what is the reward for having a sound mind? the respected admiration of your peers, which most of us crave on an animal level. what s the reward for cookyness? attention. he who stands up in a room and jolts us to crazy town will have every eye on him. you might not respect it, but you will watch. to paraphrase gordon gekko, cooky cut through the media clutter and captures the attention of the masses. ladies and gentlemen, the people of delaware have spoken. no more politics as usual. christine o donnell is the republican nominee for delaware s open senate seat and even karl rove thinks she s cooky. there s a lot of nutty things that she s been saying.