How Low Can O’Donnell Go?
Pretty damn low. Politico reports:
The newscast-style video on Liberty.com features a woman seated before a backdrop of Liberty.com’s Las Vegas headquarters, criticizing Castle and praising O’Donnell.
“Isn’t Mike Castle cheating on his wife with a man?” asks a voice off-screen at the 1:55 mark.
“That’s the rumor,” answers the newscaster. (A short clip of the exchange is above.)
My colleague Dave Catanese reported earlier this month that O’Donnell’s spokesman, Yates Walker, works for Liberty.com, and the American Spectator described Eric Odom, the group’s founder, as having “joined Team O’Donnell” to organize online support.
Walker told me he and the firm left the campaign two weeks ago and produced the video on their own.
Here’s the part of the video in question (you can watch the whole video here):
Just in case you think that the O’Donnell campaign is trying to keep some plausible deniability, here’s the comment of Yates Walker, O’Donnell’s former spokesman:
Walker said he had no compunction about repeating the rumor about Castle because “he’s a threat to American sovereignty.”
All I have to add is boo hiss. There’s really no low they won’t sink to.
Comment by jason330 on 1 September 2010 at 6:08 pm:
Holy SHi….“Isn’t Mike Castle cheating on his wife with a man?” asks a voice off-screen at the 1:55 mark”
I’m telling you – I know the dynamics, but I can’t root for O’Donnell anymore than I could root for brain cancer.
Comment by a.price on 1 September 2010 at 6:25 pm:
if you wanna make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs.
This is disgusting, yes. But if it works, and can gin up the Bagz to nominate Chrissy O, it can be used against her to show what a despicable Palin clone she is. It will make her vile and unelectable to everyone but the Teabaggers who will be voting in the primary. After that, SANE people in delaware will send Chris Coons to the senate.
Hopefully this gets REALLY ugly, ends in a primary defeat for Castle, and gets LOTS of national attention to shine a light on how these Teabaggers run for office.
Comment by Geezer on 1 September 2010 at 7:11 pm:
I’d call them cretins, but folks suffering from neonatal hypothyroidism would be all over me. And besides, cretins have an excuse.
Comment by Phil on 1 September 2010 at 7:17 pm:
I love how the neocons like palin totally hijacked the tea party and made it Republican².
Comment by rumormill on 1 September 2010 at 7:33 pm:
It’s low…true…but….there have been many wondering and whispering…
Comment by Geezer on 1 September 2010 at 7:35 pm:
On a less visceral note, this rumor has been around approximately forever (not the cheating but the gayitude), so it’s extremely unlikely to have any effect on the actual voting. And, to further Phil’s point, the ham-fisted artlessness of this is staggering — one is, yet again, tempted to point to the brown shirts for historical precedent. These smear artists are to Atwater and Rove as Limbaugh and Beck are to Shakespeare and Marlowe.
Comment by Geezer on 1 September 2010 at 7:36 pm:
“there have been many wondering and whispering…”
And you apparently are one of them. Cretin.
Comment by Joanne Christian on 1 September 2010 at 9:15 pm:
Oh c’mon ElSom–just get it over with, and play the limbo music please……I am so glad Mike Castle hasn’t even begun to acknowledge these distractions. He’s Mike CLASStle to me, and jason (when you are fully conscious, and verbal again)—well, we will definitely agree about brain cancer—and oh yeh–O’Donnell too. I know he’s taking a heavy toll on your health.
Comment by jason330 on 1 September 2010 at 9:38 pm:
OMG Castle is shitting his pants. Check out the new #1 google response to the search term “Christine O’Donnell”
http://realchristine.com/
Interesting what a huge pile of money can do for you. Check out the tiny gray on black note on the bottom of the page:
“Paid for by the Castle Campaign Fund, Carl Hostetter, Treasurer”
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 1 September 2010 at 9:43 pm:
I’m shocked – Castle actually responded.
I guess ignoring O’Donnell is not in the current Castle playbook. Of course, this does give O’Donnell an opening to say Castle is avoiding debating her.
Comment by jason330 on 1 September 2010 at 9:50 pm:
I think he can say “I’m not debating that piece of shit” (or something to that effect) at this point.
Comment by Joanne Christian on 1 September 2010 at 9:54 pm:
Why jason…a change of heart? Writing copy FOR Mike Castle?
Comment by jason330 on 1 September 2010 at 9:58 pm:
I’m telling you JC. As much as I don’t like Castle, it makes me queasy to think that any fellow Delawaeans could be taken in by Ms. O’Shitbag.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 1 September 2010 at 10:07 pm:
Exactly Jason. I can’t in good conscience say I hope she wins. I think this could possibly backfire on her. However, since she’s a professional candidate perhaps the fundraising from out-of-state wingnuts will pay her rent for months.
Comment by jpconnorjr on 1 September 2010 at 10:09 pm:
Score this round for crazy Chrissie big time! She calls her opponent a cocksucker and Howdy Doody feels the need to respond! Coons should call Carper tomorrow to get a good office reserved:)
Comment by Delaware Dem on 1 September 2010 at 10:10 pm:
If not years.
Comment by a.price on 1 September 2010 at 10:16 pm:
I gotta say, i hope she DOES win. It is honestly the best chance Chris Coons has. im SURE mike castle will be fine. Who knows, in Lame-duckitude, he may actually represent the people of delaware. We also have to remember he voted against equal pay for women, AND health care for us all. He deserves to lose his job.
Comment by Delaware Dem on 1 September 2010 at 10:30 pm:
For Castle to respond to this… WOW. I really am wondering what his internal polls are saying. If he was wiping the floor with Christine, there is NO way in hell he would have responded to this directly. He would have let others condemn her.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 1 September 2010 at 10:45 pm:
From O’Donnell’s perspective I have to say this video was a hit. Everyone’s talking about it and she even got Castle to respond.
