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To: DMaA who wrote (405504)	1/20/2011 4:35:58 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793976

"You lesson you think you learned from the O"Donnell experience is wrong. She didn't lose because she was conservative. She lost because she was a dingbat. The correct lesson is that dingbats lose EVEN IF they are conservative." I agree totally. Quality conservatives can win. Talk radio flamed this primary and gave us a loser.

To: DMaA who wrote (405504)	1/20/2011 5:03:53 PM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793976

RE:She lost because she was a dingbat. She came across that way, but knew more about the Constitution than the Marxist she lost to. I guess the MSM was successful in affecting people's perception. ------------------------------------------------------------ Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell questioned on Tuesday whether the Constitution provides for the separation of church and state. The comment came during a debate on WDEL radio with Democratic opponent Chris Coons, who argued that local schools should teach science rather than religion, at which point O’Donnell jumped in. “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” she asked. The audience at Widener Law School was taken aback, with shouts of “whoa” and laughter coming from the crowd. Coons then pointed to the First Amendment, which states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” “You’re telling me the First Amendment does?” O’Donnell interrupted to ask. Following the next question, Coons revisited the remark — likely thinking he had caught O’Donnell in a flub — saying, “I think you’ve just heard from my opponent in her asking ‘where is the separation of church and state’ show that she has a fundamental misunderstanding.” “That’s in the First Amendment?” O’Donnell again asked. “Yes,” Coons responded. O’Donnell was later able to score some points of her own off the remark, revisiting the issue to ask Coons if he could identify the “five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.” Coons named the separation of church and state, but could not identify the others — the freedoms of speech, press, to assemble and petition — and asked that O’Donnell allow the moderators ask the questions. “I guess he can’t,” O’Donnell said. michellemalkin.com