Christine O'Donnell In 2008 Called Obama 'Anti-American'

Christine O'Donnell's unexpected win in last night's Delaware GOP primary has sparked a predictable but entertaining round of research into her past controversial remarks and positions.

There is, after all, a treasure trove of clips, owing to O'Donnell's frequent appearances on the cable news circuit as a Republican pundit. Among the more colorful segments unearthed is an appearance she did on Fox News during the 2008 presidential campaign, in which she accused then candidate Barack Obama of being anti-American; not because of theories that he was not a natural-born citizen or sympathized with the Muslim world, but because he refused to insist that English be deemed the official language of the United States.

Here is the clip -- via Political Correction -- with the transcript pasted below:

MacCALLUM: Now, I would point out you didn't see a whole lot of editorial pages -- conservative editorial pages -- really paying too much attention to Barack Obama until recently. So let me get Christine O'Donnell's thoughts on this. Who do Republicans want to run against? Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?

O'DONNELL: I would prefer Barack Obama because he is so liberal, that -- he's anti-American. Let me tell you a couple of --

FLEMING: Anti-American?

O'DONNELL: Let me explain why. He's beating the change drum, but let's look at the change. He did not vote for English as the official language. What does that say? Then you hear them say, "I'm for" --

FLEMING: What are you talking about? Are you talking about the immigration debate? Because --

O'DONNELL: No, I'm --

FLEMING: -- if you're talking about that, there was a lot in there.

O'DONNELL: His voting record. His voting record. And then they sit there and say, "Oh, but I'm for English as the national language," because there's a legal difference. And the difference is English as the official language would, you know, not allow bilingual ballots and --

MacCALLUM: All right, well, back to my question. Just in terms of, you know, who they can beat, you think Obama is easier to beat.

O'DONNELL: Absolutely.

MacCALLUM: Jane, who do you think?

FLEMING: There's no way that they can beat Obama, and there's -- it's a rare chance that you guys are going to beat Clinton as well. All the national polls say we beat you guys. Democrats are fired up. We outperformed you guys 2-to-1 in Iowa, we're going to outperform you in New Hampshire. Democrats are going to win this. I don't care if it's Edwards, Obama, or Clinton.

Comments

[jminak]

12:59 PM on 11/03/2010

Maybe Ole' Christine should go home and masturbate now.. might just help her a little.. ;o)

[Jaxy]

11:58 PM on 09/15/2010

Christine O'Donnell: Would-be aider and abettor of the N@zi J3w-round-up effort. She totally missed her calling - she ought to have been spawned 30 years earlier ...

[alphamale43]

10:44 PM on 09/15/2010

She was right in 2008 and 100% correct today:-)

[Jaxy]

11:54 PM on 09/15/2010

On what basis, rethug? Fact is that O'Donnell, was a half-cocked, not very bright, spewer of nonsensical fringe illogic.

And if President Obama were in fact 'anti-American', isn't it a blooming wonder that neither you, nor your fellow lying, scheming, vile traitors have been summarily arrested and executed?

[Jaxy]

12:02 AM on 09/16/2010

You and your fellow Rethugs were 100% useless and pathetic in 2008 and 1000% more so today. Hey, aren't you supposed to be bending over, eagerly attaching your lips to the rear end of some pompous arriviste who throws random shekels in your general direction?

I mean, tr0lls like you have got to EAT, yes?

[DAVID99000]

10:30 PM on 09/15/2010

Hell, Let's VOTE THEM In For PRESIDENT. There Is Nothing Like A FRESH TEA BAGGER-
RIGHT? Esp: Sarah And "NASTY" 'Newt'---They All Need TO Get A GOOD CLEAN-0UT!
AM I CORRECT? Engle and Christine, You Have To Give Them Credit For Passing The 11th
Grade,,, Like Sarah---What A Model Mother!...GOD BLESS and THE CREEK DON'T RISE!

[jminak]

01:02 PM on 11/03/2010

They can all get a "GOOD CLEAN-OUT" with a freakin' enema ...

[newsmaker]

09:30 PM on 09/15/2010

Okay, she won the primary. But can she spell?

