More On O’Donnell

Bookworm, whom I've referenced here before, is a talented and thoughtful woman. Of all the millions of words written about Christine O'Donnell over the past week, hers in this post seem to me the wisest. There are virtually none of us who would not be somewhat embarrassed or at least chagrined if all the questionable actions and associations of our youth were publicized nation-wide. Especially is the press was determined to put the worst spin on each mistake. Bookworms post is long but it and the other posts she references should be read in full. Believe me, it's worth it. Here is a taste of what she has to say:

I was young and I was stupid, stupid, stupid.  I cringe when I look back at the things I did and thought.  What’s really sad is that the only thing that stopped me from making even worse mistakes was my cowardice.  I didn’t really live life.  I observed it from the sidelines, and simply managed to collect a whole bunch of bad ideas as I went along.

The good news is that I grew up....

....I get the feeling that Christine O’Donnell was a very lost soul when she was young.  The latest evidence of this fact is that Bill Maher is boasting that he has tapes of her admitting to practicing witchcraft (although, frankly, this should endear her to the Left, which loves its Gaia-worshipping Wiccans).

When O’Donnell hit Christianity, she hit it hard, taking a lot of extreme positions (masturbation being the one that has the Left most atwitter) — which is normal for a convert.  The zealots usually come from the recently converted, the ones who still have enthusiasm and who also feel that extremism is an act of repentance.  She’s had financial problems, too, although that leaves her in good company, since it seems that this is a common trait in federal employees.

But O’Donnell has grown up.  Or at least she says she has and, for now, I choose to believe her — because I grew up too.  I wasn’t as silly a youngster as O’Donnell, but I grew up in the 70s and early 80s, which gave me a couple of advantages:  I had a slightly more friendly pop culture (TV still hewed to traditional values) and my youthful idiocies didn’t get captured forever on video tape.

Read the whole thing. I'd comment more myself, and I may get around to it in time, but I'm too tired to think right now so it's off to watch a little football before I go to sleep.