm

Maybe they're just thinking "why the fuck am I going to law school? I'm paying good money to learn stuff that these idiots don't know, don't want to know and don't care about … and they're going to get the good government jobs."

BaldarTFlagass October 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm

Yet another appropriate Onion link: http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passion...

Those guys are like Nostradamus or sumpin'.

PsycWench October 19, 2010 at 2:13 pm

That is my all-time favorite Onion article and I have to restrain myself from posting the link several times per week. The kicker is that it's just barely satire.

SarcasticNymph October 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm

This was just Xtine's little witlesscism.

chicken_thief October 19, 2010 at 1:35 pm

Everyone knows I am afraid of clowns. So Wonkette, why do you so cruelly post a pic of TWO clowns?!!!

capitolhillblly October 19, 2010 at 1:37 pm

into the monkey suit, out of the comfort zone.

imissopus October 19, 2010 at 1:37 pm

Audio of the debate is here: http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=383543576631

I recommend downloading the mp3's. I tried streaming first and they kept crashing. And her condescension when she says "You're telling me that's in the First Amendment" is just hilarious. Can't wait to see how Snowbilly defends her on this one.

GOPCrusher October 19, 2010 at 3:10 pm

You're assuming that Bible Spice knows what is in the First Amendment?

imissopus October 20, 2010 at 3:25 am

Not at all. I'm just curious as to what craziness she'll come up with.

donner_froh October 19, 2010 at 1:39 pm

Knowing or not knowing the Constitution is one of those personal questions that Joe Miller has declared out of bounds for all teabag candidates. The entire audience of lawyers and law students should have been arrested.

If Christine gets ANY votes it would show Delaware isn't ready for participatory democracy.

twogoats October 19, 2010 at 2:18 pm

Betcha 5P points she doesn't poll less than 30%; 40% if she announces earth is flat.

weejee October 19, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Xtine OD don't believe in that evilution shit, 'cause she learned her some thermodynamics from the visionary scrolls that form on spiritual toast made by the Discovery Institute for Christian Knownothings, better known as DICK.

ttommyunger October 19, 2010 at 1:42 pm

The horror…The horror….

harry_palmer October 19, 2010 at 1:42 pm

This is total "gotcha" journalism, like when they asked Palin what magazines she reads. She just picked herself up 10-15 more points in the polls (from teabaggers who were afraid she wasn't lying about having attended college).

PresBeeblebrox October 19, 2010 at 2:37 pm

When asked which Supreme Court decision she disagrees with, O'Donnell should have manned up like Sarah Palin did and replied "Any of them … all of them."

axmxz October 19, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Bold prediction: the Tea Party is going to get its ass handed to it in two weeks. Not even million-dollar donations by anonymous occasionally-foreign donors can whitewash that much stupid.

Jukesgrrl October 19, 2010 at 3:06 pm

OK, I'm writing that down. If your prediction comes true, I will happily award you p every time I see your name here for the rest of my life.

axmxz October 19, 2010 at 3:09 pm

Also, Rand Paul is going to lose. I'll stay up all night clapping for that if I have to, but it's happening.

glamourdammerung October 19, 2010 at 4:58 pm

Why do you think they are already whining about imaginary voter fraud?

comrad_darkness October 19, 2010 at 5:17 pm

Are you going to pass that toke around, or just hog it?

LionelHutzEsq October 19, 2010 at 1:43 pm

The Tea Party: Defending the Constitution, Except For The Parts They Forgot to Read!

Rarian Rakista October 19, 2010 at 5:19 pm

It is a document crafted in turns by terse and grandiloquent phrasing that is often a challenge to read in its original form for even for the most astute and erudite but the Cliff Notes are free, so er, no execuse.
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/The-Amendm...

BrentKockman October 19, 2010 at 1:47 pm

I'm less worried that the masturbation witch misunderstands the first amendment as I am upset that she continues to ignore the 9th commandment.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness

walstib October 19, 2010 at 1:47 pm

Christine: What? That's what the Confederacy signed when they started the Civil War, right? Am I right? You remember, from school? The Rebels and all that Jedi stuff?

Bonzos_Bed_Time October 19, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a… oh, nevermind.

JoeMamased October 19, 2010 at 2:15 pm

The stoopid is strong with this one.

Buzz Feedback October 19, 2010 at 1:48 pm

It's a good thing she's native 'cause she'd flunk the naturalization test.

