”I was dabbling into every other kind of religion before I became a Christian. I was dabbling in witchcraft, I’ve dabbled in Buddhism. I would have become a Hare Krishna but I didn’t want to become a vegetarian. And that is honestly the reason why — because I’m Italian, I love meatballs!”

—Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, on ”Politically Incorrect,” July 19, 1999