VIDEO: Christine O’Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan Interview
As the saying goes, “if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.” Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell clearly couldn’t stand the heat and she walked out of the kitchen — suggesting as she exited that it was a privilege for her to be in the kitchen and she was wanted elsewhere. The kitchen was CNN’s Piers Morgan Show where the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Senate was asked about her widely broadcast and often-in-print and in cybserspace views on gay marriage. So she walked out in the middle of the interview (suggesting this was somehow punishment for Morgan when it probably will help him gain viewers in the future).
When you watch this, note that her main complaint is that Morgan is not doing a p.r. interview — that when someone appears on a cable show THEY have the RIGHT to control the questions and if a question is not to their liking it is somehow wrong.
It’s clear that Ms. O’Donnell really wants an interview done by Sean Hannity: one where she controls the questions and the interviewer acts as a kind of defense attorney, asking leading questions to make her look good and negatively framed questions to allow her to go after those who dared to criticize her.
Ms. O’Donnell needs to stay out of the political kitchen — but i suspect voters will help her stay out in the future. And I will predict now: her book will not do well. This will not help sales. She NEEDED to get people who might not agree with her to buy her book as well. Why would anyone do that after watching this?
Good TV; bad sales move.
P.S. Somewhere Karl Rove is smliing.
15 Responses to “VIDEO: Christine O’Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan Interview”
It’s a conservative thing; “The world owes Them”, because they are the center of the universe.
I saw the “interview” and could not believe my eyes (or ears).
It is really a shame. Ms. O’Donnell is a very intelligent woman—and attractive, too (sorry). Although I don’t agree with her on most issues, she seems genuine and well-intended. However, this idea that you will only ask me questions that I approve of, is really bizarre.
From watching the various visual and verbal signals going on between her and her handlers, I think she is being very badly served by them.
It seems very odd that she considers it “rude” to ask questions about topics covered in the book she’s shilling. I’ve seen Piers be quite rude, and I really don’t like him much, but what he did here certainly didn’t seem untoward.
On the other hand, if she’s ashamed of her retrograde, discriminatory views on LGBT issues, well, at least she has enough sense to know that her views are shameful. There’s a really easy way to fix that: stop having those views. Start having views that aren’t retrograde and shameful. It’s not really that difficult a problem.
I see it differently… The show is there to sell commercials. She is on the show to sell her book. If she feels that the show is no longer showing her or her book in a positive light…why stay? Why let them profit from her presence while she does not?
I don’t like her, but more people should walk off of “for profit” shows when they no longer feel being there is to their advantage.
Piers should have stayed away from the whiskey when he left the potato farm. After all, what does gay have to do with anything intelligent in public affairs? It’s about on a level with crocheting or basket-weaving preferences. She’s right to walk out on a TV potato-head like Piers. There’s better things to do with her time.
“It’s about on a level with crocheting or basket-weaving preferences.”
Right, because politicians are passing constitutional amendments to ban crocheting, and keeping marital rights from basket weavers. I’ve heard those who engage in cross-stitching are discriminated against in the workplace, and rug weavers are kicked out of the military. The Bible talks a lot about the moral depravety of coblers, because they’re coming for your children to turn them to the ungodly work of shoe making.
Totally the same thing. Good analogy.
Its got nothing, at all, to do with Piers Morgan. Its all about us and her. She walked out on us, therefore, she ain’t worthy of us.
Piers is starting to grow on me. I liked his Ron Paul and Denise Richards interviews. But who wouldn’t like Denise Richards? She’s a perfect 20 inside and out.
However I think he, or somebody there at CNN, intentionally tried very hard to piss the woman off from the get, by running and saying every publicly negative media replay and comment before even getting to the book. It was quite a build up actually. Sort of a Fox style dump job in my opinion and these short clips don’t show it all.
If you are pushing a product and you get publicity and exposure, you might want to play along. She is articulate and could have fudged an answer. You have to be pragmatic, but hey she is a TPer.
He, also could have, like many interviewers do, switch the subject with another line of questions. He too was being a little stubborn, but hey it is HIS show.
Hmmm…on the other hand, I had pretty much forgotten CO’D existed, and I probably still wouldn’t remember if the interview had gone smoothly…
I wonder if Morgen will compete with Anderson Cooper [snicker] to be the first to have Casey Anthony on his show.
Duck-
What are you duck, the devil’s advocate in everything?
Piers was down right offensive pushing “sex” in her face like rubbing a puppy’s nose in it’s own crap. It sure as heck ain’t Larry King anymore.
Now I know why Larry King was so damn good.
Allen, I love when you are display your perspicacity.
Duck-
Well, it is enlightening to know that we have been hearing from you, the devil’s opinion, and, it’s important to know that we will be hearing more from the devil’s perspective in the future.
Better the devil you know then the one in the details. Let’s face it, you can’t be godlishly clever.
BTW: without the Devil, there would be no hell for Reps to descend to.