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'Impeach Obama' Bumper Sticker Leads To Baseball Bat Attack
The Hartford Courant ^ | February 04, 2013 | HILDA MUÑOZ,

Posted on 02/05/2013 9:16:02 AM PST by Daffynition

Edited on 02/05/2013 9:20:14 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: assault; bumpersticker; vandalism; weirdstuff
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To: Daffynition

Unfortunately in this state (Connecticut) if you needed a bat for every supporter of the Marxist-in-Chief you’d personally float Louisville Slugger for the decade. It’s no surprise that the leftists here are out in force and gloating, as there are far more Obama bumper stickers evident after the election.


21 posted on 02/05/2013 9:51:25 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.)
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To: Daffynition
Background checks are in order here...ONLY people without bumper stickers on their cars may purchase a baseball bat.
22 posted on 02/05/2013 9:52:12 AM PST by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: Menehune56

...”It’s not a good idea to be flipping the bird when you don’t know who might be carrying.”....

This type of statement is what causes gun-fearing people to think concealed carry is a bad thing. I sincerely doubt any person who has been certified or licensed for CC would think about pulling his or her weapon in response to being flipped the bird. That is ludicrous. Now, the CC individual may be justified in drawing on a bat wielding jerk, if said jerk tried to use the bat on the CC person directly. The key principle - not drawing your weapon unless you intend to kill your target - holds always.


23 posted on 02/05/2013 9:53:42 AM PST by astounded (Barack Obama is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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To: muir_redwoods

It was the middle finger, not the bumper sticker, that led to the stupid attack

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LOL. It was the response to the middle finger that led to the stupid attack.

There is nothing in the attached article that indicates that the bumper sticker was even the cause of the flipping off, beyond bat wielders assumption. For all we know, bat wielder is a crappy driver who cut bird flipper off.

Sounds like a pretty straightfoward road rage incident to me.


24 posted on 02/05/2013 9:53:50 AM PST by dmz
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To: Daffynition

Thin skinned, oversensitive A-hole with a baseball bat couldn’t keep his fragile ego in check.


25 posted on 02/05/2013 9:54:37 AM PST by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: circlecity

I had an idiot flip me a double bird in traffic recently. I just blew him a kiss and that stopped him. He cut me off and figured that I wouldn’t respond.

I chuckled over that all day.


26 posted on 02/05/2013 9:56:44 AM PST by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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To: Daffynition

So the Impeach Bush bumper stickers were okay then ....


27 posted on 02/05/2013 10:02:11 AM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: BlueStateRightist; RaceBannon; scoopscandal; 2Trievers; LoneGOPinCT; Rodney King; sorrisi; ...
Unfortunately in this state (Connecticut) if you needed a bat for every supporter of the Marxist-in-Chief you’d personally float Louisville Slugger for the decade. It’s no surprise that the leftists here are out in force and gloating, as there are far more Obama bumper stickers evident after the election.

I've also noticed seeing many more Obama (and even more laughable: Obama-Biden) bumper stickers on cars here in The People's Republik of Connecticut since the election.

Ugh, I hate this place politically and morally. Looking forward to the day (someday) when hubby and I can move outta here...

28 posted on 02/05/2013 10:03:33 AM PST by nutmeg (FUBO!)
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To: Daffynition

By age 61 a person should learn the art of self-control. And not be shocked that such a bumper sticker would provoke this kind of response.

Now he gets to pay the price for being stupid.


29 posted on 02/05/2013 10:03:56 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Wordkraft

Great response...I’ve done the same in the past...blow them a kiss. That makes them madder than just about any other response you could employ...


30 posted on 02/05/2013 10:06:57 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Daffynition

He should have to pay for damages. His right to respond and take action against the flipper ends at the flipper’s property line.


31 posted on 02/05/2013 10:07:05 AM PST by GSWarrior (Click HERE to read entire tagline.)
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To: OKRA2012

Hey, I’m 61 and have an IMPEACH OBAMA sticker mounted on my truck bumper.

To date, I’ve not had anybody flip me the bird.

I doubt that the 9MM BEATS 9-1-1, EVERY TIME sticker on the other side of the bumper has anything to do with that, either.


32 posted on 02/05/2013 10:09:39 AM PST by Howie66 (I can see November (2012) from my house.)
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To: who knows what evil?; Wordkraft

I see I’m not alone in this approach.

If only I’d thought of it earlier in life, so that my 3 kids would not have the ammunition to regale family gatherings with stories of me flipping off other drivers when they were too young to know what it meant.


33 posted on 02/05/2013 10:12:22 AM PST by dmz
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To: bigbob

By age 61 a person should learn the art of self-control. And not be shocked that such a bumper sticker would provoke this kind of response.


Yes once a guy brandished a crowbar at me. It flew out of his hand bounced across the road and landed right at my feet. I picked it up and asked him what was he going to do with this?

He fled...LOL


34 posted on 02/05/2013 10:13:22 AM PST by Blackirish (Forward Comrades!!!!!!!!!)
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To: muir_redwoods
It was the middle finger, not the bumper sticker, that led to the stupid attack

And suddenly Obama's flying monkeys will scream and make this nutcase the poster boy for every conservative American opposed to Hussein's "destroy America" campaign.

"Typical Republican," they will scream hysterically. Never mind that similar scenarios occur in reverse every day. That's why there are not more "Impeach the fake president" stickers around. The ONLY reason. People with a job who work need their vehicles more than they need to voice political opinions on their car.

35 posted on 02/05/2013 10:18:00 AM PST by publius911 (Look for the Union Label -- then buy something else)
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To: circlecity
If someone flips you the bird like this the correct response is to just laugh at them. Point and laugh. That ticks them off to no end and you win.

Exactly, that is the correct response. I got the exact reaction I would want from a lib.
36 posted on 02/05/2013 10:19:23 AM PST by Thorliveshere (Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
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To: Daffynition
Dumb. In law use of the bat is the same as the use of a gun. Deadly Force.

He needs to shut up, call his lawyer, and get the best deal he can get. He's screwed.

37 posted on 02/05/2013 10:21:56 AM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: circlecity

“If someone flips you the bird like this the correct response is to just laugh at them. Point and laugh. That ticks them off to no end and you win.”

I like your suggestion. I usually give them a big, enthusiastic “thumbs up” and I find that confuses the heck out of them.


38 posted on 02/05/2013 10:23:07 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Daffynition

If you get mad when someone flips the bird at you you are giving a complete stranger power over your emotions. I wave too.


39 posted on 02/05/2013 10:23:37 AM PST by bunnie911
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To: CSM

Agreed... A big, enthusiastic “thumbs up” IS THEE best response.


40 posted on 02/05/2013 10:27:18 AM PST by TruthFactor (The Death of Nations: Pornography, Homosexuality, Abortion)
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