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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2008-11-01 03:00 pm
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They've descended to actually taking candy from children.

Mich. woman: Supporting Obama? No treats for you

A suburban Detroit woman has decided to scare up the vote among neighborhood children by just offering treats to John McCain supporters.

Shirley Nagel of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., handed out candy Friday only to those who shared her support for the Republican presidential candidate and his running mate Sarah Palin. Others were turned away empty-handed.

TV station WJBK says a sign outside Nagel's house warned: "No handouts for Obama supporters, liars, tricksters or kids of supporters."

Nagel calls Democrat Barack Obama "scary." When asked about children who were turned away empty-handed and crying, she said: "Oh well. Everybody has a choice."

Fax and phone messages left at numbers for Nagel were not returned.


What a fucking bitch! I really hope the publicity this is starting to get snowballs on her and really ruins her life. Taking out political revenge on kids out for candy? I think the local Obama supporters should have a victory party on her lawn Tuesday night.
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[identity profile] arib.livejournal.com 2008-11-01 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the local Obama supporters should have a victory party on her lawn Tuesday night.

If by "victory party" you mean "have their dogs crap all over her lawn" I'm in total agreement.

[identity profile] taschoene.livejournal.com 2008-11-01 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Soap her windows with Obama slogans? Hey, it's trick OR treat, and the "pro-Obama" kids* didn't get any treats...


* Who the heck is old enough to have coherent political views and still trick or treat?

[identity profile] caraig.livejournal.com 2008-11-01 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously people like this are grinches and should reap what they sow -- I'm sure that there will be some harsh words for them today and tomorrow and the next day and so on. (If she even managed to survive Halloween without her entire house being TP'd. Or, more likely and more appropriately, the older siblings of some of the crying kids rotten-egging of Nagel's home.) But I lay the blame for this sort of thing being so *widespread* firmly in McCain's campaign.

There have always been people who are doofuses and try to incite fear in others. But McCain and his people have been actively divisive of US society for the past several months. It doesn't matter that the tendencies are there; they've been given the wink and the nod to look at supporters of 'that one' as subhuman, and to encourage violence against them. Sure, there's been lawn-sign vandalism on both sides, I won't deny some Obama supporters have defaced lawn-signs... but I've yet to hear of an Obama supporter shooting at lawn sign vandals with intent to kill.

[identity profile] caerbannogbunny.livejournal.com 2008-11-01 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, this election is about "us vs. them" from both sides. It's a weird time.

FWIW

[identity profile] capplor.livejournal.com 2008-11-01 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Our kids didn't have to sign any "Loyalty oaths" to get candy. Even most McCain supporters are not that vindictive.

[identity profile] robertprior.livejournal.com 2008-11-02 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Michigan is part of Palin’s "Real America", isn’t it?
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