Christine O’Donnell: ‘I’m You’
So, Christine O'Donnell had a couple of crucial goals to accomplish in her first ad aimed at persuading the good people of Delaware to send her to the Senate: First, she needed to make it known that she's "not a witch." Right.So, Christine O’Donnell had a couple of crucial goals to accomplish in her first ad aimed at persuading the good people of Delaware to send her to the Senate: First, she needed to make it known that she’s “not a witch.” Right. Next, she buttered them up with a quite literal take on old-fashioned representative democracy by claiming, “I’m you.”
This last tagline inspired a counterattack by her Democrat opponent, Chris Coons, who would like the good people of Delaware to believe that, in fact, “She is not you.” This all sounds like the makings of a midterm identity crisis. Over to you, Team O’Donnell. –KA
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