A blast from the past. Christine O'Donnell is being sued for breaking campaign finance laws in 2010.

Courtesy of HuffPo:  

The Federal Election Commission filed suit Monday against former Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell for allegedly using campaign funds for personal purposes. 

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, claims that O'Donnell and then-campaign treasurer Matthew Moran illegally used $20,000 in funds raised for her 2010 Senate campaign to pay for her personal rent and utility bills during and after the election. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington originally filed a complaint with the FEC containing those allegations in September 2010. 

From 2010 through 2011, the complaint alleges, O'Donnell and Moran spent at least $20,000 on rent and utilities at O'Donnell's townhouse in Greenville, Delaware, which doubled as her campaign headquarters. Federal campaign finance laws forbid the use of campaign funds to pay rent on a personal residence. 

Lawyers for the FEC ask the court to force O'Donnell to repay the $20,000 in expenses spent on her housing, and to find an appropriate civil penalty for both O'Donnell and Moran for breaking the campaign finance law. The suit also notes that the FEC has attempted to settle with O'Donnell and Moran for payment of the $20,000, but was rebuffed.

There was a time when Christine O'Donnell was my favorite incompetent teabagger politician, and I wrote about her often.

But then she lost to Chris Coons, which was appropriate, and I stopped giving a shit.

However seeing her in the news due to a lawsuit for breaking campaign finance rules, just made her more interesting again.

And let's face it the news could be worse. At least she's not a witch.

Though come to think of it being a witch and NOT a criminal who misused campaign funds given to her by ignorant under educated morons who actually thought she could be a Senator might be better.

The Palin curse continues and even knocks the Today Show off of a 16 year winning streak.

Of course I'm popular! Who else gets asked to autograph a baby?

Courtesy of Media Coder:

ABC’s “Good Morning America” appears to have prevailed over NBC’s “Today” show in weekly viewership for the first time in over 16 years. 

Preliminary Nielsen ratings show that “GMA” had an average of 5,147,000 total viewers for the week of April 9 — 13,000 more than the “Today” show, which averaged 5,134,000. 

“Today” still led “GMA” by more than 250,000 viewers between the ages 25 to 54, the key demographic for advertisers. But by edging out “Today” among total viewers, “GMA” has at least briefly accomplished what has been the top priority of ABC News: to put an end to its rival’s winning streak. “GMA” had not won a week outright since December 1995.

Palin apologists are going to say that during Palin's Tuesday appearance the Today Show won the day, which is true, but as we know that was mostly just because people tuned in to see the train wreck.

The important take away from this is that once again something Palin touches turns to yet another steaming pile of moosepoop.

I am not at all superstitious, and would usually poo poo the idea of a curse, or bad mojo, but I have to admit that Snowdrift Snooki has made me a believer. I have literally NEVER seen such a consistent harbinger of doom in my life.

Her trail of destruction began with John McCain, and from there went to Sharon Angle and Christine O'Donnell, through Herman Cain and Rick Santorum, and even derailed the careers of Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin. All it seems to take is for Sarah Palin to appear, endorse, or even mention you and your days are numbered.

Hell Matt Lauer's just lucky the Today Show did not spontaneously combust the minute the Wasilla Angel of Death sashayed onto the set.

Thank Odin for small favors.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dead Lake stands in for Sarah Palin as Fox news political pundit.

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Speaking from her coven in Wasilla Palin weighs in on the South Carolina primary.

Megyn Kelly starts off apologizing for cutting Palin off to go to breaking news. (I have little doubt that Mistress Minerva DID place a curse on Megyn for daring to demonstrate such disrespect. My assumption is that it will be the standard Palin curse, which will ensure Kelly's children grow up too dumb to move out of the house and be impregnated while still in their teens.)

As expected Morgan Le Fey is thrilled that Newt won last night's caucus. (I might point out that Newt should worry about his eyesight in the future as "eye of newt" is a relatively common ingredient in witches brew.)

