Syndicated columnist Ruben Navarette, Jr. writes a column about how the big, bad Republicans should stop beating up on poor little Christine O’Donnell. First, he has to get some potshots in on liberals, because he’s criticizing Republicans. (fair ‘n balanced)
Given how liberal Democrats treat minorities who stray off the ranch and dare to make their own decisions about what to believe or whom to support, I learned long ago that the left isn’t happy unless it is lording over the rest of us. Not only do liberals need to keep telling themselves that they’re smarter and more compassionate than everyone else, they also need to convince us that they’re much better people.
OK, now that’s he got the potshots out of the way, it’s time to criticize Republicans.
But now thanks to the discourteous and childish manner in which Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell has been treated by parts of the Republican establishment — i.e., former White House adviser Karl Rove, Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, a gaggle of right-wing radio talk show hosts — we have learned that GOP conservatives can look down their collective noses with the best of them.
Of course, it’s not just Republicans who are taking unfair shots at O’Donnell. She has also been greeted by derision and ridicule from the liberal media, but this is to be expected. Given her conservative views on both economic and social issues, O’Donnell is never going to be accepted by those on the left. With liberals, their main problem with O’Donnell is her appeal. The fact that she excites voters — particularly young women — scares the daylights out of them.
I never thought I’d be defending Karl Rove or William Kristol but they do have a point. Her overall unfavorable rating is almost 50% and she loses to Chris Coons by 11-16 points. Plus, new nutty stuff comes out about her almost daily. She’s also possibly facing criminal charges based on her misuse of campaign donations.
Navarette also repeats the myth that O’Donnell excites young women. So far there is no evidence of this except in the minds of male pundits. In fact her unfavorability is much higher with women than with men (data from the PPP Poll).
O’Donnell Favorability
Men Favorable…33% Unfavorable…49% Not Sure…18%
Women Favorable…24% Unfavorable…52% Not Sure…24%
There are certain men who seem to eat up the narrative that Christine O’Donnell is the victim. He makes no mention of her dirty campaign tactics of lying about Castle’s record (he’s a RINO who supports Obama) or her dirty smears that Mike Castle is gay. All of her behavior must be ignored.