slinging is OUT. The people have learned of the DEM liberal tactics
and haven't you noticed they backfired on you, demagogue democrats and
race baiters.
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On Sep 17, 8:40 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *"Tea Party" GOP Senate Candidate Christine O'Donnell is a Homophobic Fundie
> *
> A Tale of Two Sisters
>
> — Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, right, with her
> sister Jennie, left. (AP Photo/Rob Carr).
>
> Tea party/Christian right Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has long
> decried homosexuality; her sister Jennie supports gay rights and says she
> lives with a girlfriend.
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> Thu Sep. 16, 2010 11:43 AM PDT
>
> Imagine the family dinners: two sisters, one running for Senate as an
> anti-gay Christian conservative, the other an L.A.-based
> actor/director/spiritual healer who describes herself as living with a
> girlfriend.
>
> Two days after tea partier Christine O'Donnell won the GOP Senate primary
> election in Delaware, *The Daily Beast *published a
> story<http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-09-16/christine-o...>that
> lit up the Internets: Wade Richards, a former employee of O'Donnell's
> Christian right organization, The Savior's Alliance for Lifting the Truth,
> was saying that O'Donnell's sister was openly a lesbian and in a long-term
> same-sex relationship in Los Angeles. (Richards noted that he hooked up with
> the SALT as a supposedly ex-gay man but eventually came out of the ex-gay
> closet—and says O'Donnell "totally turned her back on me.")
>
> As a Christian right activist, O'Donnell has
> decried<http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/christine-odonnell-christian-...>homosexuality,
> condemning the sexual orientation as a "perversion." SALT not
> only campaigned against masturbation; it crusaded against homosexuality and
> other "un-Christian" sexual behaviors. O'Donnell, according to *The Daily
> Beast*, would go on speaking tours to discuss "sexual purity and curing
> homosexuality. Along with other Christian groups, SALT protested when
> President Bill Clinton appointing a gay man to an ambassadorship, citing the
> nominee's alleged "ties to the pedophile-rights movement." O'Donnell also
> blasted the federal government for giving too much money to AIDS patients.
> And earlier in her career, she worked as a press secretary for the Concerned
> Women for America, which has long railed against "the homosexual agenda."
> Yet according to Richards, she had an openly lesbian sister.
>
> *The Daily Beast* story does not identify O'Donnell's sister by name. But
> she has a sister named Jennie who lives in Los Angeles. And Jennie's
> Facebook and LinkedIn pages depict a person who appears to be quite
> different than Christine—in essence, the polar opposite. Yet the two have
> recently appeared on the campaign trail together, with Jennie obviously
> supporting her sister's Senate bid.
>
> On her Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/jennie.odonnell>, Jennie notes
> that she "live [sic] in west hollywood ca with my girlfriend and my dogs.
> just try to keep it simple and live!" She notes she is self-employed as a
> "spiritual psychologist, actor, meditation teacher." She describes her
> political stance as "conservative liberal." As for religious views, she says
> she is "into spirituality, not one religion, study all religions, take what
> i like, leave the rest." Her long list of Facebook "likes" include "The word
> 'Fuck,'" Christine O'Donnell for US Senate, the No H8 Campaign (which
> opposed a 2008 California ballot proposition to ban gay marriage), the Dalai
> Lama, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
>
> This summer, Jennie O'Donnell directed a play at the Los Angeles Women's
> Theatre Project, a feminist theater company. Entitled *The Oblivion Series*,
> the production included, according to a promotional flyer, "course [sic]
> language (oh my!) & partial nudity (oh behave!)." It was part of the
> Hollywood Fringe festival. But she also was assisting her sister, as she
> reported in a September 2 Facebook message:
>
> alot of fun; but also getting up early, and to bed late going to all the
> campaign eventsand staying up working late..... 6 am today, at 4 am
> tomorrow... but it's really a very neat experience...
>
> On LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennieodonnell>, Jennie O'Donnell
> notes that she is a "doctor of metaphysical universe studies," a certified
> hypnotist, an ordained minister, and a massage therapist. She describes her
> works in the "healing arts" at length:
>
> I have been involved in the healing arts since 1987. At first my involvement
> was as a quest to work on my own issues and find deeper meaning and purpose
> in my own life. As my life healed, I found that sharing what I had learned
> could help others, as well as myself
> I believe every life issue has its roots in and begins healing in our souls.
> In this work, we assess ones needs and what they,want, or need to accomplish
> in a safe, gentle, productive atmosphere.
>
> In this work a client and I would take a soul centered, body-mind
> therapeutic approach, blended with aspects of traditional counseling to help
> heal from and deal with the issues in their life at core levels. As a result
> change does happen.
>
> I have studied and practiced many therapeutic methods, as well as many
> different spiritual practices, such as; The Eastern Philosophies of
> Buddhism, Taoism, Sidha yoga with Brahma khumaris and other yoga practices
> for self realization. Western philosophies of Christianity, Science of mind,
> Course in miracles, Catholicism, Native American Spiritualities, Judaism,
> Muslim, Sufi, Ancient Alchemy of the Emerald Tablet, Metaphysics, Wicca,
> Pagan and many other world spiritualities.
>
> The O'Donnell Senate campaign did not respond to requests for comment. On
> Wednesday, Jennie posted this message on Facebook:
>
> to all my friends and family..thank you for your great wishes.. for the
> wisdom to see through the insane lies that were being tossed around, and
> still will be, i supose. i'm sure they will make up new ones; but thank you
> for your love, support prayers, good humor... and support of my sister,no
> matter what lies were made up about her...oh.. p.s. haave you heard the
> latest? she's homophobic... gotta laugh
>
> Christine O'Donnell has been a poster girl for Christian fundamentalism and
> social conservatism; Jennie O'Donnell has been something of a hippie-artist.
> One rails against homosexuality; the other fancies gay marriage. One decries
> masturbation and any sexual practices outside of marriage; the other
> supports lesbian rights. Still, Jennie has loyally been helping her anti-gay
> sister Christine become one of nation's top lawmakers. To some that might
> seem curious. But her Facebook page has what might be the explanation. Under
> "bio," Jennie O'Donnell writes, "love my family very much. i am nuts about
> them. totally in love with them... i am glad we chose each other, and i
> thank god for that.......oh enough about me... tell me about you?"
> More:http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/09/christine-odonnell-lesbian-ga...
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> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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