Radiotherapy October 19, 2010 at 1:50 pm

Has anyone else ever noticed Ronald McDonald's pudding beard?

horsedreamer_1 October 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Not a pudding beard. Ron's just a pussy-maven, & loves to go down — especially when the ladies are having visitors.

SarcasticNymph October 19, 2010 at 7:43 pm

Not to mention the size of his shoes.

What a stud.

Sheesko October 19, 2010 at 1:52 pm

Them teabaggers swear on a stack of bibles (though I have no idea what translation they're up to now — probably the one with "God hates fags" right there in Leviticus) that the Constitution does not address separation of church and state because those EXACT!WORDS do not appear therein. They believe it is a librul fallacy that the First Amendment's establishment clause says the Founding Fathers didn't have, like, a total theocracy in mind when they wrote that. This is why libruls need bookstores that serve whiskey.

PresBeeblebrox October 19, 2010 at 2:36 pm

Watch 'n Learn – at some point in the next 10 years, *a* John Roberts Supreme Court (probably not this one, but ONE of them in the future) will look back on the Original Meaning of the First Amendment and decide that because it only refers to "establishment" of religion, and an "established" religion is one which is funded by the government and in which the head of goverment is also the head of the religion (basically, the Church of England, which the Founders were trying like hell to avoid), the First Amendment doesn't actually prohibit things like courthouses displaying the Ten Commandments or town squares displaying Nativity Scenes.

Sheesko October 19, 2010 at 3:06 pm

Oh good! Then my friends and I would be able to do our Pagan dances for Winter Solstice. We start naked and put on warm clothes, piece by piece, to celebrate the coming of tight nipples, snow days, and Brandy Alexanders. I would so like to be able to wave a new SC ruling in the faces of the town fathers who keep telling us this kind of religious celebration is inappropriate.

MISTAHCOUGHDROP October 19, 2010 at 1:52 pm

The naked future: Christine O'Donnell, next Fox News analyst. Mark my works.

mrblifil October 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Nah. More like fluffer to the Palins.

pdiddycornchips October 19, 2010 at 4:59 pm

I don't watch Fox but if the hosts are naked why didn't you guys say something? That would explain their ratings.

MISTAHCOUGHDROP October 19, 2010 at 5:04 pm

You need special glasses. Didn't you get yours?

Kidneys4Sale October 19, 2010 at 1:58 pm

Witchy McFapsalot should just be glad she wasn't debating Dennis Kucinich. He probably would have skated across the stage on a shield and slashed her eyes open with his pocket edition.

mrblifil October 19, 2010 at 2:06 pm

How dare he sanctimoniously lecture her on the US CONSTISHOESHINE. She is a CITIZEN of the US and she is GUARANTEED the right to selectively understand the parts she likes. He is a masher and a cad and I will be voting for Xtine, except that as a citizen of NY I am being denied my constitpational right to vote in Maryland, or wherever. Also I hope God comes to her senses and smites Chris Coons full sore for showing no class and acting like a real bounder. That ain't no way to treat a crazy lady. I AM PULLING FOR YOU XTINE AND AT YOUR CORONATION WE WILL DRINK COOZE JUICE IN DEEP SATISFYING DRAUGHTS!!11!eleven!

horsedreamer_1 October 19, 2010 at 2:08 pm

This is the inevitable result of believing "anybody can grow up to be President".

That said, a bipartisan/unification ticket of Alvin Greene/Christine O'Donnell 2012 would be spectacular.

schvitzatura October 19, 2010 at 2:11 pm

Chrissie, brush up on bills with our old friend, Schoolhouse Rock!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ

Boojum_Reborn October 20, 2010 at 5:19 am

I read this as "brush up on balls" and thought it was a great idea.

widestanceroman October 19, 2010 at 2:11 pm

My favorite part is when she asks what the 14th and 16th amendments were, since she did not bring her Constitution with her (hint for Chrissy: that round mass under your hair contains a "brain", capable of holding things as "knowledge").

The debate moderator should have just promised to post them on his website.

savethispatient October 19, 2010 at 4:30 pm

Who needs to learn facts anymore? We have Wikipedia!

OneYieldRegular October 19, 2010 at 5:36 pm

I thought every card-carrying Teabagger was required to carry a patented Glenn Beck Mini-Constitution in his or her back pocket. Note to candidates: please read the memos.

undeterredbyreality October 19, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Monsieur_Grumpe October 19, 2010 at 2:13 pm

That's OK, because she is ENDORSED BY PALEN.!!!!

