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Christine O'Donnell "not a witch"

In her new 30-second spot, Delaware Republican nominee Christine O’Donnell—who claims to have “dabbled in witchcraft“—begins by making it quite clear that she is not, in fact, a witch. But, with that black top, dark backdrop, and pale skin, it might be fair to say “She look like one?”

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Christine O'Donnell's imaginary witchcraft

Slactivist: The oddest thing to me about Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell’s “I Was A Teenage Witch” claims is that so much of the reaction has accepted her claim that such a thing might be possible. It is not. Her claims of “dabbling” in what she called “witchcraft” are not true. The supposed witchcraft she describes is not something that exists. Such stories of bloody altars and Satanic covens are common and they are false. All of them. That is a matter of established fact. The supposed witchery O’Donnell describes is simply the stuff of Satanic panic...

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She turned me into a newt

Good grief.  So, Republican nominee for Senate Christine O’Donnell claimed back in (maybe) 1999 on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect to have dabbled in witchcraft (but never joined a coven), and had one her first dates on a Satanic altar (after seeing a movie, of course). May be a cliché, but this is seriously some shit that you really just can’t make up.

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