So I'm watching this debate between O'Donnell and her opponent, Chris Coons. Coons has taken the high road throughout the debate - he was practically begged by the moderators to jump on O'Donnell's wingnut background and personal financial mismanagement, and he declined to pursue it. He said more than once that issues, and NOT personal background, etc., should be the only topics of the debate. O'Donnell, however, has personally attacked Coons at every opportunity. She's apparently misrepresented his record as Newcastle County Executive (for details see Coons' website) - but at least he has a record to dispute. She also brought up the satiric essay he wrote as a college senior, about how he became a "bearded Marxist" (as a result of taking a course at Yale from a Marxist professor); she asserts that Coons' Marxist leanings were at least as important for people to know about as her religious beliefs. O'Donnell interrupts (even when it's not her turn); she talks over the moderators; she smirks and huffs when Coons talks; and she demonstrates her ignorance at every turn. She actually loudly SNORTED when Coons said that two wars and the Bush tax cuts contributed to the current Federal deficit!! And now she's harping on activist Federal judges "legislating from the bench," and the "profound loss of regard for the dignity of human life" that is reflected in policies in support of embryonic stem cell research and abortion.
I will say that she's been well coached, and she's obviously a better student than Sarah Palin ever was. She knows just enough to be dangerous; she has no scruples; and she consistently brings the debate back to President Obama and whether or not Coons will support the President's position. She is a snarky, "ain't I cute" Palin 2.0, and she really pisses me off!
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