Monday, January 07, 2008

On Fox News' The Live Desk, GOP strategist called Obama "anti-American"

On the January 7 edition of Fox News' The Live Desk, host Martha MacCallum asked Republican strategist Christine O'Donnell, "Who do Republicans want to run against? [Sen.] Barack Obama [D-IL] or [Sen.] Hillary Clinton [D-NY]?" O'Donnell replied, "I would say Barack Obama, because he is so liberal that -- he's anti-American." In response, Democratic strategist Jane Fleming asked, "Anti-American?" O'Donnell replied: "He's beating the change drum, but let's look at the change. He did not vote for English as the official language. What does that say?" O'Donnell later added: "And then they sit there and say, 'Oh, but I'm for English as the national language,' because there's a legal difference. And the difference is English as the official language would, you know, not allow bilingual ballots."

From the January 7 edition of Fox News' The Live Desk:

MacCALLUM: Now, I would point out you didn't see a whole lot of editorial pages -- conservative editorial pages -- really paying too much attention to Barack Obama until recently. So let me get Christine O'Donnell's thoughts on this. Who do Republicans want to run against? Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?

O'DONNELL: I would prefer Barack Obama because he is so liberal, that -- he's anti-American. Let me tell you a couple of -- ......

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