When Megyn asks that same stupid question that her Fox contract stipulates she always ask Palin, the response is:  "I'm still not endorsing anyone at this time, but I'll tell ya when Todd endorsed, my husband, endorse Newt Gingrich last week, or two weeks ago. I had explained to your colleague there Eric Bohling, that Todd is all about Carharts and still toed boots. He's all about work, and work ethic, and job opportunities (and prostitution), and I think real reflective of..red blooded average Americans who just want that opportunity to work (and cheat on their wives with prostitutes) and who would it be who could best espouse ideas on how job opportunities can be embraced by this..uh..this..uh electorate out there who is very, very cognizant (New word!) of the fact that we don't have enough jobs out there because government has been on the back of our small businesses AND our corporations, and not allowed the expansion needed. So I think that endorsement was real reflective of a lot of Americans who understand that somebody with experience in cutting government budgets, cutting taxes, which does more for liberty in an economic turn around than anything else. Someone who has waged war on Hillary-care and government taking over of health care. Somebody with that experience. Plus somebody who has struggled personally and overcome struggles and challenges, would be one that was embraced by voters, and again I..I think that even Todd's endorsement of Newt Gingrich was reflective of that."

Okay can anybody explain to me how what she just said is NOT an endorsement of Newt Gingrich? She did just about everything but blow him on television. (Which by the way are the ONLY job opportunities that Newt Gingrich creates.)

So all she has to do is pimp Todd's endorsement as a stand in for her own? Tricky.

Essentially this interview contained the same old barely coherent attacks on President Obama, talk of work ethic (Is anybody in her family gainfully employed anymore by the way?), and jabs at the mainstream media. (How is Fox NOT a member of that mainstream media?) There was really nothing original except for a few new words that Palin must have learned from the thesaurus she got for Christmas along with her ice auger.

Of course the entire time I was watching the Wicked Witch of Wasilla, all I could think of was the fact that I had seen that backdrop and choice of outfit somewhere before.  Now where was it?



Oh yeah.

And might I just point out, that Palin NEVER denied that SHE was a witch.

I'm just saying.

P.S. Before the attacks come let me stress that I am comparing Palin to the evil witches that we drop houses on, not the wonderful, peace loving Wiccans who only perform helpful magic.

My favorite political candidate of 2010.

There were a LOT of choices in the category of self destructive political candidates like Joe Miller, Sharron Angle, Alvin Greene, Ken Buck,  Rich Iott, to name but a few, but the most entertaining train wreck of them all, at least in my opinion, was Christine O'Donnell.

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O'Donnell was by far the candidate who seemed the most determined to fix everything that was wrong with her campaign and reputation, by getting in front of the camera and making it worse.  Not since Sarah Palin has there been least self aware person in the political arena. (And yes I do agree that Alvin Greene might be a candidate for that title, but I think he might actually have a mental health issue so I am going to give him a pass on this one.)

I do not think that ANYBODY except Christine O'Donnoll could have actually made a political commercial this hilariously bad.



Oh I am so going to miss her!

Perhaps somoebody should start a "Draft Christine O'Donnell for President in 2012" campaign website.  I mean if Sarah Palin can be convinced she has a shot at winning the Presidency, surely O'Donnell can be fooled just as easily.

Yale picks Christine O'Donnell's "I'm not a witch" as top quote of the year.

Just in case you have been living in a cave, here is the political ad  that contains the unbelievably bizarre quote.



As much as I hate to give O'Donnell any credit, I have to admit THIS was indeed the most memorable, and completely out of left field quote of the entire campaign season. Not that I think O'Donnell should be exactly pleased with this "honor" of course.  But considering her somewhat questionable IQ I imagine she will be.

Here are the rest of the top ten contenders, courtesy of the AP:

1. (TIE) "I'm not a witch." Christine O'Donnell, television advertisement, Oct. 4.

1. (TIE) "I'd like my life back." Tony Hayward, comment to reporters, May 30.

3. "If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested." airline passenger John Tyner, remark to Transportation Security Administration worker at San Diego airport, Nov. 13, 2010

4. "Don't retreat. Instead — reload!" Sarah Palin, Tweet, March 23.

5. "Chi! Chi! Chi! Le! Le! Le! Los mineros de Chile!" Chant at Chilean mine rescue, Oct. 13.

