I imagine everyone remembers her ill advised "I am not a witch".. but what really sank her bid for the senate was the attacks on her finances..
she wasn't the best candidate,.. but the attacks of her finance's dogged her through out the election..
later the question arose.. how did IRS information get leaked..
we should have paid more attention to that as it was a quick peak of what is now happening..
in her case.. there is still no answer or accountability..
where will it end?
When a report from The News Journal in March 2010 detailed her personal fiscal difficulties, O'Donnell attributed the problems to misunderstandings and errors.[10] She also said, "I think the fact that I have struggled financially is what makes me so sympathetic."[10][56] Her financial problems became a focal point of establishment Republican attacks.
she wasn't the best candidate,.. but the attacks of her finance's dogged her through out the election..
later the question arose.. how did IRS information get leaked..
we should have paid more attention to that as it was a quick peak of what is now happening..
in her case.. there is still no answer or accountability..
The House Ways and Means Committee has joined the Senate Finance Committee in probing a string of incidents dating back to March 2010, when Ms. O'Donnell — a tea party favorite who riled Delaware’s GOP establishment by besting party mainstay Mike Castle in a primary contest before losing to Democrat Chris Coons in the general election — was told by Treasury Department investigators that her tax information had been breached.
Since then, Ms. O'Donnell has run into roadblock after roadblock in her search for answers as officials at the IRS, in Delaware state government and at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration remain tight-lipped.
What matters is that people who held the public trust (try not to laugh) probably broke laws in order to derail a candidate. They violated privacy using privileged access to information that no one else was supposed to see.
As O’Donnell told the Washington Times,
Unless this is all exposed, unless every level of inappropriateness and corruption is exposed, I certainly won’t be the last person to be politically intimidated like this.
That shouldn’t happen to anyone. It is criminal. It means the government currently in power gets a free hand to use public money and confidential knowledge to cripple democratic opposition.
where will it end?