Too stupid to breathe: Shirley Nagel

Once again, I'm not entirely sure whether this falls under the category of "stupid" or merely malicious. But either way, Shirley Nagel of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., is a nasty, pathetic individual.

Nagel, a supporter of Huggy Bear, declared that only certain children -- namely, those whose parents shared her limited, closed-minded ideology -- would get Halloween candy at her home last Friday night:

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."

Okay. It's one thing, say, if you jokingly -- or not -- refuse to let Obama supporters park in your parking lot. But to send children away crying without candy? How much of a black, smoldering mass do you have where your heart should be, Shirley?

I'm sorry. Say what you will about my candidate ... hell, say what you will about me ... but leave my kids out of it. And that goes for every child in Grosse Pointe Farms who had the misfortune of encountering Shirley Nagel, the Wicked Witch of Wayne County, on Friday night.