This is what they meant by “in your face”
A glimpse of things to come?
Via the Lufkin Daily News:
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.”
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.
This is what they meant by getting “in your face.”
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Holy @$@#.
This is why I don’t answer the door or the phone when strangers call. I better warn my mom because she can get mouthy with this sort of thing.
And he isn’t even president yet. Jessica Hughes, thought criminal.
Okay, I smell a rat.
I got this from my brother yesterday. I was hoping it would get out for people to see. This is not one bit funny for this thing to happen in America.
L
Frigging people…
I guess I’d better get ready for a Secret Service visit, because if some Obozo tool calls my cell phone, ‘rude’ will be a gentle euphemism for the response they will receive.
Pinheads, the entire bunch.
This is outrageous. I’m sure the Secret Service just loves doing Obama’s bidding. They aren’t street cops… whomever it is in Obama’s camp that twisted this woman’s words should be fired immediately. And by that I mean, promoted and given a raise. Hey, don’t look at me, that’s what Dems do.
Dear Leader zerobama, please give us another song to lift our spirits and we’re sorry to have ever doubted you.
Only a taste of what we can expect to see in Obamaland…get your pitch forks while you can.
I would still like to know where you got that nice picture of Michelle O.
This could cut both ways. Filing a false report to the secret service is a crime also. I hope there is a recording of the call available–let the chips fall where they may.
John Bibb
Fixed.
Soooooo what are they using for evidence, what are they ‘going on’? Do they or do they not have a tape of the phone conversation? If they do, and they did not reveal the conversation was being recorded, they can get into trouble. Which way do they want it?
Mrs. Hughes should take a polygraph test, pass it and then turn the Feds loose on the Obama supporter for filing a false report.
Trust me those agents sent on the wild goose chase would like nothing better than to nail the real prep.
Where has the Secret Service been? Where were they when people were writing books and movies about assassinating Bush? What about the hatred vented towards Palin?
You lib-socialists (I know you’re reading this) are a bunch of pantywaist cowards. Boy you can dish it out, but you just can’t take it.
Only if he’d chosen Hillary Clinton as his running mate.
They have no case, but remember always the “process is the punishment.” That is, there is a vanishingly small cost to the government for bringing these actions, but huge costs to the citizen in fighting them.
Next stop: a hate crime indictment for anyone who says they won’t vote for Obama.
We cannot back down, don’t tell people not to speak for fear they may get reported. My brother Paul was confronted with two Obamaniacs in Bethlehem Pa and he let them HAVE IT, let the SS come! It will be lovely to see these people get sued into extinction, the American People will not tolerate such tactics. We are not backing down to such tactics. Do these people seriously think we are pacifists or something?? UGGH
I won’t vote for Obama. I will never vote in any way for anything that would benefit Obama.
If you get a visit from anyone alleging to be from the government (any government) write down the ID # and name(s). If they refuse to give you a good look at the ID, close your door and call 911 and tell the operator that you have someone posing as a gov’t agent and making threats.
This is not a joke and should be treated as an abuse of power at a minimum and an attempted criminal act at worse.
In the words of Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby “Protect yourself at all times”.
I’m not positive but I think this is the way it works: if an allegation of a threat is made to a Secret Service protectee then it is their duty to check it out. I think they are doing the same thing with some alleged death threats that were made against Obama at a Palin rally a couple of days ago. If a death threat was made against McCain wouldn’t you expect them to check that out too?
Gee, Rev. Jackson is lucky he doesn’t live in Lufkin…
“Next stop: a hate crime indictment for anyone who says they won’t vote for Obama.”
You think our justice system is clogged now? See what happens if the socialist gets elected. I’m moving to the Philippines…
I won’t vote for Obama, bring it on!!!
What you report is true, MM, but I wonder if it matters anymore. Most of us in this forum wouldn’t dream of voting for BHO, but events seem to be conspiring against a Repub victory for McCain or any of the vulnerable congressional Repubs.
I’m sure you took a similar position when Obama sicced the DOJ on TV stations that were running AIP ad showcasing Obama’s ties to Bill Ayers? Willful ignorance.
Apparently if you don’t support a socialist you are a racist. I didn’t know socialism was racial, I thought it was a psychosis.
Dear Leader supports free speech.
sarc/off
First your speech, then your guns, then your bank account.
Oh my God. That reminds me of Cuba. Anyone can make a false accusation about you and you can wind up in jail.
