Man Blames His Road Rage on Bush Bumper Sticker

A man apparently enraged by a Bush-Cheney sticker on a woman’s sport utility vehicle chased her for several miles and tried to run her off the road while holding up an anti-Bush sign, police said.

“He told our officers that he just got mad at her, so he went after her,” said police spokesman Joe Durkin.

Nathan Alan Winkler, 31, was freed on $2,000 bail early Wednesday on a charge of aggravated stalking, which carries up to five years in prison.

Winkler could not be reached for comment but his father, John Winkler, said: “I know that he’s very anti-Bush. But I don’t see him doing anything like that. He’s the least aggressive person I know.”

Winkler told police he got upset with the woman, 35-year-old Michelle Fernandez, after she made an obscene gesture, Durkin said. Police said that as Winkler chased the woman’s vehicle, he held up a small sign that read: “Never Forget Bush’s Illegal War Murdered Thousands in Iraq.”