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Does Christine O'Donnell Have A Future As A Cable News Host?

She should follow her mentor (Sarah Palin) and go on the lecture circuit or write a book and make a ton of money, especially when one considers O'Donnell's history when it comes to running for political office and losing. Occasionally she could appear on FOX news as a "contributor."
 
Well - she's too wacky for Fox News - but I could see one of the basic cable (non-news) networks creating some kind of reality show around her. It would give her a forum, and help her pay bills. I hear she tends to have financial problems.
 
Well, she is telegenic, and judging by the number of postings about her on this board
there are plenty of folks out there who just can't get her off of their minds...so yes,
it could work were she to be so inclined.

The pol who has made the best transition to television is Mike Huckabee.
He is so good on TV that in my opinion he should never, ever venture back over
into politics.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Well, she is telegenic, and judging by the number of postings about her on this board
there are plenty of folks out there who just can't get her off of their minds...so yes,
it could work were she to be so inclined.

The pol who has made the best transition to television is Mike Huckabee.
He is so good on TV that in my opinion he should never, ever venture back over
into politics.
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I don't share any political views with Mike Huckabee, but I have to admit - he's intelligent and very engaging on television. But he is not a crackpot - Christine O'Donnell is...so I don't see the comparison.

Seriously, even conservative Fox News wouldn't want her. It's one thing to hire smart and articulate people like Carl Rove or Huckabee...even Sarah Palin, who (IMO) is not the sharpest tack in the box. But she's not a crackpot, either.

Hiring O'Donnell for any kind of news operation would open that network up to serious derision.
 
Well, the thing to remember is that Sarah Palin does have a background in TV news (as a sports anchor). So, she learned how to be telegenic and engaging on a tv news program. And, despite not being the sharpest tack, the conservative middle class Americans seem to like her.
 
Lkeller said:
Hiring O'Donnell for any kind of news operation would open that network up to serious derision.
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....unlike hiring Eliot Spitzer..... :eek:
 
FreddyE1977 said:
Lkeller said:
Hiring O'Donnell for any kind of news operation would open that network up to serious derision.
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....unlike hiring Eliot Spitzer..... :eek:
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Sorry, there's still a difference. Spitzer has had some serious issues with his private life - he was outed for his addiction to prostitues, got humiliated, lost his job as Governor, and deserved it. But he's a highly intelligent man who had a distinguished career and a prosecutor and Attorney General of the nation's second largest state.


I don't doubt that O'Donnell is intelligent, but the viewpoints she expresses are totally off the hook:

masturbation= adultery

there is no implied separation of church and state in the Constitution

Co-ed dormitories on college campuses will lead to "orgy rooms."

Freak dancing (dancing with bodily contact) leads to date rape.

"American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains." (She said this to Bill O'Reilly, on Fox News, by the way)

The woman is a nut job. She won't get a pundit's job anytime soon - though perhaps Bill Maher will invite her back on. Even Sharon Angle in Nevada isn't as bad, and she managed to get beat by the immensely unpopular Harry Reid.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
The pol who has made the best transition to television is Mike Huckabee.
He is so good on TV that in my opinion he should never, ever venture back over
into politics.
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I haven't seen the upcoming "Sarah Palin's Alaska" series yet, though I hope she never returns to politics, either.
 
azumanga said:
FreddyE1977 said:
The pol who has made the best transition to television is Mike Huckabee.
He is so good on TV that in my opinion he should never, ever venture back over
into politics.
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I haven't seen the upcoming "Sarah Palin's Alaska" series yet, though I hope she never returns to politics, either.
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I have to give Palin her due - she's learned quickly since '08, worked the system like a pro, and made millions on her contract with Fox News and her public appearances. She also gotten some of her endorsed candidates elected, though there have been notable failures, like O'Donnell and Sharon Angle. And oddly enough, it looks like the Senate candidate she endorsed in her home state (Joe Miller) is not going to win.

But I don't think she's interested in anything short of the presidency. Two years of experience as the Governor of a small state (in terms of population), and a few years as Mayor or Wasilla will not get here there, and the Republican establishment will not let her have it.

If by some freakish series of events, she is nominated - she will be gift for Obama.
 
If Palin were truly intelligent, she would stick with TV, books and lectures. Those three jobs pay so much more than public service, and your decisions don't directly impact a large amount of people.

O'Donnell will find a way onto TV somehow. I don't know who would hire her, but she's a soundbite and a half, and easy enough on the eyes.
 
Most of us in Delaware hope Christine O'Donnell would move back to her home state of New Jersey or LA where she also spent some time, and be a "blessing" to either place in their Senate races rather than ours.

I don't see Christine O'Donnell as being a credible news contributor at all. She makes Sarah Palin sound like a Rhodes Scholar.

However, what I'd suggest for MSNBC is to hire Tina Fey to do her Sarah Palin impression once a week where she'd probably be able to offer the same type of commentary that the real Palin could do, and probably really boost MSNBC's ratings as Fey does a great Palin and is far more entertaining to watch than either Sarah or Christine.
 
MikefromDelaware said:
However, what I'd suggest for MSNBC is to hire Tina Fey to do her Sarah Palin impression once a week where she'd probably be able to offer the same type of commentary that the real Palin could do, and probably really boost MSNBC's ratings as Fey does a great Palin and is far more entertaining to watch than either Sarah or Christine.
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And based on the number of people I've spoken to who think that Sarah Palin said that she could see Russia from her house, many would never know the difference anyway.
 
She should'a turned 'em into toads when she had the chance.
 
dhett said:
MikefromDelaware said:
However, what I'd suggest for MSNBC is to hire Tina Fey to do her Sarah Palin impression once a week where she'd probably be able to offer the same type of commentary that the real Palin could do, and probably really boost MSNBC's ratings as Fey does a great Palin and is far more entertaining to watch than either Sarah or Christine.
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And based on the number of people I've spoken to who think that Sarah Palin said that she could see Russia from her house, many would never know the difference anyway.
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Dave, I nominate you to give a series of lectures on how to think critically about issues. It would be very entertaining! :D
 
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