Christine O’Donnell Walks Off Heated CNN Interview With Piers Morgan
- Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:03am by
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Former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O‘Donnell ended a contentious interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan on Wednesday night by angrily walking off set after Morgan accused her of being “weird” for not answering questions about her stance on gay marriage:
Despite the testy exchange, Hot Air’s Allahpundit doesn’t get what went wrong:
I don’t understand her objection. Did Morgan not let her talk about her book at all during the course of the interview? Or is she just really, really opposed to talking about gay marriage for whatever reason? Unless there’s an agreement before the show that certain topics are off-limits, the host is usually free to ask anything he/she wants. Palin just did an hour of questions with reporters last week at the Iowa state fair and didn’t rule any subject out of bounds, even though she’s not running for anything right now either. Very strange.
Meanwhile, Morgan defended his interview questions to Anderson Cooper on Cooper’s CNN program:
Cooper gave Morgan the floor to explain what he had felt as O’Donnell walked out, and he admitted it was “a bit extraordinary”– “I thought I was being my normal, chivalrous British self, and then she took huge umbrage, declared I was being very rude, and walked out.” He admitted he may have been “a little bit cheeky, maybe, but not rude” and didn’t believe the audience would agree with her.
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setusfree2012
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:41amI was really P.O.‘d at all the conservatives and Republicans who didn’t support her when she ran for office. Now I see the error of my ways. I can’t stand the socialist Piers Morgan either, but Christine just made herself look like an absolute fool. Why would she shy away from her opinion on the subject…isn’t it already well-known anyway?
neverending
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:27amAbsolutely – that was just plain stupid and the left just sits back and waits for crap like that and believe me I detest libs but why oh why do we give them ammunition?
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:05amI listened to a fairly long interview with her by Mark Levin last week and was quite impressed. She’s an intelligent, articulate and well-versed lady. I could care less what she thinks about queerism.
Report Post »LibertarianForLife
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:09amShe shyed away because she knows the only thing she has to back it is her religous nonsense. Even an idiot like Pierce would rip her to shreds with such failed reasoning.
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:24amTrue… she wasn’t ready for prime time. Choose your candidates carefully. It’s very simple for folks to jump in front of a rally and hit all the buzzwords. I think Bachmann has been doing that to us now. Grabbing a baton and getting in front of the parade. McCotter, Paul, and Cain are the only folks that are saying now what they were saying before there was a Tea Party. Check out McCotter YouTube clips from 2007 and you‘ll think you’re at a Tax Day Rally.
Report Post »BigSky
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:45amWord of advice for O’Donnell or anyone else aspiring a life in politics; if you can’t defend your positions coherently and without being offended, then you are seeking the wrong profession and should stay out of politics forever.
Report Post »PoliticalSmackdown {Subscribe & Friend me on YouTube}
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:05amI think the issue here is she knows what his Game will be. he would have never let it go. had she said i don’t agree with Gay marriage she would have pressed and pressed. he had no intention of talking about her book Cnn is gay focused.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 4:30amOOOOOOO He was being so “cheeky”… What the hell is cheeky??? I hate filthy queers and anyone who stands up for them.
Report Post »Democrat God
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 4:30amAgreed…..it either comes from a lack of courage…… or a lack of conviction. A lack of conviction suggests she has not lived out her belief system long enough to be comfortable with her own philosophical truths and continues to struggle with the application of her faith. A lack of courage might suggest she does not actually BELIEVE what she espouses and therefore cannot stand on any principle at all.
BOTH are debilitating…………….I pray for her peace, love, and understanding.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 4:53amThat was a joke of an interview. She should have just answered the question instead of ending the interview.. it looked worse than her just coming out and saying she’s not on board with gay marriage or whatever her stance would be.
Report Post »AreYouForReal
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 5:27amWhy wwould you think he is a SOCIALIST. You idiots wouldn’t even know what SOCIALISM is.
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 5:56amWow… sad to see that a lot of people here at The Blaze have drank not only the Kool-Aid of Left, but the Kool-Aid of the Establishment Republicans as well.