Wadisay October 19, 2010 at 2:39 pm

I am convinced that O'Donnell is a ploy to make Palin look like she bends spoons with her intellect.

Monsieur_Grumpe October 19, 2010 at 2:52 pm

The power of Stupid is strong in this one.

johnnyzhivago October 19, 2010 at 2:15 pm

Understatement of 2010:

"it raised questions about O'Donnell's grasp of the Constitution."

PsycWench October 19, 2010 at 2:17 pm

Sarah should have warned her about the pitfalls of debating before a informed educated intelligent liberal audience.

Flat_Earther October 19, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Is that a witches hat or a dunce cap?

Maman October 19, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Irish, the Mexicans of the 19th and 20th centuries

undeterredbyreality October 19, 2010 at 2:25 pm

Watching that look of smug self-satisfaction slowly fade is priceless…

VinnyThePooh October 19, 2010 at 2:25 pm

It wasn’t written in Authentic Frontier Gibberish with all caps.

PresBeeblebrox October 19, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Wait a second. I thought the First Amendment was "I am the LORD thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

I listened to part of the debate this morning on WDEL but couldn't stand more than 5 minutes of it. I've made up my mind a) to vote for the Head and b) that O'Donnell is a hopeless idiot, so why bother?

Nonetheless, Yale Divinity totally pwn3d Vaginia Dentata in the small portion I heard. Y.D. was giving an eloquent talk about how he was in favor of extending the Tax Kuts for middle-income wage earners, and suddenly V.D. cut in, stepping all over Y.D.: "Oh! I didn't know we could interrupt each other for this part! Mister Coons talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk, blah blah platitude that was drilled into my head the nite before by my Puddin'cup Boyfriend and my Media Managers, blah blah America good, taxes bad!"

Jukesgrrl October 19, 2010 at 3:11 pm

Freedum!!1!!!!!!!!!!!

chickensmack October 19, 2010 at 2:44 pm

So I was just listening to Limbaugh. He was on a rant about this, and the fact that "separation of church and state" doesn't actually appear in the First Amendment.

Yay, Rush! You have preserved our freedumb by being a literalist douche. Can we also say she's on her period if she ends a sentence in one?

Slim_Pickins October 19, 2010 at 2:45 pm

You people are so cruel. This is a GOTCHA question if I ever heard one. She said she had analyzed the Constitution in depth. She didn't say she memorized it!

jodyleek October 19, 2010 at 2:53 pm

Her least favorite Supreme Court decision is Shit vs. Shinola.

slithytovesss October 19, 2010 at 2:55 pm

When Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O’Donnell asked: “You’re telling me that’s in the First Amendment?”

It wasn't just the "separation" that she didn't think was in there, it's what is in there that she doesn't think is in there. That just about sums her up.

ColHeightsChic October 19, 2010 at 2:57 pm

Imagine if this was still Uncle Joe's seat and HE had to debate her. He showed un-fucking-believable restraint against the Mama Grizzly herself in 2008, but this one would have pushed him over the edge.

GOPCrusher October 19, 2010 at 3:06 pm

There you go again, Joe.
I LOL'd.

StillGoinGreen October 19, 2010 at 3:10 pm

What about the "say it ain't so, Joe" she dropped?
I puked.

OneYieldRegular October 19, 2010 at 3:01 pm

"O'Donnell didn't respond to reporters who asked her to clarify her views after the debate. Her campaign manager, Matt Moran, later issued a statement saying that O'Donnell wasn't questioning the concept of separation of church and state."

Sweet Lord – was I on Wonkation when "Matt Moran" was named O'Donnell's campaign manager? Or, more likely, is "Matt Moran" actually a secret Wonkette operative who's infiltrated the campaign? Which one of you is it? Is THIS why Shorts never shows up anymore?

DoktorZoom October 19, 2010 at 11:50 pm

We know what he needs to get.

Pragmatist2 October 19, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Of course she doesn't know the 1st Amendment.
She can't count that high.

GOPCrusher October 19, 2010 at 3:18 pm

Xtine, sometimes it is best to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, then to open it and remove all doubt.

notreelyhelping October 19, 2010 at 3:31 pm

I think maybe it's time for Bill Frist to check her CAT scans.

mrblifil October 19, 2010 at 3:54 pm

He'd definitely lube up at the first opportunity. She however would be at strong risk of toxic shock if any part of the good doctor's anatomy were to come into proximity with here private mucus membranes.

