Posted on 10/07/2008 8:04:22 PM PDT by little jeremiah
Secret Service visits Lufkin woman after 'death threat' allegation from an Obama campaign volunteer
By JESSICA SAVAGE The Lufkin Daily News
Monday, October 06, 2008
A Lufkin woman received a surprise visit from the Secret Service last week because of a "death threat" comment she reportedly made about Sen. Barack Obama to a campaign volunteer asking for her support of the presidential candidate.
Two federal agents arrived at Jessica Hughes' home Thursday to ask her if she said, "I will never support Obama and he will wind up dead on a hospital floor."
Jessica Savage/The Lufkin Daily News (ENLARGE) Jessica and Micah Hughes say two Secret Service agents showed up on their doorstep Thursday after a campaign volunteer for Sen. Barack Obama accused her of making a 'death threat' during a phone conversation a day earlier.
Hughes said her words were deliberately twisted by a volunteer who was apparently unhappy Hughes was rude during a phone conversation the two had. The Lufkin mother, a Republican, said she received a call on her cell phone Wednesday from a woman with the Obama Volunteers of Texarkana.
"She asked if I was an Obama supporter, to which I replied, 'No, I don't support him. Your guy is a socialist who voted four times in the state Senate to let little babies die in hospital closets; I think you should find something better to do with your time.' (And then) I hung up."
(Hughes is referring to a "born alive" Illinois bill that did not pass in the Illinois state Senate in 2005 and had previously been opposed by Obama because he said it undermined Roe v. Wade, according to FactCheck.org, a non-partisan organization. A federal version of the bill, which Obama said he would have supported, passed by unanimous consent and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002.)
Obama Campaign Communications for Texas director Josh Taylor declined to comment Monday, refusing to answer any questions and referring the matter to the Secret Service, which he said is conducting an investigation. A message left with a Secret Service agent in Houston was not immediately returned.
Hughes said she was surprised to see two Secret Service agents at her door, and upset to learn that the conversation she had with the volunteer apparently had not been recorded.
"I find it hard to believe that (campaign volunteers) don't tape these calls. They call people unsolicited and they aren't monitoring the calls or recording them? I think that is absolutely ridiculous," she said.
"I mean, how often must this happen that someone is rude to a volunteer that they don't want to talk to?"
Hughes said she wants to file a countercomplaint against the volunteer.
"She has made a charge that will follow me the rest of my life," she said.
"I find that repugnant and violating that some person got her undies in a bundle because she didn't like what I had to say."
Maybe Mark Levin can help or email to the below shows...
Pray. Day and Night!
That was my thought, too.
If I were you I would send this to the Drudge Report and to any local conservative talk show hosts. Heck I would see if Glenn Beck or OReilly would give this some legs. People need to get outraged by this s**t.
I saw this page a second ago googling around. How do we know it’s the same person though?
I'm shocked. The little turd was indicted today. They even had him in cuffs and leg shackles. He was released on his own recog.
I would question too if they were real Secret Service agents. Real agents would only care about an actual threat. They don’t get involved in free speech issues like insulting a candidate or “being rude” as they told this woman. Sounds bogus and unprofessional to me.
I don’t think that’s the same Anna Scott.
Worth a try
Hannity is breaking hard right now with info from Corsi on his trup to Kenya? Corsi has "alleged" proof that Obama was advising a foreign campaign?
That would be me...
...till SARAH came along!
You gave the absolute perfect answer.
You won’t support a guy who is in favor of letting little babies die in closets.
I couldn’t have said it better.
I can’t think of anything you could have said that would have made them more angry than throwing that fact in their face.
Here is an ANNA SCOTT writing about ‘Fight The Smears’....lol..nice little jackboot soldier that she is...
I agree. We have 2 choices, the Obama Rigine or the McCain Presidency. Really no choice at all. There is only one option.
Regime-sorry folks.
BUMP......
It would be interesting if this woman had told the Secret Service that. 10 years in psyc lockup?? The Obama folks are sounding increasingly like the Chinese students during the Cultural Revolution with their songs and accusations.
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