This is what they meant by “in your face”

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 9, 2008 12:18 PM

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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  1. #493013
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, b-cat said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:42 pm, Kwill said: but I seriously doubt this instance was an organized attempt at silencing an unbeliever.

    The end result is the same. And it is the followers of a dictator that are actually the ones to fear. Without them, the dictator is a powerless weasel.

  2. #493019
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:48 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    OK, sorry about that…

    GO VOTE NOW.

  3. #493020
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:48 pm, Salt said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:39 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Catch this folks. PBS is doing a poll asking if Sarah Palin is qualified to be VP.

    GO VOTE NOW.

    Tied at 49%

    I got an error on the link.

  4. #493021
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:49 pm, b-cat said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:44 pm, hatfield said:
    That did not stop Newt from getting into the race. Newt used to be my rep.

    It is contingent on date.

  5. #493026
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm, Salt said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:48 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    OK, sorry about that…

    GO VOTE NOW.

    Got it. Thanks.

    Now… where’s the poll asking if Sen. Obama is qualified to be President?

  6. #493028
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    Oh, how I now find it funny that I’ve seen so many lefties pull out copies of the Constitution from their pockets only to throw them down.

    What they were really saying was, this scrap of paper means nothing.

  7. #493034
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    “It was meant to incite anti-Obama feelings,” Olson said

    No, say it ain’t so!

  8. #493037
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:56 pm, d1carter said:

    The only question that is still unanswered is will they wear brown shirst or blue shirts?

  9. #493042
    On October 9th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    So what was Sheriff Mike’s rationale for citing Obama’s middle name, but neither Palin’s nor McCain’s?

    Who the %$^&*(( cares?! Why did Dems call him William Jefferson? To mask the fact he was Bubba the Intern Boinker?

  10. #493048
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:01 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Yup. The “progressives” sure are a classy bunch.

    Glad this woman let the world know how the Obama campaign staff handles a voice of dissent.

    Get used to it. There will be more of this.

  11. #493049
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:01 pm, John Ansell said:

    Hatfield, what’s this?

    WASHINGTON (AP) – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain as head of his tax-exempt political organization, a spokesman said Saturday.

    Leagally? It’s called McCain/Fiengold. I spoke too to Tyler myself when it came down.

    Glad to know you participated in AS. :grin:

  12. #493050
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:01 pm, Rob said:

    So what was Sheriff Mike’s rationale for citing Obama’s middle name, but neither Palin’s nor McCain’s?

    To show that he is different, and hopefully scare some people from voting for him.

  13. #493055
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pm, John Ansell said:

    :lol: Aloha, are you suggesting that using William Jefferson they would shorten it to B.J.? :lol:

  14. #493060
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, nyk said:

    To show that he is different, and hopefully scare some people from voting for him.

    Rob, I have to admire your truthfulness. And the humor buried in here. This might be up there with “We need poor people to do the work the rich don’t do.” You’re actually quite funny sometimes.

  15. #493062
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:08 pm, hatfield said:

    WASHINGTON (AP) – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain as head of his tax-exempt political organization, a spokesman said Saturday

    He made a political choice. AS was more important to him than the White House. AS is doing great things, and I agree with his choice. There is no way anyone as President could remain on the board of anything.

    Regardless, this thread is about Obama and his thugs stifling free speech. We should work this out on another thread.

  16. #493075
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:15 pm, FamilyMan said:

    visit from the Secret Service

    Well!
    I guess I’d better go get fitted for my orange jump suit now.
    GEEEEEESS!!!!!!!!!

  17. #493074
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:15 pm, John Ansell said:

    Regardless, this thread is about Obama and his thugs stifling free speech. We should work this out on another thread.

    Talking about McCain/Feingold fits right in on this thread. If people wanted to run an ad supporting McCain, they can’t do it now. Why? (I’ll drop and move along, just saying McCain actually has a bill that prohibits free speech.)

  18. #493080
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:18 pm, nyk said:

    The only question that is still unanswered is will they wear brown shirst or blue shirts?

    Well, TOS, chap and MJ might disagree with me here, but I’m really hoping for blue. There’s just such a rich palette of blues to choose from, so I’ve taken the initiative of suggesting we really consider shades in the teal, baby blue or even royal blue family — I mean, there’s just so many options. Of course, these shirts will have to be mass produced quickly, so I suspect the color specifications will have to be quickly determined (and I don’t know if anyone really even reads those comment cards I submitted to the Liberal Affairs Office), but I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Otherwise, I’ll wear the brown — but I won’t like it!

  19. #493117
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:29 pm, d1carter said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:18 pm, nyk said:

    Bwahahahahahahahahahahah

    But seriously…..

