McCain supporter turns away pro-Obama kids on Halloween

[Chilli Dipper]

You know, this is just sick. Regardless of political affiliation, there's no need to stoop to this level of partisan pettiness when it comes to young kids. I hope some punk teenagers egged this woman's house that night.

[st0wgolf08]

A joke my history said that, don't go to a house that says obama biden because they will take your candy and give it to the kids that are too lazy/ can't trick or treat. lol

[ganjagolfer]

that's it, i am now voting for obama. i was undecided up till now but after seeing that republicans are only giving candy to mccain supporters, i am voting for obama

[golfman43]

haha this is ubsurd. i cant believe this actaully happened.

[st0wgolf08]

How do you know other people didn't do this to republicans? That's a really silly view to decide on things said on the news/internet. You should go with the candidate that best represents you, not the one you heard less bad things about.

[st0wgolf08]

Also why is this a big deal? Last time i checked you don't have to give out candy? She can choose who she wants to. I agree it is ubsurd, but still she is well within her rights.

[ganjagolfer]

Also why is this a big deal? Last time i checked you don't have to give out candy? She can choose who she wants to. I agree it is ubsurd, but still she is well within her rights.

hahahaha!

[st0wgolf08]

hahahaha!

Why is that funny? I'm sure if a democrat did this people would be laughing. Since when do you have to give out candy?

[ganjagolfer]

Why is that funny? I'm sure if a democrat did this people would be laughing. Since when do you have to give out candy?

its not your point of giving or not giving out candy, its your point of it being within your rights to choose who you are going to give candy to. its runs counter to the whole idea of halloween as a community celebration. sure its within your rights, this is not a question of constitutionality. its one of being a member of a community. and no, folks would not be laughing if democrats did this.

[Chilli Dipper]

its not your point of giving or not giving out candy, its your point of it being within your rights to choose who you are going to give candy to. its runs counter to the whole idea of halloween as a community celebration. sure its within your rights, this is not a question of constitutionality. its one of being a member of a community. and no, folks would not be laughing if democrats did this.

It's not illegal or unconstitutional, merely inappropriately partisan and shallow. But, here is an example of how the new media has altered the American political landscape. We have blogs, YouTube, social networking sites, and all the other Internet outposts for gathering and spreading information that either didn't exist four years ago, or whose significance as a tool for grassroots politics had been unrealized before now. Because of these resources, anyone who is a supporter of a political candidate must understand that they cannot assume their words or actions will languish in isolation. When people do things as asinine as this, it spreads like wildfire, and it isn't just a poor reflection on those individuals, but on everyone supports a certain candidate; in return, it makes the candidate him/herself look bad.

I'm glad that st0wgolf08 volunteered to offer the kind of responses I was hoping for. Conservative Republicans have been able to use this sort of crude "liberal straw man" humor effectively in the last two decades, first through talk radio programs and then the chain e-mail. These arguments could work in the past because the process of verifying the information they spread ad nauseum used to be so slow and complicated that their words eventually muddled in with the truth. That doesn't work anymore, because the organizational structure of the new media is so strong that any claim can be fact-checked, and any shorthanded message be elaborated, within minutes. Jokes that enforce blanket generalizations of people of a certain persuasion don't resonate when there's nothing behind the generalization. Saying that an opponent is guilty of the same indiscretions only makes the messenger look worse when no concrete examples of the act are forthcoming.

[immts007]

That's fantastic. What a scary halloween witch! Bet she scared a lot of kids...

[EquipmentJunkie]

How do you know other people didn't do this to republicans? That's a really silly view to decide on things said on the news/internet. You should go with the candidate that best represents you, not the one you heard less bad things about.

Please pay attention. he did not claim this did not happen to Republican children nor did he critique Republican candy distributors. He took an anecdotal to show how immature bi-partisanship is, whether the woman is Republican or Democrat does not matter. You missed the point here and instead of seeing the absurdity of this you let your ego get the better on you and spouted nonsense, you seriously must be laughing at yourself for defending your womans actions. Just because what she did was legal does not make it morally mature. Please grow up if you agree with the behavior depicted in this video.