Thou Shalt Not Disrespect The Obamessiah!

In case their Plantation Bend neighbors had any questions about how Doug and Wendy McKain feel about Barack Obama, the bumper sticker on their pickup could be a clue.

But when Chynethia Gragg spotted the sticker — depicting someone urinating on the name "Obama" — Sugar Land police say, she stopped to express her disapproval, and that's when things got ugly.

Gragg, 35, has been charged with making a terroristic threat after confronting the McKains, telling them the sticker was racist, police said.

Well, she did a little bit more than "confront" and "threaten".

Court documents said Gragg told Norris she saw the sticker on the back of a pickup and stopped in front of the McKain house. She told Norris she confronted McKain about the sticker, saying it was racist.

McKain told the officer he and his wife were driving home when they noticed a female motorist looking closely at his truck. The couple drove home then pulled into their driveway.

"Mr. McKain said shortly later the same person (Ms. Gragg) pulled up to his residence (blocking his driveway behind his truck.) Mr. McKain said Ms. Gragg began to rant and rave about the sticker on the back of his truck," the court document states.

McKain told police Gragg shouted numerous profanities at him and his wife.

"Mr. McKain said Ms. Gragg said she (would) get someone to take care of him later," the report said.

Stalking. Unlawful imprisonment (they could not leave their own driveway to escape this loon). Trespassing. Terroristic threat. Disorderly conduct.

Wanna bet that it would be classified as a hate crime -- and a felony -- if the McKains had done something similar to the Obamabot Gragg?

Too bad she didn't try this over at Joe Horn's place -- it could have been quite amusing.

And for what it is worth -- I think the sticker is pretty distasteful, and would like to see the McKains replace it with something more appropriate. That said, it is neither racist nor beyond the protection of the First Amendment -- at least not until folks like Gragg get power.

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