Not a big fan of Piers Morgan myself, but he didn’t treat libertarian atheist Penn Jillette any differently than he treated Tea Republican evangelical O’Donnell. In fact, the day O’Donnell walked off Morgan’s set, Jillette had an article posted on CNN.com that morning bemoaning his appearence on Morgan’s show.

Let’s think about it: she walks off after the question on gay marriage, not after the question on whether she was still anti-masturbation or whether she had “committed lust in her heart” (in fact her exchange with Piers on the topic of masturbation seems rather humorous and she seems to be enjoying herself); when she does walk off she says at first that they cancelled another interview for that, and then changes the story to be that they’re late for a speech; a staffer was clearly prepared to jump in front of the camera as she removes the mic, a move I have never seen done in an interview walk-out.

Now we’re all talking about her again; she has rocketed out of obscurity through controversy just in time to peddle her book on the many networks that will now have her on to talk about the Morgan interview.

Then again, should we be surprised? Any videos of O’Donnell, particularly her Bill Maher panel appearances, seem to paint the picture of a person who craves publicity and fame through controversy.

Basically, she’s no better than any cast member of the Jersey Shore… except they don’t try to run for elected office.

I think we’ve recently learned in NY that politicians (theoretically, at least) can oppose homosexual unions on a personal level, but still acknowlege that there is no legal reason to prevent them. I think many “regular” citizens feel this way as well.

Religous views don’t have to interfere with your politics (if you are that kind of progressive/pick-and-choose religous person), but we know this is not where this woman is coming from. To deny that would be disingenous, but maybe I can give her a tiny bit of credit for trying.

But, none of this matters, because she is irrelevant and doesn’t have a chance.

Tea Party Like a Rockstar – I don’t think I’m so much more superior than others. Just people like Christine O’Donnell and especially you.

(fwiw, I sympathized with “why are you being so weird about this?” because I feel like I have to ask people that question on a daily basis)