IonaTrailer October 19, 2010 at 3:54 pm

I think she was part of the experiment swapping human and mice brains.
The mouse was happy for the upgrade and nobody in the GOP noticed the difference.

Laughitoff22 October 19, 2010 at 3:57 pm

Now, now everyone. I'm sure Christine is simply a fan of the constitution as it was in 1785, under the Articles of Confederation, in which there was no amendment barring church and state from mixing.

This 'Bill of Rights' is simply a ruse created by the liberal media and perpetuated since Obama took office.

PublicLuxury October 19, 2010 at 4:33 pm

Coons need to be taken out for a McRib. He didn't make fun of her. Say anything snarky. He is treating her like a genuine threat… Which, I guess, she is. She is threat to the intelligence of America.

She is upset, natually, 'cause libruls and joooooooz are keepin' Jeeeeezus out of edukayshun.

Fucking idiot

pdiddycornchips October 19, 2010 at 4:57 pm

I have faith in the people of Delaware. Alvin Greene will win before she does. Nevada, not so much. Angle is every bit as dumb and twice as dangerous.

comrad_darkness October 19, 2010 at 5:10 pm

Maybe she's not actually crazy, just really really stupid.

Nah.

JMPEsq October 19, 2010 at 5:19 pm

Sometimes the answer is not X or Y, but both.

comrad_darkness October 19, 2010 at 5:25 pm

If it had been Pogo, you could claim that.

thx11380 October 19, 2010 at 6:12 pm

and in true 'the American empire is doomed' fashion that statement of utter ignorance made her poll numbers and fundraising skyrocket.

sigh…………!

PsycWench October 19, 2010 at 6:41 pm

An important principle that Teabaggers have trouble with: "I Don't Like It" does not equal "It's Wrong".

Redhead October 19, 2010 at 8:14 pm

You'd think a former witch/cult-member/Hari-Krishna, of all people, would have at least a vague idea of freedom of religion/separation of church and state.

donner_froh October 19, 2010 at 9:04 pm

Christine would be in for a surprise if she won and had to take the oath of office: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States…"

Particularly when she realizes that it means all of the Constitution not just the second amendment.

jakegittes October 19, 2010 at 10:37 pm

Next time one of those fucks uses the "Show me where it says that in the Constitution" ploy I'm gonna punch the mother fucker out and then say, "Show me where it says I can't punch mother fuckers out in the Constitution."

DoktorZoom October 19, 2010 at 11:48 pm

No, she'd say that she opposes cutting soldiers into four pieces, but favors it for terrists.

transfatz October 20, 2010 at 12:05 am

Christine, R.T.F.M.

e_z October 20, 2010 at 1:11 am

This hurts my head so much, I'm torn: do I drop my attached 'nads in a blender to take my mind off her blinding lack of basics of the Constitution or do I just give up, pack my tent and admit the…what's the use, get me that Osterizer.

e_z October 20, 2010 at 1:12 am

This hurts my head so much, I'm torn: do I drop my attached 'nads in a blender to take my mind off her blinding lack of basics of the Constitution or do I just give up, pack my tent and admit the…what's the use, get me that Osterizer.

nachoproblem October 20, 2010 at 1:58 am

But for some reason, it doesn't seem to have damaged her credibility that she lied on her website about going to Hogwarts. I guess the Teabaggers were too easily impressed by her endorsement from Gilderoy Lockheart.

Kgprophet October 20, 2010 at 2:24 am

Ohhh….she's so cute when's she's ignorant.

nachoproblem October 20, 2010 at 2:28 am

The Teatards confuse everybody when they talk about the "Constitution." The one they mean is not the founding document of our government that you normally think of, it's just an extended harangue about the right to bear guns and not have taxes, and some generic stuff about God. That's the only law they're aware of.

lulzmonger October 20, 2010 at 2:34 am

Watched the video on YouTube, & that was no "audible gasp" – more like an audible ROTFLMAO.

The "I'm You" ad should lead to a massive class-action suit for libel.

nachoproblem October 20, 2010 at 2:42 am

"Fortunately, senators don't have to memorize the Constitution. "

That is not fortunate, lady.

walterhwhite October 20, 2010 at 1:51 pm

She's not smart enough to read Harry Potter

aious October 20, 2010 at 2:13 pm

I love morons who pride themselves on the Constitution yet can't actually remember anything in it

a_pink_poodle October 19, 2010 at 4:54 pm

Now you've lost me!

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