Secret Service visits Lufkin woman after 'death threat' allegation from an Obama campaign volunteer

Lufkin Daily News ^ | October 6, 2008 | Jessica Savage

[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."

[ladyvet]

Exactly! Did most of us want McCain...hell no! But all those issues will pass, not to mention what else his puppeteers have planned. That is why no matter how folks feel about McCain we have to do what ever we can so the ticket wins. Then we will have the time to clean up and regroup.

[kcvl]

Maybe Mark Levin can help or email to the below shows...

rush@eib.net

oreilly@foxnews.com

hannity@foxnews.com

[gidget7]

Pray. Day and Night!

[American Quilter]

I, too, would be questioning whether they were really Secret Service agents.

That was my thought, too.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Here ya go (she's moved on to VA now, FYI) Anna Scott

[Merlinator]

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.

[penelopesire]

I saw this page a second ago googling around. How do we know it’s the same person though?

[buccaneer81]

that animal that hacked Gov. palins' email....he had a myfarce page where he threatened her.....where is the action on that?....

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.

[Merlinator]

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.

[penelopesire]

I don’t think that’s the same Anna Scott.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Obama Anna Scott google. I did the same thing. You could call the # previously posted and ask for her? If she is not there, say, can I reach her at the Arlington, VA office?

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?

[houeto]

I am starting to get really angry at third party voters who whine, complain and act all holier than thou about “voting their conscience”.

That would be me...

...till SARAH came along!

[JRochelle]

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.

[Labyrinthos]

Let's suppose hypothetically, that someone actually said what the Obama campaigner said she had said. And let's also assume, hypothetically, that a week later that person attempts to assassinate Obama and in the process, kills a secret service agent and a few bystanders. My point is that there are a lot of wacky people out there from both ends of the political spectrum, and the secret service has to take perceived threats seriously. Maybe 1 in a 1000 are real, but unless they investigate all, they may not be able to prevent any.

[penelopesire]

Here is an ANNA SCOTT writing about ‘Fight The Smears’....lol..nice little jackboot soldier that she is...

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081007/BLOG8101/810070246/2471/blog8101?Title=Obama_camp_launches_its_own_fact_check_web_site

[gidget7]

If I got one, I would do as I plan to do, which is to tell them “Of course not. But what concerns me about this call is, WHY ARE YOU??"

[gidget7]

I agree. We have 2 choices, the Obama Rigine or the McCain Presidency. Really no choice at all. There is only one option.

[gidget7]

Regime-sorry folks.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

BUMP......

[JimSEA]

it’s almost like the “Chosen” one is the Anti-Christ

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.