“I dabbled into witchcraft. I never joined a coven. I hung around people who were doing these things.
I’m not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do.”
— Christine O’Donnell, R-Delaware
Well whaddya know. Christine and I have something in common!
I too have dabbled in witchcraft, though I never joined a coven. I even hung around people who were doing these things. And like Christine, I’m not making this stuff up.
I grew up amidst self-proclaimed witches in my hometown — Salem, Massachusetts — the officially designated “Witch City”. The City’s logo is a witch on a broom. I’ve interviewed Laurie Cabot, Salem’s official witch. Twice. I grew up with Samantha, Tabitha, and Endora, stars of the beloved TV series Bewitched, which (witch?) filmed several episodes in the Witch City.
When I was a youngster, I skated and tobogganed at Gallow’s Hill Park. My high school football team name was “The Mighty Witches”. Their helmets sported a flying witch decal, black on red. My high school yearbook was called “The Witch” whose cover featured a red door with black hasps.
Several Salem businesses identify themselves with the flying witch, including the hometown newspaper whose masthead is emblazoned with the ubiquitous hag. Local law enforcement uniform patches and patrol cars carry her symbol everywhere they perform police duty. The local Coast Guard Search and Rescue unit bore the witch’s visage on its patches as well.
Downtown shops feature pentagonal signs and black magic potions. The most popular tourist attractions are the Witch House and the Witch Museum.
Halloween marks the high season in this little coastal New England town, founded in 1626.
It’s unavoidable. I mean, what’s a gal to do? Dabbling in witchcraft is a way of life in the “Witch City”.
Christine O’Donnell says if she was a witch, Karl Rove would be a supporter. Now if I was a witch, Karl Rove wouldn’t be a supporter… he’d be a frog. And it would take a mighty potent potion to turn the Republican establishment elitist into a prince.
After graduating college, I left the mystical Witch City, the land of witches and twitches only to find myself in the land of winks and blinks… another mythological place of occult where Major Nelson’s harem-attired creature blinked in and out of her bottle. Cocoa Beach is home to the genie Jeannie, where tourists pose beneath a street signed labeled “I Dream of Jeannie Lane”.
For some of us, like Christine O’Donnell and me, there’s just no escaping it. We’ve dabbled. It’s true. Now if we can just twitch our nose a little, maybe we can make the Congressional ruling elite disappear.
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Thank you Andrea, what a beautiful city. One of the best plays I saw in my whole life was “The Crucible” with George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst-it was on tv when I was a kid and it was so excellent I will never forget it. I wonder if someone has a copy-so many lessons in that play which are as relevant today as they were during the Salem Witch Trials.
Andrea, Great points and I think Mr.Rove is showing his Washington, DC tendencies or leanings, that being that DC knows best. Too bad because he is a very smart and talented man. Thanks for sharing!
This just shows how very desperate the Washington elite are because they KNOW they are going to lose unless they can pull something earth-shaking out of their hats. Now if she were running as a democrat, none of this would be relevant — and that makes me MAD! Their double-standards are showing.
Thanks Andrea! It was great taking a trip down memory lane!! While I miss living there all of those years, my kids are still there and my memories are fresh!
Susan
ps…When did Laurie Cabot go blonde???
Rove is losing money and reputation daily, trying to save his beltway client base by trashing tea party via Christine. I have read that he worked for the Castle campaign and was shocked at the loss… but I haven’t read MORE about that since… does anyone know for sure? Can anyone find out? American Crossroads is his organization.. I can’t believe he’d continually trash her without some $$$ reason.. he seems to WANT her to lose.
I read that Rove met with Delaware Tea Party leaders some time ago to convince them to support Castle. They flat out told him NO.
I am glad that the Tea Party is standing up to the elitist RNC reps in refusing to ask how high when told to jump! An interesting aside to all this witchcraft talk: 2 of my direct ancestors were “executed” as witches during that time period;
Sarah & Giles Cory, an elderly couple were victims of the witch
hunt era. Sarah was imprisoned & then hung; Giles Cory, was
“pressed to death” as part of a torture designed to force a confession from suspected witches. We were told that if they
had “confessed”, they still would have been executed, but all
their land, livestock, homes, etc would have been confiscated, thus leaving all their progeny destitute! Once
again, we are witness to the blatant hypocrisy of the left–
they make common cause with islam, under the supposed guise of “freedom of religion”, while they choose to criticize
evangelical Christians, Mormons, Jews in Israel, etc. all of
whom practice their religious beliefs without killing anyone!
good post, Andrea… isn’t a Witch costume one of the most favorites at Halloween thus very Americana? 🙂
I loved Bewitched and I Dream of Genie, too…
now if we could nose-twinkle all the commies out of Washington, that would be some good magic!!
ok, so the voting booth will have to do …