6. "I hope that's not where we're going, but you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies. They're saying: My goodness, what can we do to turn this country around?" Sharron Angle, radio interview in January.

7. "We have to pass the (health care) bill so you can find out what is in it." Nancy Pelosi, speech to National Association of Counties, March 9.

8. "I'm going to take my talents to South Beach." LeBron James, television broadcast, July 8.

9. "You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?" Christine O'Donnell, Delaware senatorial debate, Oct. 19. (The Associated Press reported the quote: "So you're telling me that the separation of church and state, the phrase 'separation of church and state,' is in the First Amendment?")

10. "They should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour." Gordon Brown, comments about a voter he met while campaigning for British general election, Apr. 28.

Personally I am just grateful that Palin was not at the top of the list in this category like she was in the Word of the Year category, which she "won" by being too stupid to pronounce the word "repudiate" correctly.

Jesus isn't ANYBODY getting accolades for doing something intelligent anymore?

Just for fun. Bill Maher presents Teabagger Romantic Comedies.

Christine O'Donnell's only hope is if somebody convinces her to stop talking. No seriously!

You this is the part where I usually make some comical, yet scathing, comments about O'Donnell and poke fun at her personality, her campaign, and the Teabaggers for supporting her.  But really what more could I add to this to make her look any worse?

Essentially she is a living, breathing SNL skit.

If the Tea Party wins, America loses! Keith Olbermann's special, and very timely, comment.

If you are planning to vote, you need to watch this.

If you are NOT planning to vote, you need to watch this TWICE!

Christine O'Donnell blames God for her decision to run. God's spokesperson says HE has no idea what that crazy witch is talking about!

According to this interview O'Donnell claims to have undergone a "complete dying of self" which I guess proves she is not a witch. She is a ghost!

Is anybody else starting to believe this ENTIRE campaign is some giant practical joke on the people of Delaware, Sarah Palin, and Fox News?  I keep expecting that, at any moment, she will reach up and tear off her wig, revealing herself to be Ashton Kutchner who will then announce a brand new season of "Punk'd."

Yeah go ahead and laugh, but would that really be any more bizarre than the things we have actually seen and heard coming out of this whackjob's mouth?

BTW, people can pray for this campaign until the cows come home, but it would be like giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to a three day old corpse.  Ain't nothing bringing that stiff back to life!

(Did you like how I kept a sort of Halloween theme running through this post? That is because I am a giver.  And you are welcome. BOO!)

Did you know that Joe Miller has a "pray the gay away" advisor? Yep, and here is Rachel Maddow to tell you ALL about it.

I literally have SO many devastating Joe Miller stories to cover that I am not sure I will have time to get to them all this weekend.

I used to think that Christine O'Donnell had the most damaging skeletons in her closet that I had ever seen. 

Not anymore.

By the way, speaking of O'Donnell, did you know that she just admitted to using her campaign funds to pay her rent?  Still not worse than Teabagger Joe though.

Just stay tuned.

Glenn Beck does not believe in Evolution because, "I have not seen the half-monkey, half-person yet!" I guess Beck does not have any mirrors in his house.

Okay so what is REALLY going on here ?

Is Glenn Beck really this big of a dumbass?  Or is he just pandering to the inbred paint chip eaters that listen to his radio show? His argument that, unlike evolution, people were not once resistant to the idea that the earth is round, is something that almost any fourth grader in America would find jaw-droppingly ignorant.

I find it virtually impossible to believe that a man who is as business savvy, and gifted at self-promotion, as Glenn Beck could be this ignorant about basic science. 

I mean when Christine O'Donnell opens her mouth and turds of stupidity fall out, I have no problem believing that her elevator only goes to the second floor of her intellectual skyscraper. But Glenn Beck is not that stupid. 

IS he?

After all, the guy has his own university!

Anderson Cooper reminds Christine O'Donnell that if she is going to run on her expertise concerning the Constitution, that indeed that "expertise" ought to actually exist.

It seems to me that ALL of these Teabaggers are running on their "bring America back to its Constitutional roots" platform when I would be willing to bet that almost every one of them is as ignorant of that particular document as Christine O'Donnell has demonstrated herself to be.

