Bill Cosby
09-16-2010, 03:22 PM
Career and personal life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_O%27Donnell)
Following college, she lived first in California and then for several years in Washington, D.C.,[3] where she worked in conservative issue advocacy and for the Republican National Committee.[13]
O'Donnell founded the Savior's Alliance for Lifting the Truth (SALT) in 1996 and served as its president. The organization lobbied the U.S. Congress on moral issues[3] and focused on advocating chastity and other Christian values in the college-age generation.[14] O'Donnell also served as a spokesperson for Concerned Women for America, a Conservative Christian political action group which seeks to apply biblical principles to issues of public policy.[15] She made several high profile television appearances in her role.[16] In 1996 O'Donnell appeared as a SALT representative on MTV's show Sex In The 90's, where she advocated for "sexual purity" when dealing with our "God given sexual desires" .[17] O'Donnell also advocated against masturbation, biblically equating it with adultery.[17] Two years later, O'Donnell appeared as a SALT representative on Bill Maher's show Politically Incorrect, and argued that since America "took the Bible and prayer out of public schools" we were now "having weekly (school) shootings", and that the 1960s "sexual revolution" led to the AIDS epidemic.[18]
She was granted a Lincoln Fellowship by the Claremont Institute in 2002.[19]
In 2003, O'Donnell moved to Delaware to work for the conservative Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) in Hockessin, and bought a house in Wilmington.[3][20] She registered a gender discrimination complaint against ISI with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), after which she was terminated by ISI in 2004.[3] She then sued the institute in the federal court for $6.9 million for wrongful termination claiming that she had been fired in retaliation for filing the discrimination complaint and due to ISI's conservative philosophy that women must be subordinate to men. She said that because of ISI's actions, she endured mental anguish,[3][21] and would lose future financial earning power because ISI’s actions would delay her education.[nb 2] ISI defended its action by accusing her of having conducted a for-profit public-relations business while on their time.[3] O'Donnell dropped the suit in 2008, stating she could no longer afford an attorney.[3][20][22]
In 2008, she was unable to pay the mortgage for her Wilmington house and the mortgage company gained a judgment against her for $90,000; the house was due to be sold at a sheriff's auction in August 2008 when she sold it the month prior to her campaign's lawyer.[3] The IRS has filed a lien and said that O’Donnell owes $11,000 in back taxes, but O’Donnell says that it was a mistake and a “computer error.”[23] O'Donnell noted that the IRS agent handling the matter claimed he was perplexed by the agency's actions.[3] She listed herself as self-employed and said she was doing "odd jobs" to make ends meet.[3]
O'Donnell, who is single,[24] has worked as a marketing consultant[2] She has provided political commentary on numerous Fox News television programs, such as The O'Reilly Factor,[25] The Live Desk,[26] and Glenn Beck.[27] She has been supportive of the Right to Life and made negative comments toward pornography and premarital sex.[20][22]
Following college, she lived first in California and then for several years in Washington, D.C.,[3] where she worked in conservative issue advocacy and for the Republican National Committee.[13]
O'Donnell founded the Savior's Alliance for Lifting the Truth (SALT) in 1996 and served as its president. The organization lobbied the U.S. Congress on moral issues[3] and focused on advocating chastity and other Christian values in the college-age generation.[14] O'Donnell also served as a spokesperson for Concerned Women for America, a Conservative Christian political action group which seeks to apply biblical principles to issues of public policy.[15] She made several high profile television appearances in her role.[16] In 1996 O'Donnell appeared as a SALT representative on MTV's show Sex In The 90's, where she advocated for "sexual purity" when dealing with our "God given sexual desires" .[17] O'Donnell also advocated against masturbation, biblically equating it with adultery.[17] Two years later, O'Donnell appeared as a SALT representative on Bill Maher's show Politically Incorrect, and argued that since America "took the Bible and prayer out of public schools" we were now "having weekly (school) shootings", and that the 1960s "sexual revolution" led to the AIDS epidemic.[18]
She was granted a Lincoln Fellowship by the Claremont Institute in 2002.[19]
In 2003, O'Donnell moved to Delaware to work for the conservative Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) in Hockessin, and bought a house in Wilmington.[3][20] She registered a gender discrimination complaint against ISI with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), after which she was terminated by ISI in 2004.[3] She then sued the institute in the federal court for $6.9 million for wrongful termination claiming that she had been fired in retaliation for filing the discrimination complaint and due to ISI's conservative philosophy that women must be subordinate to men. She said that because of ISI's actions, she endured mental anguish,[3][21] and would lose future financial earning power because ISI’s actions would delay her education.[nb 2] ISI defended its action by accusing her of having conducted a for-profit public-relations business while on their time.[3] O'Donnell dropped the suit in 2008, stating she could no longer afford an attorney.[3][20][22]
In 2008, she was unable to pay the mortgage for her Wilmington house and the mortgage company gained a judgment against her for $90,000; the house was due to be sold at a sheriff's auction in August 2008 when she sold it the month prior to her campaign's lawyer.[3] The IRS has filed a lien and said that O’Donnell owes $11,000 in back taxes, but O’Donnell says that it was a mistake and a “computer error.”[23] O'Donnell noted that the IRS agent handling the matter claimed he was perplexed by the agency's actions.[3] She listed herself as self-employed and said she was doing "odd jobs" to make ends meet.[3]
O'Donnell, who is single,[24] has worked as a marketing consultant[2] She has provided political commentary on numerous Fox News television programs, such as The O'Reilly Factor,[25] The Live Desk,[26] and Glenn Beck.[27] She has been supportive of the Right to Life and made negative comments toward pornography and premarital sex.[20][22]