  20. #493125
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:01 pm, Rob said:

    Since his entire name is apparently Muslim, only libs would be so thick as to need the “Hussein” to make a connection. But we leave the identity politics to you Obama supporters. We oppose him because he’s a Marxist/Leninist tool of George Soros.

  21. #493135
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:36 pm, pianoman said:

    The only question that is still unanswered is will they wear brown shirts or blue shirts?

    Blue would be nice. Besides, brown’s been done.

  22. #493153
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:43 pm, chapoutier said:

    nyk,

    I happen to sit on the Dear Leader Uniform Palette Coordination Committe and I can tell you that we are leaning toward the main color being United Nations Blue with Burnt Umber trim as a sort of homage to the Brownshirts of old.

    They are quite striking.

    Get it ! “Striking”! As with clubs and such!

  23. #493160
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    Might I suggest arugula green

  24. #493162
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:48 pm, chapoutier said:

    Since his entire name is apparently Muslim, only libs would be so thick as to need the “Hussein” to make a connection.

    Well, since Barack comes from the Hebrew “Baruch” and Obama is a Luo tribal name (fyi most Kenyan luos are Christian) you seem to be about 33% right, which is, suspect, actually well above your average. So kodos to you, txvet.

  25. #493173
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:53 pm, pianoman said:

    Blessed and beautiful, eh? Well, I suppose that’s a matter of opinion.

  26. #493174
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:53 pm, Regulus said:

    If we ever lose this republic — maybe I should say, when we lose it — my money will be placed entirely on the wager that the hoof-prints of the donkey party will be found all over the scene of the crime.

    Sending the Secret Service to knock on the door of someone who treated a Hopenchange volunteer brusquely over the phone is just the edge of the wedge. If Hopenchange becomes president with a donkey Congress to back him up, expect to see an assault on the 1st Amendment through a variety of intimidation tactics:

    - Clinton-style IRS audits of political critics;

    - Clinton-style abuse of FBI files gathered on political critics;

    - A return to the “Fairness” doctrine, along with its expansion to cover the Internet; and

    - A movement to legislatively and judicially define selected organizations like the NRA, Judicial Watch and the Heritage Foundation as purveyors of a new — and constitutionally unprotected — form of “hate speech.”

    And don’t expect the media arm of the donkey party — a.k.a., the “mainstream media” — to raise even a murmur of objection when it happens. Most of them would actually welcome the prospect of being rolled into a quasi “Ministry of Truth” under the donkeys, because their steadily declining readership, viewership, ad revenues and employment rolls have already shown that they can’t compete in a free market of ideas.

    This is what to expect when left-wing hatred supplants the last vestiges of right-wing ennui as the motivating force in Washington, D.C.

    I once read an internal US Army report from late 1942, criticizing our soldiers’ early performance against the Germans in North Africa. It concluded that too many individuals and even whole units, when facing the Afrika Korps for the first time, simply collapsed because the Americans couldn’t bring themselves to believe that they were in a life-or-death situation against an enemy who honestly meant to kill them.

    One of the memorandum’s conclusions is as applicable today as it was 65 years ago: if you’re locked in an existential struggle with an enemy that hates you — in no small part because they’ve been trained to hate you — then you have to learn to hate as well.

    Otherwise, you’re finished.

    Does anybody here really believe that the modern-day donkeys don’t hate you? Not just disagree with you, but hate you? And when you mix their hatred with their paranoia, is it any surprise that they adopt a “By any means necessary” philosophy toward gaining the means to not only defeat but to destroy you?

    This isn’t a game. The donkeys’ raw hatred of you is going to be the primary reason why millions of them are going to show up at the polls — and why, with ACORN’s help, they’ll be bringing their dogs, cats, comic book heroes and ancestors to vote with them.

    And once they’ve got a lock on the executive, legislative and judicial branches, then they’ll turn their projection outward and we’ll get to see what they really mean when they accuse Republicans of “Fascism” and “Nazism.”

    If we continue to face them with what seem to be the primary motivators of Republicans today — ennui, angst, recriminations and wishful thinking — will the outcome surprise anybody?

  27. #493180
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, txvet2 said:

    Since his entire name is apparently Muslim, only libs would be so thick as to need the “Hussein” to make a connection

    Then why does the right continue to use it and NOT use Biden, Palin, nor McCain’s middle name?

    That One ‘08

  28. #493182
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    nyk said:
    Well, TOS, chap and MJ might disagree with me here….

    Well, I rather enjoyed reading your comments regarding ACORN’s unlawful handling of voter registration. Good on you guys for stepping up to the plate and denouncin… oh wait.

  29. #493187
    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, chapoutier said:

    Well, I rather enjoyed reading your comments regarding ACORN’s unlawful handling of voter registration. Good on you guys for stepping up to the plate and denouncin… oh wait.

