Never mind the fact she can't, off the top of her head, name a single supreme court ruling, or the fact that she suggested the IRS will somehow control our health care. What really bugged me was how she swore to end partisan bickering while at the same time deriding her opponent, Chris Coons, for having attended an ivy league school and a 'privileged' background.
When did having an ivy league degree become bad for politicians? When did a persons childhood background even begin to matter?
Having embellished her record, and with news of that coming out these past few weeks, it seems she felt the needed to make some kind of point about her education and her background, so she did.
She continued to prove just how unprofessional she can be, when later in the debate as Chris Coons criticized the national media for focusing on things that don't matter about O'Donnell, she could be heard in the background snorting with laughter and blurting out:
You're just jealous you were not Saturday Night Live
From what I can gather, this woman has no real insight on the issues she potentially faces. The vagaries of abortion and an unbalanced budget seem to be the extent of the depth she goes into addressing them, alongside, of course, the usual vague conservative diatribes of keeping energy costs competitive, strong support of the second amendment, and keeping the UN out of our foreign policy. (http://www.christine2010.com/issues)
Polls are showing Chris Coons still has the favor of voters, with 49% of likely voters, with O'Donnell showing 40%.
I'd be willing to bet most voters in Delaware don't hold ivy league degrees either, but apparently that doesn't mean they're willing to vote for an anti-intellectual such as O'Donnell.
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