Okay, my fellow port swillers, I believe most of you know each other moderately well, even if only on-line. So here’s a little quiz: Who do you immediately suspect “Shirley Nagel” actually is when you read this article?
A Grosse Pointe Farms woman has doled out political tricks by refusing Halloween treats to children whose parents support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Shirley Nagel passed out candy Friday — but only to those who shared her support for Republican presidential candidate John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin.
Fox 2 News says a sign posted outside Nagel’s house, about 12 miles west of Detroit, served notice to all trick-or-treaters. It read: “No handouts for Obama supporters, liars, tricksters or kids of supporters.”
Nagel tells WJBK-TV that “Obama’s scary.” When asked about children who’d been turned away empty-handed and crying, she said: “Oh well. Everybody has a choice.”
Fax and phone messages were left today at numbers listed in Nagel’s name.
Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
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November 3, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Fear and Loathing in Georgetown
There are plenty of things Mrs. P would call Obama, but scary I don’t think is one of them. Girlie? Maybe. Scary? Not so much.
November 3, 2008 at 11:54 pm
basilseal
Ah Yes, we know who “Shirley Nagel” is, don’t we?
November 4, 2008 at 12:47 am
Mrs. Peperium
Wow! FLG understands me better than Basil or Robbo. Must be a Connecticut thingummy. FLG, from July 30, 2008 and read closely though it will make you ill as this was the opening of his show:
RUSH: Yesterday we had a caller on this program, Janet from Maine, and this is what Janet said.
BEGIN ARCHIVE CLIP
CALLER: I just wanted to posit a new idea about Obama, as to why he’s not sweeping us all off our feet, even though he was causing women to faint earlier this year —
RUSH: Tell me.
CALLER: — at the rallies.
RUSH: Tell me, tell me, say it, say it.
CALLER: He’s not likable. It’s really simple. The man is odious. He talks like a girl. You ran a clip yesterday of Gloria Steinem, excuse me, Jane Fonda.
RUSH: Jane Fonda, yes.
CALLER: Those two women are fairly interchangeable, and making the case for women’s radio, the need for women’s radio. Well, that could have been Obama opining on his version of foreign policy. It’s pure psychobabble.
RUSH: Well, now wait a minute. Normally I would discount any assertion that Obama is unlikable. But when it comes to women assessing political characters, personalities, you gotta give it some weight. You gotta give this some credibility. It would have never occurred to me that Obama is unlikable. But you don’t doubt women on stuff like this.
END ARCHIVE CLIP
RUSH: That’s exactly how it happened yesterday here on the EIB Network. One other thing, too, that I failed to notice during the call yesterday, when she said that he’s not likable, “he talks like a girl.” You know, if you listen to Obama, he is sort of a metrosexual type. I wouldn’t use the word pansy, but he clearly is not the kind of guy that a real conservative woman is going to find to be a real man, a real guy. He’s a touchy-feely kind of guy, and I think that’s relevant, too. Now, in listening to that call again, after that call, I endorsed that woman’s attitude, saying, don’t doubt women like this. I got plenty of e-mail from people saying, “Rush, that’s crazy. You’re never going to get anywhere by saying Obama isn’t likable.” From the Chicago Sun-Times today, Carol Marin: “‘Women Voters Aren’t Warming to ‘Cool’ Obama.’ — A few hours after leaving the “Women for Obama” luncheon, I ran into Sarah, not her real name. I’ve known her for a few years. A single mom, she free-lances, working as many jobs as she can to support two growing boys. She dreams of a permanent gig with benefits, but it’s still just a dream. A 37-year-old Democrat, she is also a college grad and a news junkie who has watched this campaign like a hawk. She surprised me with her anger Tuesday, saying she’s voting for McCain. To Sarah, Barack Obama is like the organic chicken at lunch. Sleek, elegant, beautifully prepared. Too cool.” My instincts again correct.
Dick Morris, Real Clear Politics: “‘Obama’s Women Problem’ — The problem is that older women don’t like Obama as much as younger women do. While 70 percent of women under 40 have a favorable opinion of the Democratic candidate, only 58 percent of women in their 40s feel the same way, and only 52 percent of those over 50 see him favorably. Usually, the gender gap runs at least 10 points in each age group and, more usually, averages a 15-point differential. The lower gap in this race does not indicate any special popularity for McCain or negatives on Obama among men. Men are voting the way they usually do. It’s women who are making the big difference and keeping this race tied.” Dick Morris. My instincts yesterday totally correct in trusting the instincts of the caller. Women, as they get older, have a problem with this guy. Los Angeles Times, Peter Nicholas and Mark Z. Barabak: “Obama Meets with Key Women,” is the headline. The thrust of this story is that he addresses sexism that existed in the Democrat Party. The women are still angry at the sexist treatment Hillary got, and, as such, Obama has to go and mollify them. So there is trouble with paradise, and our caller, Janet from Maine yesterday put her finger on it.
November 4, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Robbo
I don’t buy it. I think Mrs P was out there calling The One “scary girlie” for the benefit of the kiddies.