    We have to sign people up illegally to counteract all of the efforts of republicans to purge voter rolls.

  30. #493192
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:01 pm, pianoman said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    Then why does the right continue to use it and NOT use Biden, Palin, nor McCain’s middle name?

    Have you considered it might simply be a pejorative usage? Sure seems to be working like one.

  31. #493196
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:02 pm, RogerCfromSD said:

    Obama has got to be the biggest baby on the face of the planet.

    What a damned wimp! He and his sycophants must fear that his frail ego and person cannot withstand criticism or derision.

    The Alinskyan Candidate reminds me of a prissy kid who gets beat up a lot for being effete even when he tries to trashtalk others.

  32. #493197
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:02 pm, pianoman said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, chapoutier said:

    We have to sign people up illegally to counteract all of the efforts of republicans to purge voter rolls.

    Come on, Chap. This is my work PC! Give a guy a spit warning, will ya? :)

  33. #493206
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:08 pm, right4life said:

    We have to sign people up illegally to counteract all of the efforts of republicans to purge voter rolls.

    is there anything people like you wouldn’t do to have power over other people’s lives?

    the ends justifies the means, you’d have been right at home in nazi germany…

  34. #493209
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:11 pm, Salt said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm, txvet2 said:

    Since his entire name is apparently Muslim, only libs would be so thick as to need the “Hussein” to make a connection

    Then why does the right continue to use it and NOT use Biden, Palin, nor McCain’s middle name?

    That One ‘08

    The President is often referred to as ‘W’. No harm there. The media often liked to use Nixon’s middle name (Milhous). This is a bit of a faux rage the left has worked up over the use of Sen. Obama’s middle name.

    John Sidney McCain III
    Sarah Louise Heath Palin

    Barack Hussein Obama II
    Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr

    Does that satisfy you?

    Maybe we should start referring to Joe Robinette Biden….

  35. #493212
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:13 pm, chapoutier said:

    is there anything people like you wouldn’t do to have power over other people’s lives?

    Well, I probably wouldn’t:

    1. Go to church;
    2. Spend a Sunday with atheling
    3. Watch a WNBA game.

    But other than that…

  36. #493213
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    We have to sign people up illegally to counteract all of the efforts of republicans to purge voter rolls.

    Yes, because heaven forbid we get rid of the fake registrants, dead folks, felons, and other illegal voters.

    :roll:

    Still advocating the purple finger method. Then the left can only cheat once.

  37. #493245
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:32 pm, sonofdy said:

    chapoutier: Its his NAME. Big fing deal. Is he ashamed of it or something?

  38. #493252
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, chapoutier said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:32 pm, sonofdy said:

    chapoutier: Its his NAME. Big fing deal. Is he ashamed of it or something?

    I think you mistook me for someone who gives a crap what the unwashed rabble call Dear Leader for the next 3 1/2 months.

  39. #493261
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:37 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, chapoutier said:

    We have to sign people up illegally to counteract all of the efforts of republicans to purge voter rolls.

    That’s like Dillinger claiming that he had to rob banks because they charged him a fee on his checking account.

  40. #493266
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:39 pm, chapoutier said:

    That’s like Dillinger claiming that he had to rob banks because they charged him a fee on his checking account.

    That was actually pretty funny.

  41. #493278
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pm, nyk said:

    They are quite striking.

    Get it ! “Striking”! As with clubs and such!

    LOL! Nice one. (wipes tear from eye)

    Might I suggest arugula green

    Delish!

    Well, I rather enjoyed reading your comments regarding ACORN’s unlawful handling of voter registration. Good on you guys for stepping up to the plate and denouncin… oh wait.

    Please. Republicans have used every underhanded, disgusting, disingenuous trick in the book (and some yet to be published) to defraud voters that undermined or threatened their status. I never cease to be amazed by what an art conservatives have made of lying. They treasure “truth” (or the closest proximation to it that they recognize, since they’re fuzzy on what the term means) only when they’re losing. Otherwise, they look the other way.

  42. #493280
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:48 pm, chapoutier said:

    Actually, I think my accuracy would be somewhat above 33%, which at any rate would still be higher than yours. According to my quick research, “Barack” is derived from an Arabic word for “blessing”. Nice try anyway. Obama has no specific derivation from Luo, but is similar to the word for “bent” (obam) And it’s spelled “kudos”, accounting for your other error for that post. No points for you.

  43. #493286
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Now… where’s the poll asking if Sen. Obama is qualified to be President?

    That’s already assumed by the MSM that he is, but of course!

  44. #493291
    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    So what was Sheriff Mike’s rationale for citing Obama’s middle name, but neither Palin’s nor McCain’s?

