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Opinion: Christine O’Donnell - Chris Coons debate: ‘I am not a witch’ and evolution

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Co-moderator Nancy Karibjanian mentions the satiric portrayals of Christine O’Donnell in the media and on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Some people, she said, think they are ‘distractions, but that’s the message voters are receiving. The comments in your own past have become fodder for late-night TV shows.’

She mentions the famous ‘I am not a witch’ ad, and addes that some have written that such a thing ‘makes Delawareans cringe.’

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O’Donnell: ‘This election cycle should not be about commnts I made on a comedy show over a decade and a half ago.’ The election, she said, should be about jobs and social security and other things that voters are concerned about.

‘My priority is ... to counter these things. My opponent said statements we made in our 20s should be off the table. Days later he started running ads. He’s going back on his work, using those statements to misrepresent my character.

‘While I made statemetns, my faith has matured over the years. Regardless of my faith, when I go down to Washington, D.C., it is the Constittuion that I will defend.’

When asked if she believes whether evolution is a myth, as she told Bill Maher, she said: ‘What I believe is irrelevant.’ She said that government overreaches by telling schools they cannot teach creationism.

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