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- May 22, 2010
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TPMDC reported:
Christine ODonnells campaign is facing yet another set of questions about her background, and this time its on a really weird line of discussion whether her father was Philadelphias local Bozo the Clown. Seriously.
As Mark Leibovich at the New York Times reports, the ODonnell familys past claims that her father Daniel ODonnell had worked as Bozo sparked an uprising of online commenters who insisted that no, Daniel ODonnell was not listed on Wikipedia as having been one of the many regionally licensed Bozo the Clown TV hosts.
[TPM SLIDESHOW: Christine O'Donnell: Anti-Masturbation Crusader. Witchcraft Dabbler. Republican Senate Nominee.]
But now Leibovich has sorted things out Daniel ODonnell was an occasional understudy Bozo, not a full-time holder of the Bozo mantle. From their phone conversation:
Good grief. Theyre stalking her father now!As Mark Leibovich at the New York Times reports, the ODonnell familys past claims that her father Daniel ODonnell had worked as Bozo sparked an uprising of online commenters who insisted that no, Daniel ODonnell was not listed on Wikipedia as having been one of the many regionally licensed Bozo the Clown TV hosts.
[TPM SLIDESHOW: Christine O'Donnell: Anti-Masturbation Crusader. Witchcraft Dabbler. Republican Senate Nominee.]
But now Leibovich has sorted things out Daniel ODonnell was an occasional understudy Bozo, not a full-time holder of the Bozo mantle. From their phone conversation:
Who told you I was Bozo? he wanted to know.
Your son, I said, at which point he confirmed that yes, he was Bozo, but not an official, full-time certified Bozo, more of a part-time Bozo.
To be an official Bozo, you had to go to a special school in Texas, explained Mr. ODonnell. He never did. Instead, he was asked to fill-in for the official Bozos whenever they would have to travel out of the Philadelphia area for acting gigs.
Your son, I said, at which point he confirmed that yes, he was Bozo, but not an official, full-time certified Bozo, more of a part-time Bozo.
To be an official Bozo, you had to go to a special school in Texas, explained Mr. ODonnell. He never did. Instead, he was asked to fill-in for the official Bozos whenever they would have to travel out of the Philadelphia area for acting gigs.
And yet they still have not as much as glanced at her opponent who called himself a Marxist and has a horrid economic track record to prove he hasnt veered too far from his socialist proclamation.
