Mid-Terms Week: I'm Not A Witch (2010)
This Day in Esoteric Political History
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In the run-up to the November election, we’re doing a number of episodes that may help you track and process the current news. This week, it’s Mid-Terms week, looking at a few of our favorite mid-term elections that planted historical seeds for this year’s contest.
Today, we look at the 2010 Delaware senate race, where Christine O’Donnell faced accusations and rumors that she was a witch in high school. She ended up losing by 17 points, but the legacy of her Tea Party moment continues.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from Radiotopia. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Jody Avregan. |
| 0:11.0 | It is midterms week we are looking at some interesting stories from past midterms as we gear up for this year's midterm election, |
| 0:18.0 | maybe some stuff that will get you thinking or just some trips down memory lane. |
| 0:22.0 | Today we go to 2010 to the great state of Delaware and |
| 0:25.8 | to a phrase that will be forever lodged in my head at least I'm not a witch. An actual |
| 0:32.4 | phrase uttered by an actual candidate for Senate in an actual ad that aired on actual TV |
| 0:38.6 | And it actually did not help at all |
| 0:40.9 | Christina Donald the not witch would go on to lose to Chris Coons in that election in early November |
| 0:46.7 | by 17 points or so. So let's talk about Christine O'Donnell, the 2010 election, the whole I'm not a witch thing, and also the |
| 0:56.0 | Tea Party election and lots more. |
| 0:58.6 | Here as always, Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wesley. |
| 1:02.2 | Hello, Jody. Hello there. |
| 1:03.2 | Hello Jody. |
| 1:04.6 | Hey there. |
| 1:05.5 | And you, right before we started recording, |
| 1:07.9 | rightly pointed out something that I had not realized, |
| 1:09.7 | but we are airing this right before Halloween, |
| 1:11.4 | so I guess this is our Halloween special. |
| 1:14.0 | Spooky! |
| 1:18.0 | You know, I have some thoughts about just kind of like, |
| 1:21.0 | is accusing someone of being a witch that awful of a thing in the 21st century |
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