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IT'S ELECTION DAY: Here Are The 14 Craziest Things Tea Party Candidates Believe

Gus Lubin
2010-11-02T11:24:00Z
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Well, it's finally election day. Most tea party candidates are trailing in the polls, but there's always a chance that they'll sweep to victory. 

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So what do these newly popular folks actually stand for?

You don't want to know.

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Christine O'Donnell "It is not enough to be abstinent with other people, YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE ABSTINENT ALONE. The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery, so you can't masturbate without lust."

christine o'donnell

Christine O'Donnell is the Republican candidate for Senate from Delaware and polls 39-54 against Chris Coons.

Michelle Bachmann: "Gay marriage is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in the last, at least, thirty years. I AM NOT UNDERSTATING THAT."

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Rep. Bachmann (R-MN) has served in Congress since 2006.

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Chuck Devore: "We have to prepare for the next enemy. It's not Afghanistan. It's the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA."

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Devore came in third place in the Republican primary for senator from California.

Trent Franks on Obama: "He has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an ENEMY OF HUMANITY."

trent franks

Rep. Franks (R-AZ) has been a congressman since 2003.

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Glen Urquhart: "The exact phrase 'separation of Church and State' came out of Adolph HItler's mouth, that's where it comes from. So the next time your liberal friends talk about the separation of Church and State, ASK THEM WHY THEY'RE NAZIS."

Glen Urquhart

Urquhart is running for Delaware's House seat and polls 37-48r against ex-Lieutenant Governor John Carney.

Sharron Angle on abortion: "I have been in the situation of counseling young girls... who have had very at risk, difficult pregnancies. And my counsel was to look for some alternatives, which they did. And they found that they had made WHAT WAS REALLY A LEMON SITUATION INTO LEMONADE."

sharron angle

Angle is the Republican candidate for Senate from Nevada and polls 43-43 against Harry Reid.

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Kristi Noem on driving (she has received 30 tickets and multiple arrest warrants for skipping court): "OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT PROUD OF MY DRIVING RECORD, but I've been working hard to be a better example to young kids and young drivers out there"

kristi noem

Noem is the Republican candidate for the House from South Dakota, polling 45-47 against Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.

Carl Paladino on housing poor people in prisons: "THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES with basketball courts, bathroom facilities, toilet facilities. Many young people would love to get the hell out of cities"

carl paladino

Paladino is running for New York Governor and polling 24-57 against Andrew Cuomo.

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Steve King on Obama winning the election: "The radical Islamists, the al-Qaeda... would be DANCING IN THE STREETS in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11 because they would declare victory in this war on terror."

steve king

Rep. King (R-Iowa) has been in Congress since 2003.

Louis Gohmert on hate crime legislation: "You'd have to strike any laws against BEASTIALITY, if you're oriented toward CORPSES, toward CHILDREN, you know, there are all kinds of perversions."

louis gohmert

Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) has served in congress since 2005.

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Lamar Smith: "The greatest threat to America is not necessarily a recession or even another terrorist attack. The greatest threat to America is a LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS."

steve king

Rep. Smith (R-Texas) has served in Congress since 1987.

Joe Miller on GUNS AT HIS RALLIES: "It's not unusual in political rallies, it's not unusual in parades, to see that type of thing."

joe miller

Miller is the Republican candidate for senate in Alaska, polling 42-27-25 against write-in Republican Lisa Murkowski and Democrat Scott McAdams.

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Rand Paul on health care: "The fundamental reason WHY MEDICARE IS FAILING is WHY THE SOVIET UNION FAILED -- socialism doesn't work

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Paul is the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky and leads tightening polls against Democrat Jack Conway.

Sarah Palin: "The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'DEATH PANEL' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY IN SOCIETY' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil."

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Palin is probably running for president in 2012.

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So will all the Tea Partiers win?

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 Click here for the odds on today's election >

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