O'Donnell, Coons 'bury hatchet'--literally...

[one_voice]

Christine O'Donnell and her victorious opponent in the Delaware senate race, Democrat Chris Coons, campaigned fiercely against each other during the midterms. But now they've buried the hatchet, quite literally.
The Tea Party darling and the senator-elect buried a hatchet - actually, they put a small axe in a box of sand - in the southern Delaware hamlet of Georgetown on Thursday, the AP reported (via the Huffington Post) in line with a time-honored state tradition.

As policies of Delaware state politics dictates, the senate race contenders took part in a ceremonial horse-drawn carriage and classic car parade, which preceded the hatchet burying.

The expression "to bury the hatchet" evolved from a Native American expression for peacemaking and, ceremonially at least, Coons and O'Donnell were cordial. "Coons gave a thumbs-up signal when asked how he and O'Donnell were getting along," the AP noted.

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[Wickerman]

1. I'd never trust that crazy witch around anything sharp

Coons. you are a good and brave man - just never turn your back on her.

[UTUSN]

2. Sounds like a, uh, SPELL!1 n/t

[Poll_Blind]

3. All witches must carry backup hatchets- it's in the Fourth Book of Dark Lore. n/t

PB

[grantcart]

4. O'Donnell must get a discount on 'small axes'

[Phoonzang]

5. A remnant of previous civil Delaware politics, which O'Donnell and the teabaggers

absolutely destroyed.

[DCKit]

6. She'll make a lot more $$$$ at Faux than she would have in the Senate.

I think she got exactly what she was after.