I think that every candidate running on this theme needs to be asked, on camera, questions about their understanding of the Constitution and which amendments they would like to see repealed.

That sounds fair to me. Don't you agree?

I did not even know Elvira was still on television!

You know something tells me that her stance on masturbation is COMPLETELY different than Christine O'Donnell's.

Okay class pay attention! Professor Christine O'Donnell is going to teach you a little something about both Evolution and the Constitution. Or perhaps not.

How can ANYBODY this stupid get this far in politics?

To find the answer to that question you have to look no further than the Grizzled Mama herself, Sarah Palin.

She has provided a conduit through which the most unqualified people in the country can get within a hairsbreadth of  being elected to the most powerful political offices imaginable.

And the only way to stop this from taking place is to reveal their lack of qualifications, their ignorance of what the job entails, and their secret, and extremely frightening, agenda.  I am doing my part in Alaska, I can only hope that there are bloggers and journalists doing their part in the states they reside in.

Quick! Somebody tell Sarah Palin that we have discovered the PERFECT candidate for her to endorse!

Go ahead and tell me HOW this fake candidate is demonstrably different than Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell, Joe Miller, or any of the other ill informed, talking point blathering imbeciles that are running as Teabagger candidates.

Here is perhaps the funniest part of last night's Real Time.

This is the last part of Bill's "New Rules."

Beware of the very NSFW language, but be prepared to find yourself laughing at things you really don't think you should be laughing at.

For those who cannot hear the audio you can find a transcript here.



Maher's point about who REALLY supports Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, and Christine O'Donnell is DEAD ON!

Christine O'Donnell was prepped for her recent debate by two of the men who prepped Sarah Palin for hers. Really, is anybody surprised by this?

From the Plum Line:

By some reckonings, Christine O'Donnell had a bit of a rocky time at her Delaware Senate debate with Dem Chris Coons last night. She wouldn't say whether she believe in evolution, described Coons as a Marxist, and appeared to stumble over her answer on discretionary funding.

And yet, as Dana Milbank notes, in comparison to recent revelations about her and the national caricature that is the result, her performance was clearly an improvement.

If that's so, there are two people she has to thank for that, and they're both Sarah Palin advisers: Randy Scheunemann and Michael Goldfarb. They were the ones who took on the job of prepping O'Donnell for the debate, Goldfarb confirms.

Palin, in a conversation with O'Donnell, recommended the two men to her, and the O'Donnell campaign reached out to them to enlist their help, Goldfarb says. They spent the day with her yesterday in Wilmington getting her ready.

Somehow I think saying you were a witch is less damaging to your credibility than actually taking advice about politics from Sarah Palin.  Don't you think?

I wonder if these two geniuses were the same ones who told O'Donnell to refuse to say whether she believes evolution is a myth or not, and insist that Creationism should be taught in a science classroom along with evolution even though it is NOT a scientific theory.

Just in case you actually believe that O'Donnell has a point with her little "Bearded Marxist" jab at Coons, here is the original opinion piece from his school newspaper written in 1985.

Christine O'Donnell's ignorance on national display during Delaware debate.

In this video O'Donnell seems to believe that America was battling the Soviet Union in Afghanistan and failed to "finish the job."  Oh the stupid, it burns!



Later O'Donnell is asked about a recent Supreme Court case she disagrees with and does her best Sarah Palin impression in response.



At least in Delaware it looks like the voters know that their teabagging candidate is unfit for the job since Coons is well ahead in the polls.  I can only hope that the Alaska voters will make that same determination before November 2nd.

SNL can't resist having a little fun with the new Christine O'Donnell ad.

Sarah Palin and the "Will campaign for cash" crowd.

THIS is why I believe that, despite her horrible poll numbers, Sarah Palin will run for President.

There are sheep to shear and running for office provides a very effective set of clippers to use.

Taking advantage of the ignorance and fear drummed into the average conservative voter by Fox News for profit may be one of the most hateful ways to make a buck in this country that I have ever seen. But Sarah Palin has shown them the way.

Selfishness in place of civil service, the needs of the candidate taking precedence over the needs of the voter, and the focus on the campaign and not on the job they are campaigning for, welcome to Sarah Palin brand politics in 2010.