she did cancel all of her sunday talk show appearances after this came out though, i hope its enough to alienate some of her jesus-lovin' tea party base

Nah, they hate Obama too much to abandon their great white dope.

Well, she's also getting investigated for misuse of her campaign funds through the years, which might also have a role in her recent aversion to the spotlight. Here's a CNN article about it that just made Fark's politics page:

http://bit.ly/bOrid0

I know there were already people making an issue about this before she even won the candidacy, but it's getting more attention now, probably because of statements like this:

"...in 2009, Miss O'Donnell wasn't a candidate for anything, yet she had numerous campaign expenses, things like travel and gas..."

Ouch. But, her cancellations of the appearances have done more damage than any of these allegations or even the strange comments she has made in the past. If you cannot deal with the crucible of public scrutiny, then you are pretty unfit for any type of leadership role (see: George W. Bush, Sarah Palin).

sadly, unfit for office and unelectable are not the same thing in america

Honestly a lot of Jesusy people really do believe they have had genuine encounters with Satanic groups and the like. There's a large portion of the population for whom the Satanic Panic is still alive and well.

She's full of shit regardless, obviously.

They manage to convince kids that sorcery exists, which means they can have actual real magic powers, which means every teen is going to try it sometime and either figure out it's not real or get scared and forever after claim they were almost seduced by Satan because they used a Ouija board once and it totally worked.

Oh god, that was what I saw at first too!