Bumper sticker evokes road rage (Bush Hater Tries to Ram Pro-Bush Driver...9-1-1 Call Made)

St. Petersburg Times ^ | 3/10/05 | SHANNON COLAVECCHIO-VAN SICKLER

[Psalm 73]

"....it was the Bush Cheney '04 bumper sticker....that set the other driver off."

Yeah, that's why mine is located right next to my NRA sticker - just so they know that besides being a W supporter, I'm also an "irrational gun-owning wacko fanatic".

[Kozak]

Whoa. Good thing he didn't see the back of MY car.
"All my Hereo's Are Cowboys" ( Bush and Reagan )
"Veterans for Bush".
"Proud Member Vast Right Wing Conspiracy"
"Terroist Hunting License"
A big Vinyl " Expose Kerry's Crimes Swift boat Veterans for Truth" flanked by vinyl letters stating "Mission Accomplished".
AND DC Inauguaral plates: VRWC

Of course they are on the back of my 3/4 ton Suburban. Try to run THAT off the road!

[Uncle Vlad]

Charge him with a hate crime--give the loser a dose of his own medicine.

[Vigilanteman]

Brave man... Going after a women with kids in the car...

So typical of liberals, isn't it? I hope the perp gets a felony conviction which revokes his right to vote. We could use one less jerk on the voting rolls of Florida.

[shekkian]

"This could have been tragic, for her and her children and for other people on the road as this was going on," Durkin said. "But she did all the right things. She showed remarkable poise, she didn't engage him. She called us."

Translation: "Please don't defend yourself or your family, when there's a madman attacking you. Call us, and we'll be there within half an hour. Let us take care of it."

[backhoe]

There are people still driving around with Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers. I saw two yesterday.

Oh, it's even worse-- a few days ago I was passed by a soccermobile ( van ) with a Dean sticker on the hatch. Talk about can't "move on."

[ovrtaxt]

I knew David Neel. I don't know what his political beliefs were, but he was a really nice guy. His murder is particularly scary because they have no leads, no witnesses, no evidemce except the bullet.

[Hatteras]

"This was Winkler's first arrest in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement."

Great!...... Now, what about the other 49 states?

[gieriscm]

Of course they are on the back of my 3/4 ton Suburban. Try to run THAT off the road!

The tailgate of my CUCV (aka 5/4 Chevy pickup) looks the same. The only four-wheeled vehicle on the road that's heavier is the Hummer. I've gotten some dirty looks, but no one's tried to run it off the road.

[oh8eleven]

The dispatcher told Fernandez to drive to the Tampa police office near Raymond James Stadium
Ahhh for the "good old days" when the police were dispatched to help the victim.

[Diddle E. Squat]

File this away for the next time an average Joe Pubbie does something stupid and the national media tries to turn it into a week-long event.

[Old Grumpy]

Saw it on our news in Tampa last night. They showed the bumper sticker that set the a-hole off; it was pro-Bush. We seem to have our share of left-wing crazies down here, that's for sure.

[Netizen]

Fernandez, too, is a Democrat. She has been a card-carrying party member since August 1988 - a few months before George W.'s father, George Herbert Walker Bush, was elected president.

Members of Fernandez's family said they don't necessarily vote along party lines. Fernandez voted for Bush in his recent re-election bid, they said.

"I'm registered as a Democrat," Fernandez's mother Marie Fernandez said. "And I voted for Bush, too. Party doesn't matter."

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That's the best part!

[hellinahandcart]

His sign, about the size of a business letter, read: Never Forget Bush's Illegal Oil War Murdered Thousands in Iraq.

Oh yeah. A person can really read all those words on a tiny sign while driving down the highway. Way to get your message across. Why is it that the Dems have such lousy slogans lately?

Keep your words few and your font large. It's supposed to be a sign, not a manifesto.

[sport]

Having a felony onviction or being dead,for that matter, has never yet stopped anyone from voting Democrat.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Really stoopid. He's driving a Nissan and she (and kids) are in an Expeditiion...now, if they crashed, which vehicle wins?

[ninonitti]

Why is it that the Dems have such lousy slogans lately?

So many words...........so little time.

[kcvl]

Nathan Winkler's telephone number is the same as Tangerine Media, Tampa, Florida. He is also a contributor to bartcop.com

thanks these Phase Five Contributors:

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[kcvl]

Nathan Winkler

Video Here

[kcvl]

Her call lasted about nine minutes. During the call, Fernandez gave the Nissan's license plate number and described the man following her along Kennedy Boulevard and surrounding streets.

At one point, the dispatcher tried to calm her and direct her to the Tampa police district office on Dale Mabry Highway and Tampa Bay Boulevard.

``Listen to what I'm trying to tell you, ma'am,'' the dispatcher said.

``He's going to hurt my kids. I can't,'' Fernandez interrupted, cursing at the other driver to ``get away from me.''

Later, the dispatcher heard a horn honking. ``Was that him?'' the dispatcher asked.

``No,'' Fernandez said. ``I'm blowing the horn at somebody because I'm running stop lights and everything else to get away from him.''

She lost the man at a stop sign moments later and asked the dispatcher to send an officer to meet her at the West Tampa ball field next to Macfarland Park.

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Winkler was released Wednesday from Orient Road Jail on $2,000 bail. Jail records list him as a contractor with AT&T. He did not return a phone call or answer the door Wednesday.

Winkler has no prior criminal record in Florida. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.