“It makes me wonder how he got such a prestigious job. Even political cronyism doesn’t like to get too close to someone who is this bizarre.”

@ Tim: I live in Michigan, the local paper had a blurb about this that I saw last night and Shirvell was Mike Cox’s campaign manager previously.

You know what really wierds me out? I remember reading somewhere (I don’t remember if it was here or somewhere else) that Shirvell was a graduate of Ave Maria law school (FundieCatholic, started by Tom Monoghan) I have to wonder how in the hell such a feminine dude as Shirvell made it through there without being questioned enough times to get aggravated and quit. Like I said, he seems very gay. I’d think that’d raise a lot of eyebrows in that sort of school.

I think you just nailed it.

That boy ain’t right…

I’ve seen things like that happen before. I think this particular armchair analysis is correct or close to it. And yes I support taking on further protections.

It makes me wonder how he got such a prestigious job. Even political cronyism doesn’t like to get too close to someone who is this bizarre.

I wonder if he comes across as more sane in person or if he’s just gotten obviously wacky fairly recently.

I get that same creepy feeling from Shirvell. It’s kind of that “if I can’t have you, no one can,” sort of feeling. The stalking and obsession has very much the feel of a highly volatile domestic relationship (unrequieted though it may be). I spent many years in the funeral business, seen it all, and this just has that feel to it like the situation with your cousin.

The guy has lost a pretty cushy job. He could very well be disbarred. He’s become a national joke. None of the usual suspects has risen to his defense. I’ve joked, along with others about his being hired by FRC or Focus on The Family, but the truth is he’s a pretty hot potato, so his prospects, law license or not, are probably bleak now. As the money dwindles, the pressure is only going to increase.

He’s going to be sitting around with nothing else to do but obsess about his situation. For someone already on the edge, that’s just not a healthy thing.

On the other hand, I really hope Armstrong does not let his guard down now. I get a really creepy vibe off of Shirvell, far weirder than his clear self-hating of his sexuality. He reminds me just a bit too much of my cousin’s ex-husband, who tried to kill her on several occassions. No one knows what caused Shirvell to fixate on Armstrong, but I doubt losing his job is going to lessen the fixation.

Whatever’s wrong with Shirvell, it definitely appears he’s not stable. He’s constructed a comfortable world for himself which serves to protect him from his deepest darkest secrets. He’s lost his job, and he may well be disbarred, so he’s sitting home with lots of time on his hands as that life crumbles.

He’s already shown a penchant for displacing blame by saying it was all caused by the liberal media. As things get worse for him, he’ll start blaming the object is his obsession, and it won’t be the obsession he blames, but the object. I’m afraid Armstrong is in some danger.