Comment by jason330 on 1 September 2010 at 10:47 pm:
I don’t know. She was just picking up steam w/ the national wingnutery I think this is a setback.
Comment by jpconnorjr on 1 September 2010 at 10:51 pm:
oh I don’t know the wingies seem to like guy/guy a lot more than they let on:)
Comment by Delaware Dem on 1 September 2010 at 10:53 pm:
Jason, with the national wingnuttery this is a good campaign tactic. You are viewing this from both a Democratic and a Delaware Way perspective, in that you think this is out of bounds, uncivil and will backfire on her. It may yet in terms of Delaware votes, but I guarantee there is a moneybomb being orchestrated among the national wingnuttery right now.
Comment by jason330 on 1 September 2010 at 11:18 pm:
If that is true, the conservatives in the GOP are even more fucked up than I thought they were. (And I thought they were pretty fucked up.)
Comment by anon on 2 September 2010 at 5:25 am:
The silence of Pete du Pont in all this speaks volumes. Pete is the dog that didn’t bark.
Comment by skippertee on 2 September 2010 at 6:49 am:
I’m not sayin’ Mike would SUCK a dick,but I bet he’d let you lay one across his MOUTH while you took a ride down a bumpy road!
Comment by Joanne Christian on 2 September 2010 at 7:51 am:
ENOUGH–his response reverberated a chastisement that sent the message—”your LIES hurt OTHER people”. What other politician has taken the up road to that degree of response–instead of running for their own cover w/ “I never had sex with that woman”, or “my office can be in touch w/ me and account for my whereabouts at all times”. Crud–any politician even remotely accused of anything salacious becomes all about preservation of self. Again, no doubt a man of integrity looked after another’s collateral damage in this cheap attempt at humiliation, suspect, and insinuation.
Comment by skippertee on 2 September 2010 at 8:00 am:
@Joanne “Christian”-If you’re talking to me lady,you’re talking to someone who doesn’t give a fuck what YOU have to tell ME.
Get off your high-horse and go sit on the biggest dildo you can buy and relieve some of your sexual frustrations here to for satisfied by your hysterical rants on this site.
Comment by Joanne Christian on 2 September 2010 at 8:08 am:
As posted by the skipper so in control of verbal emotion……..
Comment by skippertee on 2 September 2010 at 8:14 am:
Gee,the TRUTH must REALLY hurt.
Comment by pandora on 2 September 2010 at 8:17 am:
Whoa… let’s take it down a notch, skipper. Joanne does not post hysterical rants, and she didn’t deserve that comment.
(I hope everything is ok with you, skipper. These comments aren’t the norm for you.)
Comment by skippertee on 2 September 2010 at 8:24 am:
Well,except for learning some conservadems may be going belly-up like two dollar whores for the TAX-BREAKS for the RICH,I’m fine.
I apologize to Miss Christian,sincerely.
I DID step over the line.[My comments to her only]
Comment by Nancy Willling on 2 September 2010 at 12:40 pm:
She is now saying that she had nothing to do with the accusations and abhors them. Oliver Willis has the link (via Down With Tyranny).
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ah I see an apology from the source. well done, skip.
Comment by Joanne Christian on 2 September 2010 at 3:46 pm:
Thank you Pandora. And skippertee–we’re fine–a kitchen spat. Besides, my sister has a cat named skippertee, so I always think of that when you write, and kinda smile. But — IF–you are her–I’m telling mom!!!!!
Comment by nemski on 2 September 2010 at 4:37 pm:
Watching the Liberty.com’s videos is like watching Naked News, not that I’ve ever done that.
Comment by Belinsky on 2 September 2010 at 8:39 pm:
By the way, Ginger Gibson is guilty of wretched misjudgment in passing on that off-camera comment on the video, as are whatever editors still work at The News-Journal.
Comment by Geezer on 3 September 2010 at 10:04 am:
“By the way, Ginger Gibson is guilty of wretched misjudgment in passing on that off-camera comment on the video, as are whatever editors still work at The News-Journal.”
So in your judgment, the media should keep information from the people, not report it. Brilliant!
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 3 September 2010 at 10:14 am:
The off-camera comment was the story.
Comment by Belinsky on 3 September 2010 at 4:59 pm:
So in your judgment, the media should keep information from the people, not report it.
Weak. A newspaper is not a stenographer. Back when there were standards, the News-Journal refused to run crap like this. The Gannett survivors don’t know news.
Comment by Jazmine on 10 September 2010 at 2:12 am:
That’s not O’Donnell in the video. You are grasping at straws with the connection. And who cares, O’Donnell’s conservative positions are exactly what our country needs.
Comment by fedora on 10 September 2010 at 7:12 am:
Glad to see the crazies have found DL, and are ready to pontificate about their holier than thou candidate!
Comment by Geezer on 10 September 2010 at 7:45 am:
“Back when there were standards, the News-Journal refused to run crap like this.”
As events since you wrote this have shown, exactly the opposite is true: They do, and you don’t.
“A newspaper is not a stenographer.”
Nor should it be a censor.
Comment by a. price on 10 September 2010 at 8:18 am:
“O’Donnell’s conservative positions are exactly what our country needs.”
what positions are those? Faith, Flag and Family? OH WAIT I KNOW, “no more socialism”… or could it be “a return to core american values”…
What position does she have that isn’t a St Sarah talking point, or a Glenn Beck rant, or a Hannity nightly lie?
this woman claims to be againt masturbation, but that is her entire campaign.