Gail Collins on Why We Need to Know Christine O'Donnell
The "witchcraft" clip has been in wide circulation this week
It’s been a banner week for weirdness and a boon for political satirists like guest host Andy Borowitz.
The arrival of Delaware Republican Senate Candidate Christine O’Donnell on the national stage has kept television archivists busy all week. We spoke to Collins about an appearance by O’Donnell on Bill Maher’s show Politically Incorrect back in 1999 where she mentions that she had “dabbled” in witchcraft and went on a date at a satanic altar. Collins, who’s written about the Salem witch trails, says we’re also seeing O’Donnell’s affinity for that other dark art—television punditry.
Every afternoon on Politics Bites, It's A Free Country brings you the unmissable quotes from political conversations on WNYC. On The Leonard Lopate Show's weekly series How Did Politics in America Get So Weird?, New York Times columnist Gail Collins reviews the dishonest, distracting or just downright silly things politicians are saying as we head into the 2010 elections.
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This is one of the things that voters really want and need to know…not that you need to know that she was on the altar with the witch. But, is this person that’s running who you don’t know much about, that’s new to your vision, is that person a crazy person? That’s what we’re getting at here.
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