Christine O'Donnell Takes Sarah Palin's Advice, Will Go On Hannity To 'Speak Through Fox News'

When former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks, it appears that Christine O'Donnell listens. Tonight, the Delaware GOP Senate candidate will be appearing on Sean Hannity's Fox News show, just days after Palin urged her to "speak through Fox News" in order to communicate with the American public.

"She's gonna have to learn very quickly to dismiss what some of her handlers want," said Palin, a Fox News contributor, last week in an interview with network host Bill O'Reilly. "Remember what happened to me in the VP. I used to have to sneak in my phone calls to you guys to say, 'Hey, I'm here.' She's gonna have to dismiss that, go with her gut, get out there, speak to the American people, speak through Fox News, and let the independents who are tuning into you, let them know what it is that she stands for, the principles behind her positions.

Palin has been acting as a sort of fairy godmother for O'Donnell, propelling her candidacy by endorsing her and recording radio spots and robocalls in the primary race against Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.). Since the win, Palin has repeatedly gone to bat for O'Donnell and defended her against criticism from the media and even other Republicans.

This Hannity appearance also comes just two days after she unexpectedly backed out of CBS's "Face the Nation" and "Fox News Sunday" at the last minute. Her campaign said that she had a scheduling conflict with an event in Delaware, although "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace noted that he had received conflicting reasons from the campaign.

O'Donnell seems to be following in the footsteps of other Senate candidates who are popular with the Tea Party movement, including Rand Paul in Kentucky and Sharron Angle in Nevada, who both prefer appearing on conservative networks and shows. In July, Angle told the Christian Broadcasting Network that she avoids other networks because they won't let her raise money on air. "Well, in that audience will they let me say I need $25 dollars from a million people go to Sharron Angle.com send money? Will they let me say that? Will I get a bump on my website, and you can watch whenever I go on to a show like that we get an immediate bump," she said of Fox News and other conservative outlets.

In May, Paul also canceled his "Meet the Press" appearance after several days of tough coverage in the media about his comments on the Civil Rights Act.

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Comments

[Kreskytim]

12:59 AM on 10/08/2010

The best thing that can happen to her is that she will lose and get a big contract with Fox "news".

[tinka]

12:06 PM on 09/27/2010

So if elected how does she intend to handle her constituents. Will she finally address them directly and personally or will Fox News still be her voice? I forget, who are the elitist here? Oh that’s right… us Democrats!

[katylied]

09:54 AM on 09/24/2010

I still think the editor left out the word 'down' between Go and On.......

[Jackcravell]

09:40 AM on 09/24/2010

Palin's advice: Be cute, be perky, vacuous and inane

[Teagle03]

08:03 AM on 09/24/2010

Only a lair is afraid of a question!

[NoSillyName]

02:31 AM on 09/24/2010

As if she needed Palin to tell her where to speak "through". Anything to get her own name in the media.

[Christian Troy]

12:37 AM on 09/24/2010

I would watch the interview, but I have never found softball to be interesting.

[Netflyer]

11:39 PM on 09/23/2010

Psst, don't worry, they'll get the fox war machine on it right away... let Hannity help you - only his hatred can propel you into... the dark side! Looks like the coven paid off ♦

[tbirdalum]

04:57 PM on 09/23/2010

Well, Christine, wait until it comes to light that Hannity looks at pics of Glen Beck and lopes his mule all the time. Didn't you have a problem with self-gratification? Just Saying.

[novatom]

04:49 PM on 09/23/2010

An unfortunate consequence of the fracturing of today's media. 20 years ago, these tea party bo.zos wouldn't have dared to avoid the media. I just wish the American public would wake up and realize how disingenuous this tactic is. We can only hope that they will pay the price at the polls for their attempts to bamboozle American voters.

[dimplesmile7]

07:35 AM on 09/23/2010

A political loser taking advice from another political loser. Just can't make this stuff up.

[Mariosright]

07:12 AM on 09/23/2010

The reason ODonnell only went on Faux was so she would not have to answer serious questions.
Washington Times reports....
the nonpartisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Monday filed complaints with the U.S. attorney's office in Delaware and the Federal Election Commission.
"Christine O'Donnell is clearly a criminal, and like any crook, she should be prosecuted," Melanie Sloan, CREW executive director, said in a written statement. "Ms. O'Donnell has spent years embezzling money from her campaign to cover her personal expenses. Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much these days, but both sides should agree on one point: Thieves belong in jail, not the United States Senate."

[nypapajoe]

12:14 AM on 09/23/2010

As they say "Tea Baggers love the Truth, they just hate the facts"! O'Donnell can not face the real media because exposing her lack of intellect will be her demise!

[gmb007]

11:12 PM on 09/22/2010

ANOTHER LIE?

Considering her other credibility issues, I strongly believe that O’Donnell may be a pathological liar.

She states on multiple personal websites that she worked for Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ” - yet her EEOC lawsuit against ISI states she DECLINED that job offer.

To date, I can find NO independent source that corroborates her claim.

O’Donnell is listed NOWHERE in crew, company or production film credits.

No O'Donnell articles, press, editorials - NOTHING.

“17. ...Ms. O’Donnell discussed a job offer she had received from ICON Productions, concerning publicity work for the Mel Gibson movie The Passion of the Christ ... Ms. O’Donnell relied upon Mr. Nelson’s representations regarding her job performance and the “permanent” nature of her employment with ISI and declined to accept the position with ICON Productions.”

Christine O’Donnell vs. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Inc.
http://www.delawaretomorrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/8-1.pdf

“Icon Productions, The Passion of the Christ, Los Angeles, CA: Contracted by Mel Gibsońs production company to manage pre-release media and marketing efforts for this controversial film. Responsibilities included hiring and managing staff, writing editorials, pro-active press statements and crafting response to malicious media stories.”
http://www.linkedin.com/in/christineodonnell

“...The Passion of The Christ”
http://christine2010.com/meet-christine/

"...The Passion of the Christ..."
http://www.imediaconnection.com/profiles/christineodonnell

"The Passion of Christ" Official Film CREDITS
http://www.passionrecut.com/cast_crew/index.html

[From the Raft]

11:22 PM on 09/22/2010

Could she have been a ghost?

[Hollyse]

10:25 AM on 09/23/2010

Christine O'Donnel, akin to Sara Palin, must be a scientific experimentation hologram and nothing more. The beauty of a hologram is splitting a laer beam of equal lenth to establishing the oneness of the same. Within this logic insanity, too, mush have personification within thoughts.

[pxgabriel]

10:20 PM on 09/22/2010

Sarah Palin does not tell the truth

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2010/09/now-sarah-claims-t-ohave-given-birth-to.html

[From the Raft]

11:23 PM on 09/22/2010

People do start losing their memory after age 50.

[Hollyse]

10:26 AM on 09/23/2010

They've lopst their viriginity too, but aren't aware of the loss... or gain.