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Road Rage on the Way to Hope

LEESBURG, Va. --I'm on my way to an Obama event right now, sitting in the passenger seat and stuck in bumper to bumper to bumper traffic waiting to get off an exit ramp. The problem? Instead of waiting their turn, some Obama supporters are riding in the left lane, where traffic is moving briskly, and waiting until right before the exit to cut in front of the rest of us. Given the apeasement-based foreign policy positions of their leader, it shouldn't suprise you to learn that the Obama supporters are happily letting the rogue drivers cut in front of them, further delaying the rest of us. Let's hope that this isn't a preview of how Obama plans to negotiate with Ahmadinejad.

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J. Peter Freire| 10.22.08 @ 4:32PM

All the more ironic? That they're not all carpooling or using mass transit. They could be "sharing the burden." Spreading it out, you see.

Fred Jackson| 10.22.08 @ 7:02PM

That's a variation on what we call a "California merge. " Given a half mile to merge, the California driver goes all the way to where his lane stops or his exit starts, and then just stops in the middle of the left lane. Drivers in the correct lane have to allow the entitled driver in. If possible a passenger should be available to put a hand out of the left window to signal that everyone has to stop.

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