I was looking through the diaries for more information on Shirley Nagel, that nice old lady from Michigan that vetted Trick-or-Treaters based on their parent's political views.
I'm going to assume that you are familiar with that story [if not video is below], so I'm going to share some of the back story. I didn't see anyone else mention this aspect of the story, so here goes.
It turns out that "Shirley the Shrew" is Shirley Nagel, Republican National Delegate from Michigan.
It also turns out that Shirley is something of a media darling and demonstrated her vast political knowlege in an interview during the Republican National Convention.
Read on for that...
O.k. so this woman actually has a history and has been quoted in the national news media before.
Let's go back to the Republican National Convention....hmmmm....who is that over there? The woman from Michigan. I wonder what she has to say.
ST. PAUL, Minn, Sept. 3 -- In the front row at the Xcel Energy Center, Michigan delegates Shirley Nagel and Nancy Cassis leaned into the aisle, scanned the stage and waited. Past 10 p.m. and still no sign.
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Nagel, a retired schoolteacher from Detroit, had anticipated few events as eagerly as she did Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's speech Wednesday night. Ever since Sen. John McCain named her his running mate Friday, Nagel had watched clips of Palin on television, read stories about her in the newspaper, and learned enough about her family -- the new baby, the pregnant daughter, the daughter's boyfriend -- to feel, Nagel said, "like we've known each other for 20 years." All that remained, she said, was a formal introduction.
"You judge a book by its cover, and we've been waiting for that chance with her," said Nagel, dressed in a hockey jersey like the rest of the Michigan delegation. "We want to see how tall she is, if she wears heels, how she wears her hair. That's stuff us Republican women need to know."
[full story]
Wow, not only does this woman think young children should pay the price for their parents' political views, she thinks it's perfectly rational to judge a book by it's cover. She's also used that vast intellect to determine that Sarah Palin is a near perfect Republican woman (I mean, when you spend that much on clothes and make-up, how can you not be?)
This woman, and her history, need a whole lot more coverage. Between this and the Palin Prank (not the one McCain tried to pull, the Canadian one) I think there's enough ammo to carry this thing through for Obama.
You know him, he's that scary one.
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UPDATE: I just realized some folks hadn't seen the original video, here it is..
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So go someplace else to watch it, DKos already killed this edit twice with it's auto-update AJAX and now embed isn't working and I'm done trying to make this site work for today.
[my original post, with original video]