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In newly unearthed video footage taken from a 2003 taping of the MSNBC show Scarborough Country, Delaware senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell is shown debating the topic of sexual abstinence and appears to suggest that the whole country should give up sex (presumably the premarital kind).
The exchange came with Eric Nies of the Moment of Hope Foundation, a group that seeks to educate young people about safe-sex practices. Here's how the back-and-forth went:
For years, O'Donnell was a talk show fixture as she promoted an agenda of social issues. As a result, a veritable trove of clips has surfaced since O'Donnell defeated mainstream GOP incumbent Mike Castle in the Republican Senate primary two weeks ago. Since then, news organizations have reaired footage of O'Donnell declaring that the Bible forbids masturbation, that she once had a date on a satanic altar and that she herself dabbled in witchcraft.
O'Donnell has recently said that many of her religious views have softened since a good many of the interviews were filmed. She has still not cleared up allegations about fabricating her educational records, however.
In newly unearthed video footage taken from a 2003 taping of the MSNBC show Scarborough Country, Delaware senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell is shown debating the topic of sexual abstinence and appears to suggest that the whole country should give up sex (presumably the premarital kind).
The exchange came with Eric Nies of the Moment of Hope Foundation, a group that seeks to educate young people about safe-sex practices. Here's how the back-and-forth went:
NIES: I tell them to be careful. You have to wear a condom. You have to protect yourself when you're going to have sex, because they're having it anyway. ... There's nothing that you or me can do about it.
O'DONNELL: The sad reality is -- yes, there is something you can do about it. And the sad reality, to tell them slap on a condom is not --
NIES: You're going to stop the whole country from having sex?
O'DONNELL: Yeah. Yeah!
And here's video of the exchange:O'DONNELL: The sad reality is -- yes, there is something you can do about it. And the sad reality, to tell them slap on a condom is not --
NIES: You're going to stop the whole country from having sex?
O'DONNELL: Yeah. Yeah!
For years, O'Donnell was a talk show fixture as she promoted an agenda of social issues. As a result, a veritable trove of clips has surfaced since O'Donnell defeated mainstream GOP incumbent Mike Castle in the Republican Senate primary two weeks ago. Since then, news organizations have reaired footage of O'Donnell declaring that the Bible forbids masturbation, that she once had a date on a satanic altar and that she herself dabbled in witchcraft.
O'Donnell has recently said that many of her religious views have softened since a good many of the interviews were filmed. She has still not cleared up allegations about fabricating her educational records, however.