If a woman is a COSERVATIVE and refuses to take any garbage, she’s a dumb and crazy. Goes to show that misogyny is alive and well as long as it is directed against the TRUE strong women in America, the Tea Party women. Those FAKE “strong” women of the left and the Establishment Republicans, though, they‘re alright in ya’lls book, eh?
Report Post »Zer0
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 6:09am@SetUsFree2012,
Yep. If she comes on Pier’s show and refuses to speak on the most BASIC of policy issues, then she comes off as a dope. She’s either for or against Gay marriage…..if she had courage or conviction (either way), then she would have voiced her opinion…unabashedly. Good riddance!
Report Post »Lonescrapper
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 7:10amI wish someone would tell Piers he isn’t on American Idol.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 7:17amI think she did exactly what she should have done. He clearly told her the interview would be about one thing and she agreed to it based on that. After he got her in front of the camera, he thought he had her trapped.
If she had been there as a political candidate, it would be a different story because all political issues are fair game in that situation.
Report Post »captaincrunch
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:02amWe fired our guns and the British kept a comin, We fired once more and the British commence to runnnin from the shores of Lousiana to the Gulf of Mexico. (The song “Battle of New Orleans”)
I dont like limeys. We ran them off over two hundred years ago, they came back in 1812, we ran them off again.
Report Post »We bail them out in two wars and they still urinate down our backs. Bunch of socailist limey imbreds like their talk show host’s, Pier the Queer.
Next time Germany wants to invade europe, they can have the basterds.
fatjack
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:59amsetusfree2012
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:41am
I was really P.O.‘d at all the conservatives and Republicans
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That’s when I lost respect for Carl Rowe.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:26am.
Report Post »Christine……….
why did you go on that show?
Do you enjoy being beaten up?
I don’t enter boxing matches,
thinking that once they’ll let me win.
ashestoashes
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:00am@LIBERTARIAN4LIFE So you think that God is a bunch of nonsense. I am sure that you will get to tell Him that on judgement day.
Report Post »@URSAMAJOR Not everyone on here has conservative values, nor are all Christians, there are quite a few trolls. I support Ms.Odonnel’s views on gays, and I am quite sure that she was ready for that question because of what the gays did to Carrie Prejean over that question. That’s good though, I would rather stand for God than to join leagues with Satan.
walkwithme1966
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:06amSupport her — you have to be kidding – she is another egg that is half-cracked! Honestly – the Tea Party has some real problems with people who can be viable candidates for political office.
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generationpolitics
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:13amIt was her fault for agreeing to an interview. It is actually a pretty amazing job on the part of Pierce Morgan. Not only is everyone talking about him now, his ratings have shot through the roof.
Plus all she had to do was answer the question that was laid out in HER book. It was completely immature of her to walk of the show. Just makes her look terrible.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:17amI guess her broomstick was double parked.
I mean, how dare she be asked questions about issues she highlights in the book she is promoting.
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:22amsetusfree2012
Report Post »you can go to hell
Libby Tarian
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:25amChristine should never thing she is safe on air…ever.
Report Post »I understand that she is tired of answering the same old “Gay Marriage” question.
The media are so shallow that it looks like they have all turned into the shock magazines that you see on the way through the checkout in the food stores, etc.
ashestoashes
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:36am@VIET VET I didn‘t see the LAMO’s post, but thomas daddy (some black dude) uses that at the end of his posts a lot. You are right…he’s not a conservative at all, but a bonafied liberal who was saying that he didn’t support Louis Farrakans words but that he abides by the constitution and was trashing everyone for saying it was treason and that we were all stupid, and didn’t understand the Constitution. Typical liberally educated mindless sorry excuse for a human being.
Report Post »conservative510
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:46amI’d take Christine over any liberal you put her up against. Asking a conservative if they are against gay marriage is not a groundbreaking question.
Report Post »addie
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:46amI disagree, liberals ONLY defense is turning a conversation into racism or gay issues because they can’t defend the constitutional arguments. Time for the conservatives to say no, NO MORE SPIN. Talk about the issues or forget it! I don’t want my politicians to kowtow to the liberals fantasy world or to allow them to set them up in a “gotcha” moment. I am glad she walked off, maybe she’ll learn a lesson not to waste her time interviewing with libturds!
Report Post »DEConservative
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:28amUh…yea you OBVIOUSLY didn’t watch the interview…she spent TWENTY MINS being assailed about witches, masturbation and gay marriage…she finally had enough and walked out…she was there to talk about her book on TEA Party principles and backroom establishment deals…this ***** wouldn’t go into that stuff…it was all gotchas….she knows how it works…she’s been there and she said ENOUGH…have a clue before you comment please…http://deconservative.blogspot.com/2011/08/odonnell-tells-piers-where-to-stick-it.html
Report Post »JRook
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:37am@addie Did you miss the part where it was indicated the issues he was asking about were in her book. She was a joke when she ran and she is even a bigger joke now. It is very sad to see people sent money for her campaign, some of which she used inappropriately and now might buy what has to be a waste of a good tree. She is trying to follow the coat tails of Sarah Palin and M. Bachmann and very very sad to say she is even in their league. Which is of course single AA ball at best.
Report Post »becker88
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:53amNot another Palin please…
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 1:37pmHe’s no Stewart Varney thats for sure!
Report Post »PJL
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:40amLets face it, she is a bit of a nut…I would love to see ol‘ Piers go toe to toe with Bill O’reilly, Bill would eat the smug jerk alive.
Report Post »FNG
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:36amI was thinking put Matthews & Schultz with Napolitano in a Sunday morning format. Bet it’d get bloody, with The Judge beating them down with the Constitution.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:38amA bit of a nut??? She is fully crazy – I know 3 shows she has walked off of because she did not like the questions. Don’t these people realize that when they are a politician or selling a book, that they need to answer the questions!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-1sy
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:15am@DOWN2THEC: what are you talking about ? Bachmanns message has NEVER deviated.. She has been saying the same things for the last 10 years .. Do a little research…
Report Post »escape_from_socialism
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:43am@one years food ration like glenn says
Report Post »Michelle Bachmann love Constitution so much but don’t know 4th amendment.
pdxnancy
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:39amOMGoodness! She is unbelievable! I am a conservative and never bought her story during her ‘campaign.’ I think she is mentally unstable, and I hope that no one buys her book, continuing her ridiculous charade and to pay off all of the bills that she has accrued.
Talk about an imposter, she is seriously as bad as Obama, in that she is playing Americans for something that she is certainly not, and bilking them for the bills she owes. She is bad news.
There is something about her that has a definite “creepy” factor. It is just unexplainable that she could coutinue this idiocracy
Wake up America…she is not REAL. Please do not pay any attention to her.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:58am@pdxnancy—You posted among other stuff
Report Post »—Please do not pay any attention to her.—
I hope all who read that do the same to you.
Trenaway
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:22amHey ******* we seen through you. You do not fool anybody. Unlike your side, we are not dumb. Bye!!!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:22amWhere are the hard *Questions* for Obama? The only questions he gets come from a direct line to the white house fax machine. That is what makes this interview BS and make me wonder what is the true meaning of your comment. Why would you give a flying ____ if I buy her book?
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 6:00amthe real “imposters” are all of you “coservatives” who are bashing her. You are all hive-mind Establishment Republicans and just too stupid to realize it… and frightened to death of a REAL Conservative with a ******.
Same way you have joined the Anti-Palin/Anti-Bachman bandwagon like the good, little, Republican-frst-Conservative-second sheep you are.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:22am@BIKERR ; @pdxnancy—You posted among other stuff
—Please do not pay any attention to her.—
I hope all who read that do the same to you.
AGREED !!!
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:05ampdxnancy
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:39am
OMGoodness! She is unbelievable! I am a conservative and never bought her story during her ‘campaign.’ I think she is mentally unstable, and I hope that no one buys her book, continuing her ridiculous charade and to pay off all of the bills that she has accrued.
Talk about an imposter, she is seriously as bad as Obama, in that she is playing Americans for something that she is certainly not,
Report Post »=============================================
Zeesh I just walked off of your post. Zeesh
OneTermPresident
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:59amYour comment is fishy.. Remember the far left group called CREW , the liberal judicial hit squad run by a former Biden staffer that is tangling up conservatives in frivolous court battles across America? Remember how they accused her being a witch during the campaign and liberal lame stream press lit it on fire?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 10:25amOneTermPresident
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 9:59am
Your comment is fishy.. Remember the far left group called CREW , the liberal judicial hit squad run by a former Biden staffer that is tangling up conservatives in frivolous court battles across America? Remember how they accused her being a witch during the campaign and liberal lame stream press lit it on fire?
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Facts people. O’Donnelll, outted herself as a witch. He stated on a national program that she had dabbled in witchcraft when she was younger. Then she releasing the I am Not a Witch ad. These are all self-inflected wounds. How dare the press question a person about comments they either said or opinions they expressed in a book they are promoting.
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:39amI’m glad the amatuers are rooted out.But then again..look at Tony Weiner.
Report Post »hudent
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:38amthis guy Pierce is a knuckehead who thinks is very clever,and miss O’donnell should not be overly sensitive either…what a bunch of fools
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:46amChristine is a knucklehead for granting an interview on his show in the first place. What did she expect? Fair and balanced treatment? HA!
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:34amSo, asking her questions about things she’s said and written about is somehow unfair and unbalanced? You right wingers are SUCH cry babies with your “you asked me a gotcha question” whining.
Report Post »bear2mail
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:38amMorgan is a prissy little low life that knew exactly what he was doing. It’s a disgusting site to see how low cnn has stooped. They have a bunch of anti-american ex-pats slinging their mud now..
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:26am@ BIBLE QUOTIN‘ SCIENCE FEARIN’ CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN: It is when they agrreed on what they were going to discuss before hand.. Mental miget..
Report Post »encinom
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:47pm@one years food ration like glenn says
No, she is a newsmaker, she ran for office developed a cult following, no politically interview should be able to set the interview agenda with a journalist. Additionally, the questions asked were from issues she discusses in the book she is promoting. Gotcha questions are not questions other than the softballs hannity would throw.
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:35amTheres no such thing as GAY/LESBIAN MARRIAGE.Why did’nt she just say so?
Report Post »neverending
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:29amThank you!
Report Post »BigSky
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:01amWell, there is such a thing as gay/lesbian marriage, but that doesn’t make it right. It’s not, it’s evil and an abomination. People like O’Donnell need to turn the damn TV off, get in to God’s Word and find out the Truth. If you know what you believe to be true, you don’t need cue cards or a template because the Truth is written in the heart.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:09amAny queer marriage is a fake marriage.
Report Post »KEEPINTHESKEERON
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:34am…and we should care why?
Report Post »youshuthehellup
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:30amcome on everyone -let’s be honest. we all know morgan is trying to help ratings by trying to get a gotcha moment. O’Donnell knows what hes up to. much em!!!!!###@@
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:25amShes totally pumped or psyched about something…..
Report Post »lol.idiot.
cjherin
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:25amI saw the entire interview. It was actually quite cordial until Morgan asked O’Donnell the sex and gay marriage questions. If those issues were in her book as Morgan says, I really don‘t understand why O’Donnell didn’t want to answer the questions. Walking out on a interview doesn’t make you look good at all, no matter who you are (see Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar).
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:16amI don’t think she was trying to look good to the ****** in society.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:16pmIt would have been better if she had her ghost writer do the interview, at least he/she knew what was in the book.
Report Post »Red Max
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:24amFree plug for her book. Makes you wonder who really got played.
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:31amExactly! Free publicity
Report Post »USMarine0311
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:24amShe should have answered the question just to shut him up but I would like to see the same harrasment directed to Obama when he chooses not to answer a question posed to him.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:37amThen watch his interview with Bill O’rly.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:26amBingo ! ! !
Report Post »goobert
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:20amPiers Morgan is the same way to all the people who come onto Americas Got Talent. He so negative its ridiculous and hes usually the first one to push the x before anyone else.
Report Post »sbish
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:36amThis interview has two problems. One, O’Donnell should have answered the question, as it is discussed in her book and she isn’t running for office, as she says, so what is the big whoop since you have no independents you are trying to appeal to who might be for Progressive or Libertarian style gay rights, and two, Morgan is is a dimwit. If your interviewee is uncomfortable or unwilling to answer a line of questions, ask the question in couple of different ways, and if they persist to be unwilling to answer, move on to the next topic. Neither one is ready for prime-time.
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 6:04am“as it is discussed in her book and she isn’t running for office”
RIGHT ON!
And the next time Tom Clancy or Brad Thor are interviewed about heir next book, they should just give away all of the major plot points instead of, you know, being a CAPITALIST and not telling what’s in the book so people will buy it.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:19amBoth these progressive libs are suffering from very poor ratings & attempt to stir controversy or doing anything to get people to watch.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:29amWhat?
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:02am???-Say What?
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:12amHuh?
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:31amYou are one confused person…
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:18amShe was mad because Cooper kept hitting on the male guest and wouldn’t squeeze her charmin.
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:18amWhat NOT TO DO….O’Donnell is …..clueless and a 1980′s Valley Girl.
Report Post »tbl10
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:17amWhy any right minded person would go on CNN or MSNBC is beyond me. Kinda of like going into a hungry lions cage at the zoo. You know they are just waiting to get their jowls on you. Why put yourself into that position.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:06amAbsolutely, I’ll never figure it out. Tell them to shove it up their a$$!
Report Post »conservative_teacher
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:17amSigh. Who cares? This isn’t news. She’s not a conservative, she’s a complete nutjob. Besides, it’s CNN. Seriously, who cares?
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:05amDo you teach with those same judgmental thoughts?.God save the children or your students.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:10amI’d say you are the nutjob!!
Report Post »SanRemo1959
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:14pmFriggin A, Biker. Can you believe all these so-called conservatives crapping on one of our own like that? They’re the reason we are, today, a minority in the senate. If they had been on Christine’s side, she would have won easily and Obamacare would right now be repealed. Gall darned overly judgmental pretend conservatives! They can’t see the forest because of the trees!
Report Post »Goldwaterite
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:15amShe’s always been a kook, so I guess you can’t blame a kook for acting kooky. She couldn’t even represent herself in a relatively soft interview, how could the republicans in Delaware expect her to represent them?
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:14amI’m sure the democraps could represent them better…..YOU”RE STUPID!
Report Post »lonewolf57
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:15amO’Donnell is a air head!GET HER OFF THE SCREEN!
Report Post »hoopla
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:14amWhile I’m not a fan of CNN, and certainly not a fan of Morgan, I don’t think he was out of bounds. Gay marriage is a very current and debated political topic and I think every person seeking major political office needs to let the public know what their views on it are.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 3:16amOh, do you now!
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 8:34am@HOOPLA: That’s just the point idiot… She is not seeking ANY public office , she is just trying to sell a book.. WOW !!!
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:12amI don’t know why anyone would go on his show if they are to the right of his politics, he won’t be fair unless you scare him as did Jesse Ventura did one night. This lady is strange and should hang it up get another profession.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:06amWhy would any self respecting politician be on CNN.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:05amWhy did she agree to the interview?
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 12:14amShe agreed to the interview, but she only wanted to answer certain questions. She got angry when he strayed from the questions she agreed to. She was acting weird.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 1:33amGreat question!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on August 18, 2011 at 2:41amHISWILL agree…….seemed that way to me. And I am not a fan of hers
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