Bill Maher Finally Goes Head To Head With Christine O’Donnell On Real Time

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Two years ago, Christine ODonnell was the Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware, and her race got some national attention after Bill Maher infamously aired a clip of her on his old show Politically Incorrect, where ODonnell admitted she used to dabble in witchcraft. Maher was unable to get ODonnell on his show that year, but finally, she appeared on Real Time tonight. Maher began the interview by apologizing to ODonnell for how much attention the witch video got.

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Maher told ODonnell, I made your life hell and Im sorry about that. He said that he didnt mean for the clips of her on Politically Incorrect to be such a big factor in her Senate race. ODonnell laughed it off and admitted that her campaign erred after releasing an ad where she said Im not a witch. Maher admitted that it did hurt [his] feelings that ODonnell never came on his show during her campaign, but ODonnell said it was just a scheduling issue.

Turning to the events in North Carolina this week, Maher asked ODonnell what she thought of Clintons speech and how well it was received. ODonnell said it sounded like Clinton was running based on how much he referred to policies from his administration. She also disputed the idea that the economy is doing better, saying that Obama had four years to fix it.

Maher told ODonnell that to him, the Republican party is acting like everything in the United States was perfect until President Blackenstein took over, and thats when the country took a dark turn. ODonnell admitted that the Republicans were abandoning the principles they stand for in 2008, but then criticized Obama for continuing to blame the Bush administration.

They concluded the interview by talking about social issues and religion. Maher asked ODonnell why Jesus would be a Republican when he seems to be mostly about helping the poor and the sick. ODonnell denied that she believes Jesus would be a Republican, and noted that there is a conservative atheist working in her PAC.

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Bill Maher Finally Goes Head To Head With Christine O’Donnell On Real Time