[KATE1230]

06:00 PM on 09/15/2010

Here is O'Donnell caught in a blatant lie. Yet, she spins it as "she was tired from campaigning" when in reality, she was speaking out of state and didn't believe she would get caught!

http://www.wgmd.com/?p=9496

[DJE12857]

05:56 PM on 09/15/2010

Bachmann,Angle,Palin and now O'Donnell. I'm really afraid to see who is waiting in the wings. They keep out whackying themselves.

[Donnie4488]

11:02 PM on 09/15/2010

So true,that.

[enigma2]

12:12 AM on 09/16/2010

As long as $arah is the queen bee she'll keep cranking out these drones.

[DJE12857]

05:11 PM on 09/16/2010

Thanks McCain for unleashing Palin on the world.

[KATE1230]

05:55 PM on 09/15/2010

When I didn't think we would see anyone crazier than Palin or Bachmann, we had Sharon Angle, and now Christine O'Donnell is joining them, making one nutty quartet. The other thing these women have in common is that they lie without hesitation. O'Donnell has lied about her college degree stating she earned it in 1993. However, her campaign manager said in March that last summer she took the final course to complete her degree. If she'll lie about something so easily proven to be a lie, what else won't she lie about?? Are these Tea Party people really that stupid that they will overlook someone who lies like that simply because she has the same ideological beliefs as them? What is this going to do to us as a country if the worst happened and they were all re-elected? While there has not been any cooperation coming from the GOP during President Obama's first 20 months in office, this will obviously continue no matter what the debate is about. It will be their way or no way and yet, they pretend they are Constitutional Conservatives while they talk about dismantling the Constitution to suit their needs, as in repealing the 14th amendment.

[blue in wv]

04:44 PM on 09/15/2010

She goes on and on, like she is the subject. She reminds me of when me and my sisters were teenagers, always blah blah blah and laughing and not saying anything worth listening to.

Then came her gay accusations against her opponent, a fine man with a long resume of government service, and her really nasty "This is not a bake-off" and "put your man-pants on." This gal is bad news.

When I think of the distinguished individuals who have served our country as Senators, and their contributions to the good of the American people, O'DONNELL isn't fit to empty their ash cans.

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

08:07 PM on 09/15/2010

I'm sorry,I was with you until the last sentence,there are so many Senators that are so undistinguished and she would do just fine emptying their ash cans.

[beckerfeld78]

09:03 PM on 09/15/2010

And their bed pans.

[shilparules]

04:42 PM on 09/15/2010

There are lots of video clips of Delaware Delight Christy O'Donnell out there; and the more of them you see, the more adorable and familiar she becomes. Thanks, HuffPo.

[socalcde]

05:20 PM on 09/15/2010

Lol! You sound like Pee Wee Herman!
"I know you are but what am I"!!!

[DJE12857]

05:51 PM on 09/15/2010

Yes. "Adorable" calling the president "anti-American." "Adorable" saying she wouldn't lie to hitler even if it meant saving the lives of Jews. She is about as "adorable" as Palin.

[rabprevent]

03:56 PM on 09/15/2010

This is merely the adventures of Old Christine LOL

[nypapajoe]

03:47 PM on 09/15/2010

How desperate can the Tea Baggers be? They endorsed a no body with some sexual phobias to run as their candidate! They have gone from the ridiculous to the insane! What's next!

[livefrmbrooklyn]

03:36 PM on 09/15/2010

Christine O'Donnell= Sharon Angle of the East....

[MrsOrtiz]

08:32 PM on 09/15/2010

= Sarah Palin of the north. Someone needs to get hold of those ruby Naughty Monkey pumps and take her power away.

[moephoto]

03:24 PM on 09/15/2010

I wish the Dems were as fired for this mid-term.

[moephoto]

03:26 PM on 09/15/2010

I wish the Dems were as fired up for this mid-term as they were then.

[Donnie4488]

11:09 PM on 09/15/2010

...and they all got out to vote!!

[Conservativeslayer]

03:19 PM on 09/15/2010

How many of the voters who voted for her, did so because they think she's hot? She's another Sarah Palin. Good looking but dumb as a brick. Ironic in that O'Donnell says masturbation is wrong, when so many of her followers do just while thinking of her.

[rabprevent]

03:57 PM on 09/15/2010

Explaing their entire party's frustrations LOL

[amd02148]

01:41 AM on 09/16/2010

lol youre terrible :)