Christine O’Donnell on Michele Bachmann Newsweek Cover: ‘Absolutely’ Sexist
EmailThe picture of Michele Bachmann on the cover of Newsweek was “absolutely” sexist, the former GOP nominee for the 2010 Delaware Senate seat told me. Christine O’Donnell said she speaks from experience when she says women candidates -mainly Republican women – are unfairly treated. “Female candidates get treated differently than male candidates and especially conservative female candidates. And so that’s the double whammy,” she told me. “And there’s all kinds of theories as to why, but I think it’s very clear if you look at the treatment of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, my race.” “The only other person I think who experienced some of it was Hillary Clinton…But certainly I would say not to the level that the conservative women have,” she said on “GMA.” The Tea Party favorite is out with a new book today called “Troublemaker” – where she recounts her childhood and path to an unexpected victory in the Republican Senate primary. A victory that might not have been had a gig with “The View” come through. O’Donnell writes that she interviewed with ABC’s Barbara Walters and told me she “came within days” of being a co-host. “When that opportunity presented itself I prayed about it, is this the right thing to do, and then they called and said ‘We’re going in another direction,” she told me. They chose Lisa Ling. O’Donnell lost in November to Democrat Chris Coons but is still one of the most talked about people in the 2010 races. Part of that attention came from the unforgettable “I’m not a witch” ad – and ad that O’Donnell said today she “hated,” as she first admitted to Jon Karl last October. “We won the primary and everyone said ‘Trust the experts’ and we were trying to win over the NRSC because they were not getting involved,” she said. The lesson in all of this? “If you’ve gotten this far trust your gut, trust your instincts,” she said. Watch my interview here: –George Stephanopoulos or become a fan on Facebook.
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And we care about O’Donnell and what she thinks why? Who the hell cares what this whacko thinks or does! The same goes for O’Donnell.
Posted by: Jacko | August 16, 2011, 10:12 am 10:12 am
I absolutely agree that Conservative women are treated differently and singled out, just as Sarah Palin continually has been. Conservatives are much more biased toward men in general and I think that they want to keep it a “good ole boys” club sometimes.
Posted by: Theresa | August 16, 2011, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
Michele Bachmann is building an unstoppable momentum to become the Republican candidate for the 2012 election.
She will then defeat Obama to become the President of the USA
Posted by: Martin Day | August 16, 2011, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
Best laugh of the day!!!
Posted by: WhatIThink | August 16, 2011, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
@Theresa you have better chance beating “President Obama” than she does. Also show our President respect when you speak his name.
Posted by: Vegas_ June | August 16, 2011, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm
yes…conservative women are the only politicians treated unfairly by the press…they have always been SO kind to hilary clinton – c’mon, folks!
Posted by: janet | August 16, 2011, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
I think women on a whole have been treated differently than men… no one realized this when Hillary was running? I think she was treated a lot more unfairly than Palin, Bachman, or O’Donnell. Palin and Bachman (and O’Donnell) appeal to the far right… none of them are qualified to do anything – and that makes them easy targets. Hillary though, was smart, astute, and more than qualified. So the answer is yes – women are treated unfairly as a whole.. but no – Bachman, Palin, O’Donnell open themselves up with the silly (stupid) comments they make. Everyone is allowed an error.. or mis-statement, but these three have done nothing but show their ignorance.
Posted by: lindainPA | August 16, 2011, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
Why on earth is this woman being interviewed about anything? Why are you acting like her opinion matters? Couldn’t you find a reputable conservative woman to interview? Kay Bailey Hutchison, maybe? Elizabeth Dole? Why this kook who gives women a bad name?
Posted by: johnna | August 16, 2011, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm
If she can’t take the heat then quite while your ahead The President has been ridiculde by many in congress even called a tar baby so she looks crazy maybe she is!!!!!
Posted by: mimibrd | August 16, 2011, 5:03 pm 5:03 pm
Where did these 2 people come from The republicans must have a side kick every election #1 Rick Perry aka jim jones # 2 michele bachman aka natasha and bull winkle
Posted by: mimibrd | August 16, 2011, 5:12 pm 5:12 pm
“Oh my feeling get hurt, just wait till I get my migranes and I’m president you all be sorry then” Next chapter in the life of michele bachmann
Posted by: mimibrd | August 16, 2011, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm
It appears that this young lady was not prepared for the “witch hunt” that would take place by all parties especially her own before they put their stamp of approval on her. She should have known that they would dig up everything in her pass to avoid any and all embarrassment from other parties. I don’t think shes ready for this arena.
Posted by: Luwona Ferguson | August 17, 2011, 9:22 am 9:22 am
Are you kidding me? The conservative women haven’t begun to be treated like Hillary was. When the media starts talking about cankles, pantsuits, nut crushers, or calling them B, beign accused of murder then when can talk about how the media is treating them, for now they just say that they are flakey and dumb and well that’s because they are.
Posted by: Rachel | August 17, 2011, 9:34 am 9:34 am
Conservative women aren’t very smart so this might be why they aren’t “treated fairly”.
Posted by: Leti Nieto-Johnson | August 17, 2011, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm
Not at all after seeing her speak and rant and rave about who else is to blame for our country’s woes and not hearing anything else such as what has she done, where was she when all this was going down, or at the very least stating something concrete on what she would do to fix things. The only thing they are doing is blaming the other guy and not even doing that correctly. I think the picture shows her very accurately A Raving ignorant nut who can’t find enough people to blame which seem that’s all she is good for playing the blame game. Kudos to Newsweek on a great shot!
Posted by: Edward Lopez | August 17, 2011, 3:34 pm 3:34 pm
Perhaps if conservative women spoke more intelligently and with dignity, they would not be treated so improperly. I would hardly call it sexist.
Posted by: Anita | August 17, 2011, 5:20 pm 5:20 pm
Being conservative and being ignorant are entirely two different things. This conservative party is being represented as clueless, shallow and entitled when these women speak without thinking. The sad thing about it allow the men are just as ridiculous the just speak with more intimidating flare.
Posted by: Cruella Outspeak | August 18, 2011, 10:13 am 10:13 am
This freak is a disgrace to the Republican party, The State of Delaware,
Politics, and Humanity in General!!!
Posted by: JV | August 19, 2011, 7:09 pm 7:09 pm
Not only do candidates like her not deserve one iota of support, They don’t even deserve to be wished good luck!
Posted by: JV | August 19, 2011, 7:11 pm 7:11 pm
She is a mixture of inept and stupid.
Posted by: JV | August 19, 2011, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm
I don’t like the choice of cover photo by Newsweek either but it is not different from unflattering photos on other candidates of either party used by the media in the past.
I don’t feel that the media singles out women conservative candidates, unless telling the truth, asking them honest questions is doing so.
The Republican Party of late has chosen to run too many women and men candidates who are extremists. This will make for strange news content but is not the fault of the media.
Posted by: Lydia | September 5, 2011, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm