Road Rage at Obama bumper sticker.

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A Nashville man says he and his 10-year-old daughter were victims of road rage Thursday afternoon, all because of a political bumper sticker on his car.

Mark Duren told News 2 the incident happened around 4:30p.m., while he was driving on Blair Boulevard, not far from Belmont University.

He said Harry Weisiger gave him the bird and rammed into his vehicle, after noticing an Obama-Biden sticker on his car bumper.

Duren had just picked up his 10-year-old daughter from school and had her in the car with him.

"He pointed at the back of my car," Duren said, "the bumper, flipped me off, one finger salute."

But it didn't end there.

Duren told News 2 that Weisiger honked his horn at him for awhile, as Duren stopped at a stop sign.

Once he started driving again, down Blair Boulevard, towards his home, he said, "I looked in the rear view mirror again, and this same SUV was speeding, flying up behind me, bumped me."

Duren said he applied his brake and the SUV smashed into the back of his car.

He then put his car in park to take care of the accident, but Weisiger started pushing the car using his SUV.

Duren said, "He pushed my car up towards the sidewalk, almost onto the sidewalk."

Police say Harry Weisiger is charged with felony reckless endangerment in the incident.
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http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=12208009

Personally, I don't like bumper stickers on my car.
 
Sadly, I think that actual deaths because of "ODS" (Obama Derangement Syndrome" is probably inevitable.
If you don't like him, fine,that;s your right, but the instance you resort to violence you lose all my sympathy.
THis also went for some of the more extreme elements of the Anti Bush crowd.
 
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There is a house near where I live where the cleanest thing on the beat up, rusty pick-up truck parked in front is the giant "Impeach Obama" sticker on the back gate. The yard is a dump and the windows are covered from the inside . . . with aluminum foil!

I'm sure that the owner will be on the news one day.
 
Greg_in_CO said:
The shoe-thrower!

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I have to say, Bush handled that well. Dodged like a cat. Did not throw up a fuss. Let the local authorities handle the matter with no public pressure. There might have been behind the scenes pressure, but I doubt it as I doubt there would even be such a need.

Violence over support for a political candidate is just ridiculous.
 
Perhaps the NHTSA needs to issue a recall on the bumper stickers.
 
On second thought, the shoe thrower is not that similar to this case. He is the citizen of a invaded country (regardless of belief in the invasion being justified) and he attacked the political leader that is responsible for that invasion. The incident in the OP is someone attacking a supporter of political candidate within his own country. There may be some tenuous similiarity both being attacks over politics, but there is some major differences as well.
 
Obama is a Communist dictator, therefore it is ok to get crazy over a bumper-sticker with his name on it.

:)
 
I suppose it's possible, but the only "evidence" offered that it was the Obama sticker that set the guy off is the word of the victim that the other driver "pointed at the back of my car, the bumper." It's equally possible that something the victim did while driving caused the road rage.
 
Brainster said:
I suppose it's possible, but the only "evidence" offered that it was the Obama sticker that set the guy off is the word of the victim that the other driver "pointed at the back of my car, the bumper." It's equally possible that something the victim did while driving caused the road rage.
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About the same chance that the shoe thrower simply didn´t like Bush´s Texas accent.
 
The Fallen Serpent said:
There may be some tenuous similiarity both being attacks over politics, but there is some major differences as well.
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Both attacks were caused by overwhelming feelings of powerlessness and frustration. Both were an attempt, however misguided, to take control and assert oneself.

In the case of the driver, the fact that the person had recourse to a real, political solution (getting involved politically, donating to a campaign, writing his congressperson), makes him dumber than the shoe thrower. In the case of the shoe thrower, the fact that he was a professional who ignored his job and his obligations to his readers, makes him dumber than the driver.
 
The Fallen Serpent said:
I have to say, Bush handled that well. Dodged like a cat. Did not throw up a fuss. Let the local authorities handle the matter with no public pressure. There might have been behind the scenes pressure, but I doubt it as I doubt there would even be such a need.
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Much as I disliked his presidency, I have to agree with this.
 
Chaos said:
About the same chance that the shoe thrower simply didn´t like Bush´s Texas accent.
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Pardon me, I though this was a skeptic's forum, where things had to be proven. I forgot about your long-distance mind-reading powers.
 
I hope he does some jail time.

ETA:Felony reckless endangerment is apparently a class E felony which carries a penalty of...

Not less than one (1) year nor more than six (6) years in prison. In addition, the jury may assess a fine not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000), unless otherwise provided by statute
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http://web.utk.edu/~scheb/overview.html

Steve S
 
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If I was driving behind a car that had a "Hitler/Eichmann 2012" bumper sticker, I would get pretty mad.

-Tea Bagger
 
parky76 said:
If I was driving behind a car that had a "Hitler/Eichmann 2012" bumper sticker, I would get pretty mad.

-Tea Bagger
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If I see a guy with an Obama bumper sticker, driving on a plane....
 
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I know of other individuals with Obama stickers and magnets on their cars that really want to make a political issue out of it. They want people to attack them for supporting Obama. And it seems just as likely to me that the attacker had another reason, but this is the reason that the victim wanted to be true. Just like if a black person and a nonblack person get into an argument on anything, I expect to hear the white person being accused of saying "******", because that's really what they want the argument to be about.
But the attacker's reasons don't matter -- book him. You don't endanger others' lives, you don't do road rage, you don't attack a ten-year-old. Unacceptable, motives irrelevant.
 
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