The Tea Party - how frightening is this movement?

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rocketpig said:

badgenome said:

ManusJustus said:

B.  To be honest, I don't know much about Coons so he could be an idiot, but I do know that O'Donnell is a complete idiot.

Thing is, this happened moments later in the same debate. O'Donnell asked him to name five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, and that was the only one he knew. I'm not sure if O'Donnell is truly ignorant or was just being too cute by half, but she nailed him. Predictably, Coons wasn't the story because nobody cares about him - least of all his own supporters.

Which was followed by what can only be considered a baffling statement by O'Donnell that questioned the freedom of religion by apparently not knowing it was in the First Amendment. On the idiot scale, Coons can't compete with O'Donnell unless he shows up to the next debate wearing nothing but Spider-Man underoos and a colander on his head. The list of idiotic quotes from O'Donnell is longer than my arm.

Actually, O'Donnell's gaffe was first and she pressed the issue, catching Coons with his pants and Spider-Man underoos down, which makes me think it's possible she knew what is in the First Amendment and was trying to be coy.

Either way, when the conventional wisdom is that O'Donnell is unelectable, people should probably scrutinize the dude who's actually going to be the next Senator from Delaware. Won't happen, though, because there are too many influential people who are positively sick with hate for O'Donnell, while Coons is as interesting as cardboard. It's akin to Obama not being vetted because Saturday Night Live said that Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from her house. O'Donnell may be a dimbulb, but she definitely cheeses off all the right people.