The Christine O'Donnell campaign is apologizing to WDEL after it demanded that video of an O'Donnell appearance on "The Rick Jensen Show" be destroyed and threatened a lawsuit if it wasn't.
O'Donnell, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, answered a variety of questions from listeners as well as the host on Tuesday. The audio and video of interview segment was broadcast live on WDEL 1150AM and streamed on WDEL.com, the station's website.
At the conclusion of the interview, a representative from the campaign who had been in the broadcast studio with O'Donnell asked that the video be turned over to the campaign and not released. He stated that the videotaping had not been approved by the O'Donnell campaign.
O'Donnell also told show host Rick Jensen that she would sue the radio station if the video was released.
WDEL routinely posts audio and video podcasts of interview segments on WDEL.com. O'Donnell's appearance on WDEL in September had also been recorded and posted on the web.
O'Donnell's campaign manager, Matt Moran, called WDEL and demanded that the video be immediately turned over to the campaign and destroyed. Moran threatened to "crush WDEL" with a lawsuit if the station didn't comply.
An attorney representing the O'Donnell campaign contacted WDEL's law firm Hogan Lovells and initially asked that the video not be released. WDEL's attorney asserted that the interview and video were in compliance with all applicable laws, was clearly protected free speech under the First Amendment, and that the campaign had no grounds to demand the station withhold it from the public.
Oh wait, there's that pesky First Amendment again! You know, the one Christine O'Donnell has no clue about?
Seriously guys. The O'Donnell campaign wanted the video destroyed or they would "crush" the station with a lawsuit. This woman isn't insane, or funny, or snark-worthy, or infamous, or silly.
She is dangerous. And as a US Senator, she would be a horrible mistake. She is someone when faced with an interview she doesn't like, wants it stricken from the record and the interview never aired. She feels she can intimidate anyone she wants by threatening to "crush" them under a lawsuit. The rest of you peons are just there to vote for her, and shut up, that's why.
These people are amazing. Simply amazing.
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What I can't figure out is why she doesn't want the interview aired. What did she say?
Wonkette has a good take on it.
"So what was so bad about this interview? For one, Christine O’Donnell uses a Trig slur at the 10-minute mark, calling people “low-income disables.”
But the real funny part begins at the 11:30 mark, when things begin to get heated because this conservative talk show host is actually asking her hard questions. O’Donnell angrily snaps her fingers to get her goon by her side. This man seems to stare menacingly at the host for the rest of the interview, at times having a word with the host off-mic and at times seeming to write down threats for the host on a pad of Post-It notes."
She's nothing more than a small-minded tyrant.
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