We all get frustrated with our political rivals from time to time, but Floridians seem to have a special way of expressing their dissatisfaction.
This includes insane Democrats…
Barry Seltzer told police he was simply exercising his “political expression.”
But after the 46-year-old real estate investor admitted intentionally driving his silver Cadillac onto a sidewalk where U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris and her supporters stood waving at passing cars, authorities arrested him.
A police lieutenant said Seltzer, a registered Democrat, was annoyed by the Harris supporters, who were standing in the street, slowing traffic. So he hit the accelerator and jumped a curb at the intersection of Fruitville Road and North Washington Boulevard about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
“I intimidated them with my car,” he told officers, an arrest report said. “I did not run them down. I scared them a little.”
…and insane Republicans.
An anti-John Kerry demonstrator was charged with felony aggravated assault with a gun for allegedly pointing a weapon at the head of a Kerry supporter.
Michael Garone, 52, was released from jail Tuesday on his own recognizance.
Garone and others were holding anti-Kerry signs at a street corner Monday in Vero Beach when Trevor Pickering drove up and said “Go Kerry,” according to an arrest affidavit.
Pickering argued with the anti-Kerry protesters, and then got out of the car and knocked a sign out of the hands of one of the demonstrators.
“That’s when (Garone) walked up to my car and stuck a gun to my head,” Pickering said. “I said ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘Please don’t kill me,’ drove away and called the cops.”
I guess we can’t all just get along.