Monmouth County Republican Chairman John Bennett & Middlesex County Republican Chairman Samuel Thompson
cordially invite you to join them for An Evening with Anna LittleFeaturing Nationally Recognized Political Commentator, Author, and True Patriot
~ Christine O’Donnell ~
Please Join Us at Lakeside Manor Tuesday, August 14th From 6:00 PM – 8:00PM 410 Route 36 Hazlet, New Jersey 07730
Patriot Ticket $250
Co-Host Sponsorship $2,500
Other Sponsorships Available – Please Call for Details
~ RSVP TODAY – Space is Limited ~
Call 732-658-5461
Please Mail Event Contribution Checks To: Friends of Anna Little P.O. Box 382, Highlands, NJ 07732
Please Include: Employer and Occupation in the memo line (Information Required by Federal/State Law – if self employed list ‘self’ and industry ie: Attorney)
~Thank You to Our Host Committee ~
Municipal Chair of Old Bridge, Anita Greenburg, Assemblyman Rob Clifton, President of Affiliated Republican Club Wayne Pomanowski & Mayor Fred Rast of Atlantic Highlands
The erstwhile revolutionary 6th Congressional District challenger has a credibility problem after her inflated ego ticked off nearly everyone around her during her doomed 2010 general election campaign. The solution? Bring in a solid GOP star to prop up her candidacy, someone like Christine “I am not a witch” O’Donnell. Yeah, that’ll work, Anna.
Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Vin Gopal issued a scathing statement to Politickernjcondemning Monmouth GOP Chairman John Bennett and 6th District Congressional nominee Anna Little for their decision to bring Christine O’Donnell to Monmouth County for a Little fundraiser next week.
“The Monmouth County Republican Party and their star candidate Anna Little are teaming up with the most extreme candidate ever to run for the U.S. Senate – an individual who openly talked about her involvement in witchcraft and who rejected the most basic theory of science, evolution,” Gopal said. “This is who extremist Anna Little and the Monmouth County Republicans are choosing to align themselves with and one has to wonder if they share Ms. O’Donnell’s views on evolution, witchcraft, women in the military and the countless issues in which she is out of touch with not just the residents in Monmouth County, but members of her own party. It becomes scarier everyday what a Congresswoman Anna Little would like.”
Gopal cited several of O’Donnell’s quotes made on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect TV show and the FoxNews O’Reilly Factor in making his case that O’Donnell is detached from the mainstream.
“Who do they think they’re going to get to pay $2500 to meet that lunatic?” Gopal said when reached by MMM.
Neither Bennett nor Little were immediately available for comment.
Monmouth County Republican Chairman John Bennett & Middlesex County Republican Chairman Samuel Thompson
cordially invite you to join them for An Evening with Anna Little Featuring Nationally Recognized Political Commentator, Author, and True Patriot
~ Christine O’Donnell ~
Please Join Us at Lakeside Manor Tuesday, August 14th From 6:00 PM – 8:00PM 410 Route 36 Hazlet, New Jersey 07730
Patriot Ticket $250
Co-Host Sponsorship $2,500
Other Sponsorships Available – Please Call for Details
~ RSVP TODAY – Space is Limited ~
Call 732-658-5461
Please Mail Event Contribution Checks To: Friends of Anna Little P.O. Box 382, Highlands, NJ 07732
Please Include: Employer and Occupation in the memo line (Information Required by Federal/State Law – if self employed list ‘self’ and industry ie: Attorney)
~Thank You to Our Host Committee ~
Municipal Chair of Old Bridge, Anita Greenburg, Assemblyman Rob Clifton, President of Affiliated Republican Club Wayne Pomanowski & Mayor Fred Rast of Atlantic Highlands
In case you blocked it out, O’Donnell was the 2010 Tea Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware who scored an upset primary victory over former Governor Mike Castle before going on to lose badly to Christopher Coons, costing the GOP the opportunity to take what had been Joe Biden’s Senate seat. Castle was considered a sure victor in the general election had he been the nominee.
O’Donnell was a deeply flawed candidate.
The NJ media has compared Little to O’Donnell too often. Once would have been too often. Now the comparisons will inevitably start again. The only thing that could prevent The Star Ledger’s Tom Moran or Politickernj from making such a comparison is if Little fails to get enough traction against Frank Pallone to warrant any ink.
Governor Chris Christie campaigned for Castle in 2010.
He also appeared at least two fund raisers for Little in 2010. Those weren’t catering hall fund raisers. They were held at elegant waterfront private homes. This news makes one wonder about Bennett’s and Thompson’s clout with the Governor. This one makes one wonder if Christie will be stumping for Little in October.
Ok, the Tea Party proved it can win Republican primaries and this is a good thing. Now they are tasked, through the candidates they support, with winning the general election and they aren’t doing such a great job. Or, at least, in Delaware they are not.
Christine O’Donnell, who has been put through the MSM PR meat-grinder, just released her first major commercial and it strikes all the wrong notes. We have been served up a second grader’s rendition of “Chopsticks” when what was needed was Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto.
Here is a list of important communication concepts that candidates need to keep in mind. Consider them Political Communications 101:
1. Never repeat a charge again you.
Example: If your opponents are calling you a Witch… don’t say “I’m not a witch.”
2. Always keep the message on what you want to be talking about.
Example: “Coons welcomes tax increases. I just disagree with him.”
3. Always keep it personal
Example: “Coons welcomes tax increases. I just disagree with him, just like the majority of you do too, that is why my opponent has restored to a vicious, mean, negative campaign against me. Sorry, Mr. Coons, but all the mud in the world won’t mask the fact you want to increase taxes, increase spending and continue the depression we find ourselves in.”
4. Always give irrefutable general closing statements.
Example: “What America needs is a growing economy. What Delaware needs is less taxes and more jobs. What you need is what I hope to offer, a new voice in Washington.”
So how did Christine O’Donnell do on her first major commercial?
First statement: “I am not a witch.” – Ohhhh boy. This is not going well.
Second statement: “I’m nothing you’ve heard” – that is even worse. Now she is refuting unknown charges. This begs the questions, “Why, what have you been charged with?”.
Third statement: “I am you.” – Not getting better. Refutably taking liberties with my personal identity is the quickest way to a rebuttal that starts with “Oh, no you are not… You’re a big bag of crazy”.
Fourth statement: “but none of us of our happy…” – Finally getting better. The next couple statements create an offense to parley a closing remark with.
Closing statement: “I’m going to Washington to do what you’d do” – Not good. Who are you talking to? I don’t know and neither do you. How about, “I’m going to Washington to cut taxes and the size of a bloated government that has grown without restraint.” – Now that is something I can vote for.
Too many times good candidates get poor consulting transforming a difficult campaign into a losing one. This is exactly one of those time. It’s not too late to turn this around but O’Donnell will never win with this message. Take a page from The Gipper and invoke optimism with a clear intent for lower taxes and smaller government.