Sharron Angle Meets the Press! And It Doesn't Go So Well. . .

Not a Lord of the Rings CGI creation, or something from
Henson's Muppet shop (from source, 8NewsNow)

What do you do if you are the GOP establishment, and a far-right, tea baggin', oath keepin' wingnut wins the primary in your most high-profile Senate race?  You pull her out of sight (except for a few "friendly territory" interviews), you shine up her formerly hodge-podge crazy town website, and you try to sand off her rough edges.  But sometimes, the press--particularly the local press--tries to sniff out a story. Hallelujah! Journalism might not be dead!

I can see that Angle's angle is to portray anything negative about her as a "Harry Reid lie."  That's great, Sharron, but there is a record out there. On video, audio and the all-pervasive internets.  All the spin and spit-polish won't help as long as there are people willing to dig just a little. And there are.

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GOP Senate Nominee Sharron Angle Breaks Her Silence

As Sharron Angle greeted supporters at Stoney's Restaurant in Las Vegas, 8 News NOW Reporter Nathan Baca approached her to ask about her Social Security plan.


Her website calls for "transitioning out" Social Security and Medicare.


"Why do you want to eliminate (Social Security) for younger folks, because your plan calls for transitioning out," Baca asked.


"You believe the Harry Reid lie," Angle replied.

When asked to define "transitioning out", Angle said, "Transition into a personalized account… personalized Social Security accounts that they can't raid. . ."

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