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."
can’t have any disagreement with “Obama Osama Gonna tax yo mama”
Two words: Lock and Load
This needs some serious publicity, friends!
Obama Volunteers Of Texas
Job title: unavailable
Company: Obama Volunteers Of Texas
323 W 7 St
Texarkana, TX 75501
(903) 798-6020
Jessica Savage??
By JESSICA SAVAGE The Lufkin Daily News
The namesake of the CBS anchorwoman who died in a car accident in Bucks County, PA.
323 W. 7th St Texarkana, TX 75501
From obama website.
Link to her blog.
http://ywc.blogtownhall.com/
Wow!
Just called the number, a man answered and I told him I saw the article in the Lufkin paper about the complaint they had against a woman who was upset over their solicitation.
He just said that they “could not comment about the complaint.”
I said “I bet.”
Click.
I’ve had a couple of contacts with Secret Service agents, and they were 100% professional, not at all like the agents were to this woman. I, too, would be questioning whether they were really Secret Service agents.
Host: Anna Scott
Contact Phone: 903-798-6020
Location: Obama for America Office, Texarkana (Texarkana, TX) 323 W. 7th St
Texarkana, TX 75501
Office manager or point of contact listed above: Might be a place to start?
My guess is that the Obama volunteer is too dim-witted to catch anything more than every fifth word when someone talks too quickly.
This kind of thing is no accident. It is like the numerous acts of fraud by ACORN that are initiated at the low level but well known at the high level, though they deny it. Not only are Obamanites crooked they are Chicago machine crooked.
I take a different approach. If I get a call from the "opposition" I keep them talking as long as possible. Love wasting their time.
This is going to be a wild month...these people are prepared to do ANYTHING to win. They thought they had it in the bag since Hillery and now they see the race tightening up.
bump
I expect to see a return of the fairness doctrine and attempts at internet control, not to mention gun grabbing and more taxes.
Bump for later.
Load & Lock....
You guys rock! Does she have a MYOBAMA page?
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