http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/nov/02/supporting_obama_no_treats_you/
Supporting Obama? No treats for you
November 2, 2008
Michigan — 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.”
This doesn’t sound like a very effective way to change the vote; it does, however, sound like a dandy way to get people to egg and toilet paper her house next year. I’ll even bet that some McCain supporters with rotten eggs will visit her house next year. The cruel actions of this woman against children, children who cannot even VOTE, and probably wouldn’t be able to influence their parents’ votes one way or the other, combined with the publicity of this story, most likely caused a few people on the fence to not vote for McCain.
A candidate is judged both by the company he keeps and the people who support him. This woman did McCain no favors. There was no excuse for her to do that to the children of Obama supporters. I hope she gets egged and toilet papered so much next year that her house looks like it was sided with papier-mache.