United States News
See other United States News Articles
Title: (Delaware) Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist
Source:
Fox
URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201 ... e-race-bidens-old-senate-seat/
Published: Sep 20, 2010
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2010-09-20 14:40:42 by jwpegler
Keywords: None
Views: 2972
Comments: 14
While most of the attention in the Delaware race to win Vice President Biden's old Senate seat has focused on the Republican candidate, Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell, her Democratic rival, Chris Coons, is now coming under scrutiny -- a development that could give O'Donnell's lagging campaign a boost. Coons, 47, has already been targeted by Republicans for an article he wrote for the Amherst College newspaper when he was 21 -- a piece entitled "Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist." Coons wrote about his political evolution from a conservative college student who founded the Amherst College Republicans into a Democrat suspicious of America's power and ideals. The transformation, he said, came during a trip to Kenya. Coons alluded to his past in a debate Thursday with O'Donnell, saying Delaware residents are interested in what candidates will do to create jobs, reduce the national debt and fix what he called a broken political system in Washington, and that they're not "particularly interested in statements that either of us made 20 or 30 years ago." Coons is banking on his experience as New Castle county executive -- with an estimated population of 542,000, New Castle is the largest of Delaware's three counties -- and the endorsements of big-name Democrats to defeat O'Donnell, who has no government experience but has the backing of Sarah Palin and Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.. "I'm going to be very honest with you – Chris Coons, everybody knows him in the Democratic caucus. He's my pet. He's my favorite candidate," Reid told the Hill newspaper. But Coons' campaign shows no signs of damage yet; a Rasmussen Reports poll shows him leading O'Donnell by 11 percentage points. "Well, it's always great to be up in the polls," Coons said. "But, frankly, what matters is whether or not I'm addressing the real concerns of working Delawareans. As I've gone up and down this state over the last six months, I've been up in the polls, I've been down in the polls. What really matters is Nov. 2." O'Donnell doesn't appear fazed by poll, especially since she trailed veteran Rep. Mike Castle before shocking him in the Republican primary on Tuesday. "Eleven points is a very – a gap that we can certainly close," she said. "You know, about a month before the primary, I was at least 15 points behind my Republican opponent, so I'm very confident that we can win." O'Donnell, who came under withering criticism from Castle and the state GOP -- whose chairman said she couldn't be elected dogcatcher -- said her goal was for voters to get to know her between now and November. O'Donnell has been criticized by GOP officials for lying about her background, leaving a trail of unpaid bills that included an IRS tax lien and a mortgage default and misusing campaign contributions for personal expenses. O'Donnell stepped into the public spotlight in the 1990s as a conservative activist speaking out against abortion, homosexuality and premarital sex.
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: jwpegler (#0)
NEWSUPDATE The media has learned that Christine O'Donnell once wore white after Labor Day when she was fifteen years old! Karl Rove immediately issued a press release stating 'In light of this example of exceedingly poor judgement, Ms O'Donnell should withdraw from the Delaware Senate race...and hang herself.' ENDUPDATE
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Fox News prefers their Marxists clean shaven with a (R)azor, like Jorge Arbusto. I thought everyone knew that?
Pssst. Bush isn't President. Pass it on.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
Rumor has it he routinely went after the spastic in 8th grade dodgeball, too...
I prefer my Marxists (D)ead, like Karl . . . (unfortunately, that doesn't prevent their voting in heavily democrat precincts . . . )
______________________________________________________________________________ I smile every time I hear someone say that.
ditto
Are you 'predicting' an O'Donnell victory? Folks here could use some new tag lines...
I'm sure, your side lost to him twice, not surprising you smile since he's now retired....(laughing) That noted, running against Bush isn't working, as the polls show.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
I think she can beat Coons. Depends on if the GOP establishment can knock off attacking her from the Right in large part. All she really has to do is note the close connection to the Owe-bama administration this guy apparently has, and his marxist belief system. We'll see.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
A convenient scarecrow for O'Donnell's flying monkeys to hang her loss on, and not much else.
(laughing) Glad to know your point of view tends to the absurd, but thats what this forum is for I suppose.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/Are_Democrats_recovering.html
Its not working, GO65. You can pretend otherwise, and I'll just laugh knowing you've always been 'patient zero' related to Bush Derangement Syndrome.
Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.
#2. To: jwpegler (#0)
(Edited)
Bearded Marxist
#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
#4. To: jwpegler (#0)
(Edited)
#5. To: hondo68 (#2)
Fox News prefers their Marxists clean shaven with a (R)azor, like Jorge Arbusto.
"We've got a governor in Rod Blagojevich who has delivered consistently on behalf of the people of Illinois"
--Barack H. Obama, August 2006
#6. To: Badeye (#3)
Pssst. Bush isn't President. Pass it on.
And the Conservative plan to create jobs is......?????
#7. To: Ignore Amos (#5)
I prefer my Marxists (D)ead
I hate stupid people, like Ibluafartsky
#8. To: Badeye (#1)
#9. To: go65 (#6)
#10. To: Thunderbird (#8)
#11. To: Badeye (#10)
Depends on if the GOP establishment can knock off attacking her from the Right in large part.
#12. To: Thunderbird (#11)
A convenient scarecrow for O'Donnell's flying monkeys to hang her loss on, and not much else.
#13. To: Badeye (#9)
That noted, running against Bush isn't working, as the polls show.
And the Conservative plan to create jobs is......?????
#14. To: go65 (#13)
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Mail] [Sign-in] [Setup] [Help] [Register]