This is scary.
This wasn’t even a death threat….sounds more like just a statement. There is nothing in that statement that is “I will kill so and so.” This shouldn’t have even been investigated. It is one thing to make a threat that you are going to do something. This would be like “I hope Barack Obama dies.” Is that a death threat….nope…just a statement.
Remember when you saw the futuristic movie Minority Report (okay maybe you didn’t)and saw the Precrime Unit arresting people before they actually commited a crime, and thought to yourself, naw, this could never happen, well, guess what?. It’s going to happen! Welcome to the party, pal!
Wow, for a second there I thought it was called McCain/Feingold. Nice to know it was Obama/Feingold.
You missed a word in there: credible.
If a credible threat is made against a protected person…
Otherwise it would be way to easy to keep the Secret Service over burdened with pointless visit such as this one. Their resources are not unlimited.
The question I have here is what did the volunteer really say to them to cause them to make the visit?
I concur.
The Obama Truth Squad is in full intimidation mode in Fort Myers, Florida as well:
[Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com...
Sorry about the link to The Olby channel
Welcome to socialism “my friends.” Socialism can only exist when it’s enforced within a police state.
marybeth, the link didn’t work
is it the sherrif who is being investigated by the FBI for using Barak Hussein Obama’s full name?? Opps, 5 more years re-education for me…
That is not funny.
Signed Ron Brown
Now that the secret service is in the tank for Obama, who’s left?
GK,
Is this you?
Oh man Sonofdy, that’s damn near close to getting flogged with a cane.
Absolutely appauling, but not surprising!
Wake up America, before its too late!!!
a working link, non-msnbc
I’m thinking the volunteer was likely dumber than a bag of hair and didn’t hear correctly.
Or maybe dumber than a bag of hair, heard correctly and then committed a felony.
Stupid is as stupid does.
TOS, I thought Robert Byrd was from a different state? What’s he doing registering there? More voter fraud?
To Theotherside: If you are infering anyone is racist because of the items on this page then you can go to @#$%.
I don’t submit to police like thought control tactics like that.
Nice try chump
, I mean champ.Yes, it is. And 5 years won’t be enough re-education in an Obama administration!
Anyway, I know I posted this here last night and I apologize for being repetitive, but Mike is my brother-in-law’s cousin and a finer man you can’t find anywhere. He was just nominated to run for sheriff again with over 90% of the GOP primary vote. He enjoys a lot of support throughout our county.
This man will not back down. He’d rather lose his job.
I’m sorry the link didn’t work. Here it is again: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27075121
If it doesn’t work again, here’s the text:
LEE COUNTY: Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott may have more to worry about than just the court of public opinion. Federal investigators are now looking into whether Scott broke the law by campaigning for John McCain.
Officials with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel say they have received so many phone calls from the public that they launched an investigation into Sheriff Scott on Tuesday.
The question is – did he use his position as sheriff to influence an election? If so, he could be in violation of a federal election law called the Hatch Act.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office receives more than $1 million in federal grant money from everything from human trafficking to bullet proof vests.
But if Sheriff Scott is found in violation of the Hatch Act, the feds can pull two years salary worth of federal funding – the equivalent to $300,000 for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Another possibility is removal from office.
Regarding the federal investigation, Sheriff Scott sent us this statement:
“I am on duty 24/7 and 365 whether in or out of uniform. Like every other elected official, I am aware of from President to Governor to State Representatives, etc. We engage in political activities whether for ourselves as candidates or for others. As of this writing, I am unaware of having done anything to generate all this attention other than using the senator’s full name.”
We should also point out that Bill Cameron in Charlotte County and Kevin Rambosk in Collier County were both reassigned to avoid violating the Hatch Act.
Cameron is still under investigation.
As for how long Scott’s investigation will take, the feds say they’d like to have all of the Hatch Act cases wrapped up before the November election.
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t I – several times – say criticizing Obama would be a criminal act if he wins?
Wasn’t I admonished by the lefties here with various, “Bush is worse!”, “You’re nuts!”, “You’re hysterically overreacting!” comments?
Yah. Riiiiiiight.
EQ – 1
Liberals – 0
If it looks like a socialist dictator and acts like a socialist dictator – here’s a friendly hint: it ain’t a duck.
Obama wins, say buh-bye to the First Amendment.
