Lake Worth man accused of 'political attack' on girlfriend

[TheKingfish]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-1027politicalattack,0,5218066.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[aden_nak]

1. A man after Rove's heart, no doubt.

[truthisfreedom]

2. excerpt

Lake Worth man accused of 'political attack' on girlfriend

sun-sentinel.com
Posted October 27 2004, 1:45 PM EDT



WEST PALM BEACH – An 18-year-old Marine recruit remained in jail on Wednesday, charged with threatening to stab his girlfriend over her choice for president, news partner NewsChannel 5 reported in its noon broadcast.

The enlistee, Steven Scott Soper, of Lake Worth, became enraged Tuesday night when his 18-year-old girlfriend said she was leaving him -- and voting for John Kerry for president.
Soper, who will enter the Marines as soon as he passes the GED test, solidly supports Bush. He allegedly told girlfriend Stacey Silheira, "You'll never live to see the election."

Palm Beach Sheriff's Office deputies called to the home in Lake Worth said they had to use a Taser – an electronic stun gun – to subdue Soper. They described Soper as enraged and said he was holding Silheira captive. He was armed with a screwdriver and threatening to stab her in the neck, they said. When Silheira eventually broke free a deputy fired the Taser, shocking him into submission.

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[Cha]

11. Very typical psycho bush

supporter. I'd be embarrassed!

[bmbmd]

18. An army

of one less.

[Bandit]

29. Sounds like that freeper marine to be that wants to kill Liberals

If he is convicted of attempted murder or aggravated assault he will not be allowed in the Marines

[Kimber Scott]

30. Well, it doesn't matter if he passes the GED test, or not, he's not going

to the Marines, now.

I wonder if he belongs to "Psychos for Bush?"

[XanaDUer]

3. Conservatism through domestic violence

:eyes:

[Southpaw Bookworm]

4. Well. . .

Sounds like the voting thing was actually the secondary issue, and probably barely relevant. The first was that she was leaving him. This is the usual case of control freak abuser going apeshit when his victim doesn't play the game. Here his "reason" was that she was voting for Bush; for some women, it's because they were out at the grocery store too long. Or spoke to another man on the street.

[sui generis]

7. now that's the kind of marine representative we need overseas

assign him to Abu Ghraib and see what happens. Oh wait, they already did that. They have pictures.

[ixion]

8. I think you're right, to a degree

however, given the frothing faux-patriotism most * supporters exhibit, this doesn't suprise me a bit.

[XanaDUer]

14. You're either with them or against them

and they will beat the crap out of you to prove it.

[LisaL]

9. Whatever it is, it's one less Bush voter, hopefully.

Although he probably is going to be out already by the time of the election.

[davidinalameda]

19. hopefully not

keep his ass in until Wednesday

one less Bush voter

[Samurai_Writer]

35. She was voting for Kerry, not Bush (nt)

[Democat]

5. How many right wing websites was he a member of?

Anyone know his screen name on any of the popular extremist sites? :)

[Anakin Skywalker]

28. I know! I know!

Probably something like Redneck4Bush or Proud2BRedneck :)

[sister moon]

6. Will the Marines still take him after this? n/t

[Cha]

12. I would think he just BLEW his chances

to be a US Marine.

[FlaGranny]

31. If convicted, he also blew

his chance of voting. After all, we all know about Florida's felon lists.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

15. Considering

how desperate they are for candidates *cough*cannon fodder*cough* and the military's attitudes toward domestic violence (hell, violence in general), I'm not sure it'd rule him out.

[AndyTiedye]

24. from "Alice's Restaurant"

recruit: "I want to kill, kill kill...."

recruiter: "You're our boy!"

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

10. jesus christ!

Combine that story with the one about Kathleen Harris's attacker - another dumb fuck, no matter whose side he's on - and I gotta wonder if "battleground states" is becoming waaaaay too literal a term.

Battleground voters: when you go to the polls to stand in those long lines, bring food, water - and mace.

edit: typo

[AlCzervik]

13. Now thats some bigtime voter intimidation

how many others are out there like him?

[schultzee]

16. These are the types of people who support *****. Felons.

[FranzFerdinand]

17. as soon as he gets his GED, he's gonna make something of himself...

atta boy...

[idiosyncratic]

20. All * supporters should have to undergo psychiatric exams

From the article:

"Charged with aggravated assault, Soper remains in jail without bond until he undergoes a psychiatric exam, NewsChannel 5 reported."

[MADem]

21. He's crazy, and I think he is delusional, too

Soper, who will enter the Marines as soon as he passes the GED test, solidly supports Bush.

This is a bullshit statement on THREE levels. First, in order to prepare his application for enlistment, he has to HAVE a GED in hand. Otherwise, they won't even start working up the 1066 form.

SECOND, he has to take and pass the ASVAB test. He needs his GED for that, too, unless he took it in high school, and since he's going for a GED, I suggest that is UNLIKELY.

THIRD, without the GED, he will not be scheduled for a physical at the MEPS. You have to fulfill all your mental quals first.

This clown WANTS to be a Marine. That does not MAKE him a Marine. If I were the Marine recruiter, I'd rip this paper a new one.

How dare the nitwit besmirch that branch of service--and I've got some more bad news for him. Domestic assault is a NONWAIVERABLE OFFENSE. Domestic violence ensures that you can't carry a weapon in the military, and in the USMC, everyone has to be weapon-qualed.

The closest he will ever get to being a Marine is maybe emptying honeywagons at the local Marine-ah. What a dork!

[GRLMGC]

22. aaahhhh

What a psycho! I'm glad she's okay.

[NJmaverick]

23. LOL! Well this freeper will soon lose his voting status in FL

[Maddy McCall]

25. I will personally drive to FL to ensure that she makes it to the polls.

I fucking hate abusive men!

Make that STUPID abusive men:

"Soper, who will enter the Marines as soon as he passes the GED test, solidly supports Bush."

[denverbill]

26. This line cracked me up.

"Soper, who will enter the Marines as soon as he passes the GED test, solidly supports Bush."

I wonder what percentage of high school dropouts are voting for Bush?

[txindy]

27. Sounds like a proper little freeper.

Good thing the girlfriend wised up before she ended up marrying the moran.

[karlrschneider]

32. Guess it wasn't a typo, I wondered if the name was actually Doper

:D

[Infomaniac]

33. Yeesh.

Y'all know that the freeptards are going to be screaming about caging this fine, upstanding citizen and preventing him from proudly casting his vote for Bush. I hope the young woman gets a restraining order against this abusive POS.

[acmavm]

34. Validates my theory that you really have to be pretty frigging sick in the

head to vote for bush*.

[auburngrad82]

36. If he's convicted purge him from voter lists. Fair is Fair n/t

[NorthernSpy]

37. this guy spat in her face and bit her cheek! (updated story)

Lots of new details at http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10031005.htm?1c

It seems that he couldn't handle it when he learned that his girlfriend and her entire family are Kerry-supporting Democrats, complete with lawn signs.

During his assault on his (ex)girlfriend, this lunatic shoved a Marine Corps videotape in her face, held a screwdriver to her throat and threatened to kill her, and he spat in her face and bit her cheek!


Let's keep this kicked!


Mary

[bleedingheart]

38. I don't think he qualifies for the Marines with behavior like that

sorry but if he is convicted he will be lucky to find any work....