Posted on 03/09/2005 3:55:27 PM PST by Terriergal
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The woman escaped by hiding in this park.
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Officers say Nathan Winkler, 31, saw a Bush-Cheney bumper sticker on Michelle Fernandez's car and showed her a sign of his own.
"He drove up next to me, with his, he has a sign hanging from his windshield, passenger window that says something about the war in Iraq," Fernandez said during her call to 911. "And he literally tried to run me off the road. And I'm just trying, I'm just getting away from him right now, but I mean I'm shaking like a leaf."
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Winkler was tracked to this home.
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Fernandez eventually got away by hiding in a park. Officers traced Winkler's license plate to his Tampa home, where they found his handwritten message still inside the car.
It said, "Never forget Bush's illegal oil war murdered thousands in Iraq."
Winkler is facing one count of aggravated stalking. He was released from jail Wednesday on $2,000 bond.
"Remember, our strength, our progress... depends on our diversity."
Are the police sure that it wasn't Dean in disguise:)
This is a political hate crime. No ifs, ands or buts..
Hmm...Florida's a "shall-issue" state. Not that I would ever advocate violence against somebody trying to kill you...
A graduate of the University of Colorado?
Yeah I guess. Check out those losers on the 'comments about this story' section at that site. They need a good lesson in reality.
the guy sounds like my goofy half brother. He's over fifty and yet he flew into a rage at my mother's house while he was supposed to be looking after her after colon cancer surgery, because she mentioned something about what a shame it was that they beheaded that contractor in Saudi Arabia--- and he started spewing hateful hissing stuff about Bush, packed up his things, and drove the ten hours home, not calling her for three weeks to say he was ok. For all she knew he could have been dead on the highway somewhere, and she had to call him and threaten to call the cops if he didn't call back. Oh this is so considerate to do to a 67 year old, frail arthritic woman who just had major abdominal surgery. Suuuuure.... liberals are so compassionate....
So, the big mature guy he was, he called his FRIEND to call my mom and say he was ok.
So, given that my brother is pretty normal the rest of the time, if a little reclusive, I am not surprised in the least at this kind of nutty behavior, considering how much more (more than my brother, I mean) angry and loony the rest of the liberal population has become.
Read them, reads like the Dummies Funnies.
Did your brother serve with John F'n Kerry in Viet Nam?
More likely a candidate for CU president. He was just fleshing out his resume'.
Damn - I live just south of Tampa and work there. I have a Dodge truck with my Bush sticker STILL on the back bumper.
Where was this idiot? Why didn't he try to harrass me?!?
Was it becuase of the .357 Handgun sticker on the other side? Maybe :-)
Wonder what his nickname is over at DU.
I've made it clear to a couple of friends that if politics is more important than friendship to them, that's OK with me, and that's cost me at least one and probably another (he hasn't been in touch for awhile). It is simply a lack of respect and common decency that motivates someone to use a friend as a stage prop.
So you joined today and are offended that I think Liberal/socialist/commies like you are sick?
Or maybe just some nice kitties.
I had a Internet friend from Sweden that I had been communicating with for over 5 years, sharing music, pictures, thoughts etc. He emailed me about 2 months before THE ELECTION and asked me who I supported. I told him that I was doing everything in my power to make sure that JF'NK would not be elected because of what he did to this country in the 1970's. Haven't received a response yet. Sa la Vie!
( but thanks for swelling our number close to 200,000...)
I can't believe this guy is on bail. Reckless endangerment, use of a vehicle as a weapon, harassment, stalking, and violation of civil rights, just off the top of my head.
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