TOS, oh please, if you actualy read the article you would see that the main complant was RACISM and that the hatch act was simply the tool they are trying to use to shut him up. Much like the laws hitler used to shut up his opposition before he started just making them “disappear”.
This is getting scarier by the minute. When is the public going to wake up and realize that this man is dangerous?
When it is too late.
BAL,
First the public has to be informed. I seriously doubt that the MSM will cover any of this except to say that there was a death threat against The One.
Is Connie Chung working for the Secret Service now?
Exactly. Personally I think it’s to late already. What with ACORN spending the last year or more churning out fake voter registrations. This will be the first landslide victory in a presidential election in history where more people voted for a candidate than exist in the country
They act like we can’t read or put 2 and 2 together. Or remember what they said yesterday. They really get under my skin some days. You keep doing what you’re doing enlishqueen! You’re one of the best.
I just give the Obama thugs a thumbs up and keep walking. I don’t bother to get in any political discussions. The same with polls, I don’t feel the need to tell the truth to any of the wackos out there. If lots of other people are doing the same thing, then imagine how off the polls truely are.
And because one of Obama’s jackbooted brownshirts made up this lie, this poor woman will no doubt find herself on the TSA no-fly lists, have job applications declined due to ‘unspecified threats against authorities’, have credit declined for the same reasons, maybe lose custody of her children etc etc, all because another FRIGGIN LIBERAL POS couldn’t handle someone not snapping a smart salute and reciting the Obama doctrine like a good little comrade.
Yes, this IS a sign of things to come.
‘fraid you’re right my friend.
Psy no attention to polls. They are designed to suppress the conservative vote/morale. The polls had Kerry winning by a sizable majority up through Election Day. Pay no attention to polls whatever.
Does McCain/Feingold not limit free speech? It was not a nice try, it’s a direct hit. But please, by all means vote for the liberal. The way I see it, whoever wins, we’re the losers.
Gingrich/Jidal 2012.
On October 9th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, TheOtherSide said:
And it’s idiots like you who will be the death of America and all we hold dear. Your attitude is, “so what?” as though it’s no big deal. Well, I can assure you it’s a big deal to my family.
I cannot even begin to tell you what a fine, upstanding man Mike is and what a wonderful family he has – his wife Christa, and his daughters Mackenzie and Lindsey. They are unpretentious people – so all American it’d make your liberal head spin.
They don’t deserve this at all.
Unless you are in an accident and become paralyzed. Then just get one of your good friends to shoot you in the head.
From the article on the sherrif who is being investigated. It is not about the hatch act.
And that’s only Ohio’s votes!!!
Don’t waste your breath. We’re just being scare-mongerers, at least that’s how we are viewed by the left. They’ll never see the writing on the wall.
I am beside myself this morning. I don’t know what to say anymore.
On a positive note, when I went into town yesterday, I saw more McCain/Palin yard signs (about 15 to 1) than I did for Obama.
And I live in CA. Interesting, isn’t it?
Granted, I don’t live in flaming liberal San Francisco, which I’m sure will be in the 90% Obama camp, but still…goes to show you that intelligent people aren’t swayed by “the one”.
Why should they see it? The hard core nazis didn’t see it till the russians started raping thier way across east germany.
Slightly off-topic, but is anyone else curious as to where Axelrod’s boy has Jesse and Al locked up? I guess everyone else is hurling the race card, so he doesn’t need JesseAl. By throwing the race card so much, they are cutting themselves and I’m reminded of a blog called Death By a Thousand Paper Cuts.
Obama’s Sturm Abteilung (SS) Corps in Kenya have already struck when they arrested Jerome Corsi, author of Obama Nation recently.
His Goebbels propaganda teams are out in force trying to silence negative ads about him and spreading lies repeatedly hoping to repeat them enough times that the populace will believe them.
His ACORN corps is intimidating and fraudulently registering voters in most of the major cities.
His “Black society” ideas are rooted in his Black Liberation Theology which he mentored under Jeremiah Wright.
His next slogan will be Albeit Macht Frei
It’s beginning to sound like Hitler deja vu all over again.
So, let me get this straight. A town can vote and approve action to arrest our President and nothing happens? How many times has the left called for Bush to be killed? NADA! I seem to remember a video where the guy in the background was yelling, “Kill Michelle Malkin.” ZIPPO! But let someone say Obama will end up dead and the secret service shows up? Like Obama will never die? Dern, HE MUST BE THE MESSIAH. I predict Obama will die – sorry – he will. I also predict millions of babies will die before he does. Where is the outrage over the killing of millions of babies?
good=bad – bad=good Come Yahshua, quickly.
