The Non-Witch Gets Off

The Federal Elections Commission has dismissed the complaint against failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. The complaint, which had been filed by the Delaware Republican Party, alleged that O'Donnell broke FEC rules by collaborating with the Tea Party Express on fundraising and advertising.

AUDIO: Delaware Passes Civil Unions

Listen to the gallery erupt after the vote is announced.

DELAWARE: Civil Unions Pass House!

Tonight the Delaware House passed its civil unions bill by a vote of 26-15. The bill passed last week in the state Senate and is now expected to be signed by Gov. Jack Markell, after which it will go into effect on January 1st, 2012.

The Human rights Campaign notes via press release:

SB 30 will allow same-sex couples to enter into civil unions giving them all of the rights, benefits, and obligations of marriage under state law, but would not allow same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses. Religious institutions may choose not to solemnize civil unions. Delaware will be the 8th state to offer civil unions or comprehensive domestic partnerships. After the bill is signed into law, it will take effect on Jan. 1, 2012. Currently, five states have laws providing an expansive form of state-level relationship recognition for gay and lesbian couples, without offering marriage. California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington provide same-sex couples with access to almost of all the state level benefits and responsibilities of marriage, through either civil unions or domestic partnerships. Earlier this year, the governors of Hawaii and Illinois signed into law civil unions bills. Couples in Illinois can begin applying for civil union licenses on June 1, 2011 and in Hawaii couples can begin applying on Jan. 1, 2012. Same-sex couples do not receive federal rights and benefits in any state.

DELAWARE: Jury Awards Record $30M Settlement To Victim Of Priest Molestation

A jury in Delaware has awarded a record $30M settlement to a man who says that he was sexually assaulted by a Catholic priest more than 100 times while he was a boy. That is the highest amount ever awarded to a single plaintiff in any clergy abuse case. In an unusual turn, the judgment rules that the man's parish itself must pay $3M of the settlement, as the Diocese of Delaware conveniently declared bankruptcy last year in anticipation of the verdict.

Parishes have previously been held liable in only one or two cases involving abuse by Catholic priests, according to records kept by an advocacy group for victims known as bishopaccountability.org. It is usually the diocese or the religious order, not the parish, that is held responsible for damages. But the Diocese of Wilmington, which covers all of Delaware, declared bankruptcy last year just as the lawsuit was going to trial, so this lawsuit as well as more than 100 pending lawsuits against the diocese was frozen. The jury is set to hear evidence on punitive damages on Monday. Thomas S. Neuberger and Stephen J. Neuberger, father-son lawyers for the plaintiffs, say they have saved the most damning evidence for this phase, and that the award to the plaintiff could grow substantially beyond the compensatory damages.

According to testimony, other priests in the man's parish were aware of the assaults, but did nothing.

O'Donnell Blames GOP For Loss

And not, you know, the fact that she a completely dizzy airhead who can't quote a single Supreme Court case. Or that she's a morals Nazi who goes around telling people who to fuck.

DELAWARE: O'Donnell Trounced, Entire State Masturbates In Celebration

Democrat Chris Coons picks up Sen. Joe Biden's seat in a rout against "ex-gay" advocate and teabagger whackadoodle Christine O'Donnell, sending the entire state of Delaware off to whack their own doodles in celebration.

I Am Not A Bush. I Am You.

Gawker has published a man's anonymous account of a one-night stand with a hammered Christine O'Donnell on Halloween night 2007. But according to the author, he was too turned off by the sight of O'Donnell's unwaxed vah-jay-jay to go through with any actual sex. So as far as we know, she really IS still a virgin. She's a chaste Christian woman! Yeah, right.

NOTE: I totally HAD to steal the headline of this post from a Gawker commenter. Had to.

UPDATE: In the several hours since Gawker's post went up, the story has exploded across the internet, yielding both widespread condemnation of Gawker for running the story and fevered attempts to identify its anonymous author. Which has happened. I'd agree that it's a sleazy story, but in the Department of Giving-A-Fuck, I'm filing this under: Do Not. This is a woman who went on a years-long campaign of demonizing gay people, telling that them that they were sick and that she had the cure: Jesus Christ. No blow is too low for these repulsive creatures.

UPDATE II: O'Donnell campaign has posted a statement.

Classless Coons goons have proven yet again to have no sense of common decency or common sense with their desperate attacks to get another rubber stamp for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda. Such attacks are truly shameful, but they will not distract us from making our case to Delaware voters -- and keeping the focus on Chris Coons’ record of higher taxes, increased spending, and as he has done again here, breaking his promises to the voters."

UPDATE III: O'Donnell appeared on Fox News tonight where she appeared to blame the Gawker story on her opponent (without commenting on it directly).

Christine O'Donnell Confesses To Using Campaign Money For Personal Expenses

Teabagger loon, "ex-gay" advocate, and not-a-witch Christine O'Donnell has admitted that she's been illegally using campaign donations to pay her rent.

[O'Donnell] acknowledges using campaign money to pay part of the rent on her current town house. Her attorney maintains someone with the Federal Election Commission approved the arrangement, although the commission's rules say candidates can't use campaign money for their mortgage or rent "even if part of the residence is being used by the campaign."

The watchdog group Citizens For Ethics in Washington responds: "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."

Christine O'Donnell: There's No Such Thing As Separation Of Church And State

(Via - Towleroad)

Auto-Tuned Christine O'Donnell

Lizz Winstead On Christine O'Donnell

Christine O'Donnell Can't Think Of Any Recent Supreme Court Decisions

O'Donnell: Repealing DADT Would Be Like Allowing Adultery In The Military

Via Wonkroom, here's what Christine O'Donnell said about DADT.

"A federal judge recently ruled that we have to overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. There are a couple of things we need to say about that. First of all, judges should not be legislating from the bench. Second of all, it’s up to the military to set the policy that the military believes is in the best interest of unit cohesiveness and military readiness. The military already regulates personal behavior in that it doesn’t allow affairs to go on within your chain of command. It does not allow it you are married to have an adulterous affair within the military. So the military already regulates personal behavior because it feels that it is in the best interest of our military readiness. I don’t think that Congress should be forcing a social agenda on to our military. I think we should leave that to the military."

Fuller clips of the debate are in the post below this one.

DEBATE: O'Donnell Vs. Coons

I'll break out the key points of the debate shortly.

New From Christine O'Donnell

Must we give O'Donnell grudging props for referencing Antoine Dodson in this? This is from the the same outfit that did Carly Fiorina's laughable Demon Sheep ad.

SNL Spoofs Christine O'Donnell

Christine O'Donnell: I Didn't Go To Yale

Or Oxford or....

DELAWARE: Not-A-Witch Christine O'Donnell Trails Badly To Chris Coons

Christine O'Donnell, Witchy Woman

Christine O'Donnell Action Figure

The same company offers Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin dolls, among many others.