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Title: Christine O'Donnell hits the stage at Values Voter Summit
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42348.html
Published: Sep 18, 2010
Author: Politico
Post Date: 2010-09-18 10:39:32 by christine
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Comments: 69
Delaware GOP Senate candidate and tea party sensation Christine O'Donnell torched "ruling-class elites" and their "anti-Americanism," in her debut on the national stage Friday, encouraging the room of conservatives to lead a constitutional comeback in this year's midterm election. O'Donnell's 17-minute speech before the Family Research Council's Value Voters Summit made no direct mention of her primary upset of nine-term Rep. Mike Castle Tuesday; it instead focused on the enthusiasm that's reinvigorated the conservative movement in the two years since President Obama took office. "The conservative movement was told to curl up in a fetal position and just stay there for the next eight years, thank you very much. Well, how things have changed," O'Donnell said, to cheers. O'Donnell, who defeated Castle by a 6-point margin despite sustained attacks on her misstatements and financial troubles – past and present — repeatedly chided "the ruling class" and championed "a rowdy revolution of reason." "The small elite don't get us. They call us wacky. They call us wingnuts. We call us, 'We the people,'" she said to sustained applause. "We're loud, we're rowdy, we're passionate. … It isn't tame, but boy, it sure is good." She also addressed the personal scrutiny and criticisms she has endured since her candidacy vaulted into the national spotlight just weeks ago, when she appeared to be gaining momentum against Castle in her third shot at a Senate seat. "Will they attack us? Yes. Will they smear our backgrounds and distort our records? Undoubtedly. Will they lie about us, harass our families, namecall to try to intimidate us? They will. There's nothing safe about it. But is it worth it?" she said. "Well, let me ask you. Is freedom worth it?" she asked, as the crowd chanted "Yes." "Is America worth it?" She used her middle-class upbringing in New Jersey to briefly explain one of the most perplexing charges that has dogged her campaign — why it took her more than 15 years to earn her college degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. "I never had the high-paying job or the company car. It took me over a decade to pay off my student loans. I never had to worry about where to dock my yacht to reduce my taxes," she said, jabbing at Sen. John Kerry for dodging a six-figure yacht tax in his home state. '"And I'll bet most of you didn't, either." O'Donnell argued that while Beltway elites are attempting to marginalize their movement, it’s conservatives who represent the core of mainstream America. Read more: www.politico.com/news/sto.../42348.html#ixzz0ztN6hpNW 
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#8. To: christine, All (#0)
For those that are sharpening their knives, ready for the kill, I would suggest you hesitate and re read what the lady said. To my recall this is the only person on stage that is issuing a loud and clear warning for the "ruling elite". If there is anyone on this forum that is unable or unwilling to add something, encouragement, money, support to the lone voice that has finally spoken the truth, then I will be disappointed. YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT ALL POLITICIANS ARE POLITICAL CRIPPLES IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, LOOKING FOR A SAINT TO STEP FORWARD IS FRUITLESS. The last thing I want to see here is the despicable names that were attached to Palin. Degrading a woman because she is female comes from the lowest of an unfit society.
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If so, then she's nothing but yet another red herring! All in good time, just as with any new face on the political scene. Starting from a negative is always a difficult bias to overcome. Many of us here took Paul at his word, went with him to the starting gate, he was anti war, anti government, etc etc, all positive, then he did a swan dive. So we cut him loose. That is the nature of politics. Saintly politicians are rare.
Cyni, here we have O'Donnell who knocked off Mike Castle and those without answers to our problems snipe at her from the safety of the 'net. We're surrounded by heroes who'd break and run at the first sound of a gun shot. Don't pay them any mind, these bitchers and moaners. They're kids themselves whose kids will be the next generation of Nubian slaves to the swarms of inferior 3rd world scum. Political correctness ensures their silence.
Lets look at your personal Internet credentials, shall we? 2) Freerepublick poster, claiming Y2K phenomena shall destroy the world. 3) PostLiberty owner and frequent poster, wherein you eventually gave it all up because.... you couldn't take the strain on your lamer ass. 4) Coming full circle endorsing EVERY godamned GOP candidate under the Sun... being protected here on 4um. But, you won't say anything about your own dismissal of personal responsibility. All you will do is kill anyone in your way.
#25. To: buckeroo (#24)
Adios
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#13. To: Cynicom (#8)
#17. To: Eric Stratton (#13)
Is she pro-war/empire, or isn't she?
#23. To: Cynicom (#17)
#24. To: Jethro Tull (#23)
Cyni, here we have O'Donnell who knocked off Mike Castle and those without answers to our problems snipe at her from the safety of the 'net.
1) Freerepublick poster working hard, advocating third party candidates back in 1999.
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