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."
Yes, but there are other aspects that are ungood - f’rinstance, hiding their badges? And why would they seem to believe the Obaminsta person? And with no tape of the call to verify anything?
I don’t know what your comment means.
You might get faster help from John Cornyn. I have had friends who contacted his office about problems
and his staff was very prompt about contacting them and being very helpful.
What you said.
You are assuming there are no kooks on the right that would threaten the likes of Obama. I bet there are literally hundreds of millions of phone calls made in the United State each day and only a small number are recorded. The Secret Service still has to investigate. That’s their job. Gee wiz, a law enforcement officer who arrogantly refuses to show his/her badge. They all learn that back in cop school in a required course called “AH 101.”
Okay, so this is no big deal. Obama’s thugs can make up any crap they want and any and all LEOs have to take the words of the Obama thugs and accuse people of trumped up nonsense. Okay. Got it.
Well, if Obama wins, we’ll all have to get used to this! Unless we’re scum sucking leftists, of course.
I was just saying that if the two were agents they are required by law to show you their ID and if they were denying you access to the name of the complaintant of any other info then I would have suggested to them that they must not exist and this is not happening so I am closing the door.
Thanks, now I understand. I wouldn’t want to close the door on any actual Secret Service guys. It might sort of escalate from there. I’d rather get the card as one of them finally gave her, and right then and there call the Houston office while they were still there, and verify the whole thing, and make the complaint at that time. It might not have been possible to do that.
Obama and Ayers were using the Annenberg money to fund test projects aimed at radicalizing Chicago school children.
This deserves a serious checking out.
I would think there is a thread that is about that sort of thing already - maybe you should post some information on such a thread, or start one.
These kinds of things need to get out into the public, fast. Info sent to all media outlets that might air it, talk show hosts, websites, etc.
I was discussing the Obama woman who called this poor woman. Someone posted that her name might be Anna Scott..same number. Sorry for the confusion. We were trying to find out who the Obama brownshirt was that made this false charge against the woman. See post #44
I agree. But they sounded like Bama supporters.
>this is only the beginning, if Obama gets in.
Nah, you can't give Obama credit for this one. The whole "domestic terrorist" idea has been going on for the past 7 years.
I live in Texarkana and this office is near where I work. In fact, someone who works with me is VERY active with this group. We are a government entity so politics are supposed to be kept out of the office but this person wears her Obama button and not a word is said. I am forwarding Jessica’s story to all my friends and they are forwarding it to theirs. Hopefully the local paper will do some investigating but I doubt it. They have been in the tank for the dems for years and I don’t see that changing any time soon.
Well, I have heard several times “we’re gonna turn the White House into the Black House.” That sounds disturbing and strange to me; like some kind of radical Black Panther deal or something.
Better yet, oppose it whenever you see it.
Thanks for going public with this. Intimidation attempts tend to become less frequent when they’re exposed.
he said something about the peace corps... i didn’t catch it all
My late border collie taught the other dogs that the proper response to the doorbell was to bark furiously, bare teeth, and fling yourself at the little windows on either side of the front door.
The 125 pound yellow Lab made quite a lot of noise, but the idea of him being vicious is absurd.
However, I had one of those little slips from the Post Office that they leave when they try to deliver Certified Mail.
The notation: “Dogs At Door”.
ROTFL.
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