Thanks. You know that also means, of course, I’ll be the first dragged off for “re-education” by Obama’s army of
brownshirts, whoops, volunteers.Isn’t an empty suit already dead?
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Doesn’t limit mine, does it your’s? If you say yes you are a liar at best,just Dear Leader.
But you won’t go quietly.
sonofdy & marybeth,
So what was Sheriff Mike’s rationale for citing Obama’s middle name, but neither Palin’s nor McCain’s?
p.s to ajmontan, we’ll get ‘em next year!
With instances like this crap from the Obummer campaign, do we really trust him to uphold the first and second ammendments?
This is just a glimpse into the future.
Yes and no. I’m not planning on running any ads this election but it did stop my guy from getting into the race because he heads American Solutions. So in that way it did.
On October 9th, 2008 at 1:30 pm, TheOtherSide said:
sonofdy & marybeth,
So what was Sheriff Mike’s rationale for citing Obama’s middle name, but neither Palin’s nor McCain’s?
Sure it does. Try to air a political ad and see what happens. We are now within 30 days of a general election.
So what? ITS HIS MIDDLE NAME. Is he ashamed of it? I could see some validity to this whole thing if his middle name was norman but it is “hussein”. My god, what a big deal over nothing.
It just proves to me that any dissent against Obama if he wins will be labeled “racist” or a “hate crime”. The weak minded will of course buy into it.
So, you cannot address the concerns of posters so you go ahead and use a website to make an insinuation?
You stay classy TOS. You’re working hard every day to uphold your troll status.
When something like this happens to a family member of yours, maybe you’ll think differently.
Hopefully, there will still be someone around capable of speaking up for you.
Holy Cow!!!! I agree with Dick Durbin on this
Sarah Silverman will be on with Olbermann tonight. That has the potential to be ugly.
Englisqueen, I’ve just finished listening to a series of Cd’s by Father Corapi and this thread reminds me of something he said. He stated that liberals had, in fact, become the enemy of the Faith and that we, as faithful followers, need to fight the good fight to get our country back to what it had been before the failure of liberalism and welfare. He stated that we are to act as soldiers and follow the oath that some of us took in service. We are to never give in to the enemy… we are to strive to escape the enemy’s clutches at all times. We are to resist the enemy’s influence at all times. So Obama’s minions won’t drag us away because we will fight to the death.
Catch this folks. PBS is doing a poll asking if Sarah Palin is qualified to be VP.
GO VOTE NOW.
Tied at 49%
Hitler Youth. See, all that talk about BusHiltler really was projection.
Yeah, the Secret Service is going to love being the Secret Police.
That PBS link doesn’t work for me.
OK I agree that Obama is a socialist and has attempted to squelch opponents in the past, but it’s silly to tie this directly to him.
Remember who these people are who run the phones for local campaigns. They’re fanatics who can’t accept that their guy is a monster. You know her comments just made the caller mad enough to mis-report them to authorities to get revenge. This is who liberals are and what they do.
Now the Obama campaign very well might take note of this and include it in future tactics, but I seriously doubt this instance was an organized attempt at silencing an unbeliever.
More evidence that freedom of speech is going away if Obama gets in. What if we had all said the kinds of beyond-disgusting things about Obama that radical leftists have been saying about George W all these years? Can you imagine? We’d all be in jail by now!
The boys in sunglasses are just tightening up on any threatening suggestion in preparation for an assasination attempt. Too many bitter gun-toters out there, you know.
/sarc off
/sadness on
assassination (sp)
Excuse my ignorance, but isn’t that a crime?
I’m trying to figure out where they are getting cell phone numbers from. Someone from the Obama camp called my cell last night and asked if I was an Obama supporter. When I said no, she said thank you and hung up. I know I’ve not given my cell number to them, so, where did they get it?
Kwill, yeah, it is always someone arround him but not him. How many times do you think that argument will fly?
That did not stop Newt from getting into the race. Newt used to be my rep. At an
AS seminar he held in Cobb county this year he was asked about getting in. His response was, sic, He felt that he could be more effective on the outside. Which he can. Your free speech is not affected by McCain/Feingold. Again, nice try. But you shot and missed.