Republican nominee: "I dabbled in witchcraft"

Meet the latest Tea Party lunatic, Republican nominee Christine O'Donnell, who has been nominated by the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate, representing Delaware. O'Donnell, an extremely conservative Christian, believes masturbation is a sin, and apparently also believes that the sexual revolution of the 1960s led to the AIDS epidemic. Anyways, it appears she admitted to dabbling in witchcraft, with this revelation resulting in O'Donnell canceling media appearances. Personally I could care less if anyone dabbles in witchcraft, especially someone running for office. Witchcraft isn't illegal, and what people do in their private lives is their own business. However, not only is the hypocricy astounding, but O'Donnell admitted to this on national television, which might not go over so well with her conservative supporters.

The Huffington Post:

Another damaging past statement from Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell was revealed on Bill Maher's HBO show "Real Time" last night.

Maher played a clip from an episode of his previous show "Politically Incorrect" in which O'Donnell said she "dabbled into witchcraft." From Think Progress:

I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I'm not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do. One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar and I didn't know it. I mean, there was a little blood there and stuff like that.

We went to a movie and then had a little picnic on a satanic altar.

O'Donnell made 22 appearances on "Politically Incorrect" and Maher says he intends to release a new clip of her from the program every week until she agrees to come on his show. "It's like a hostage crisis," he said.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports, via Bob Schieffer, that O'Donnell has pulled out of a scheduled appearance this Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," perhaps due to the sheer number of her controversial remarks that have been unearthed since she shocked the political world with her upset primary win in Delaware.

UPDATE: O'Donnell has canceled her appearance on Fox News this Sunday, she tells AP in an email.

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