    Sarah Louise Palin.
    There, you happy now?

  45. #493301
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pm, nyk said:

    Please. Republicans have used every underhanded, disgusting, disingenuous trick in the book (and some yet to be published) to defraud voters that undermined or threatened their status.

    Provide specific documented examples. There are dozens of documented instances of Democrat operatives and adjunct organizations reported in the MSM and resulting in legal action, on top of many more cases reported anecdotally in the blogosphere.

  46. #493310
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:05 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Please. Republicans have used every underhanded, disgusting, disingenuous trick in the book (and some yet to be published) to defraud voters that undermined or threatened their status.

    Txvet2 beat me to it, but I reiterate the challenge:

    PROVE IT.

    Prove conservatives engage in the intentional, willful, deliberate, systematic, and widespread fraud the Democrats do.

    PROVE IT.

    All we want is for every person who is legally able to vote to have one vote, cast in their name. It’s really not that difficult to understand.

  47. #493313
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:05 pm, nyk said:

    Provide specific documented examples.

    Look it up. The Internet is littered with countless examples of Republican voter fraud from both the 2000 and 2004 (and attempts within the current) elections. You feign ignorance, but I don’t buy it. These issues are only of importance you when you’re threatened with losing.

  48. #493321
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:09 pm, nyk said:

    You feign ignorance, but I don’t buy it.

    Read: I don’t believe you’re unaware of these controversies.

    You people really are too much sometimes. It’s like you wouldn’t recognize the truth if it hit you over the head.

  49. #493324
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, chapoutier said:

    According to my quick research, “Barack” is derived from an Arabic word for “blessing”

    …which is a derivation from the original Hebrew. But I will grant you that now we are literally arguing semantics now and bump you up to 66%. A D plus! Print this out and hang it on the fridge!

  50. #493325
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:05 pm, nyk said:

    Look it up. The Internet is littered with countless examples of Republican voter fraud from both the 2000 and 2004 (and attempts within the current) elections. You feign ignorance, but I don’t buy it. These issues are only of importance you when you’re threatened with losing.

    Translation: You’re talking out your butt. Take your Kosack trash someplace where they’ll put up with it.

  51. #493326
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    nyk:

    Quite frankly, you’re full of crap.

    Don’t skirt the issue – provide us links. That’s YOUR job.

    But I’ll gladly provide links to Democrat fraud. Here ya go:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_el_ge/voter_fraud

    http://www.lvrj.com/news/30613864.html

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/10092008/news/politics/nuts__132771.htm

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/10/09/indiana-more-registered-vote-eligible-media-misses-story

    http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=8/27/2008&id=45347

    http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=8/6/2008&id=44404

    It’s not that hard. Just point and click.

    Methinks the liberal doth protest too much. They’re just ticked because Obama’s in a statistical dead-heat with McCain – which means people aren’t buying the BS Obama’s shoveling in the way they’d hoped.

    So, when in doubt, cheat!

  52. #493327
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, sonofdy said:

    The Internet is littered with countless examples of Republican voter fraud from both the 2000 and 2004

    The unsupported ravings of liberal nutcases don’t count.

  53. #493330
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, chapoutier said:

    …which is a derivation from the original Hebrew.

    I dare you to tell that to the average Wahabbi Sunni Muslim. Duck, you sucker!

  54. #493333
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pm, wighttrasch said:

    Republicans have used every underhanded, disgusting, disingenuous trick in the book

    So, we’re still waiting for you to ‘hit (us) over the head’ with your truths.

    And this ‘book’ of which you write–this book of tricks–is it written by the Democrats?

  55. #493332
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pm, chapoutier said:

    All we want is for every person who is legally able to vote to have one vote, cast in their name. It’s really not that difficult to understand.

    Then why such a fuss about the folks in Ohio who were rounding up “thugs” and “riff-raff” and homeless people to offer them a ride to the polling places to register and vote? They all have the right to vote. What is wrong with facilitating that process?

  56. #493340
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:16 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    It’s like you wouldn’t recognize the truth if it hit you over the head.

    I can’t believe you wrote that seriously. :lol:

  57. #493343
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    What is wrong with facilitating that process?

    The groups doing this are obviously partisan, chap. If a GOP van rounded up homeless folk and told them to vote for McCain, you’d have a fit.

    And, last time I checked, it’s really not that hard to figure out how to vote without having a liberal hold your hand through the process.

  58. #493345
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pm, postobitum said:

    Wow, I grew up in Lufkin and Nacogdoches, it was a little surprising to see this news coming from home. I hope Jessica will be cleared of this stupidity, no one deserves to have the attack dogs called on them over something so stupid.

    Who is going to do something about the Obama thugs? Is this going to set the tone for acceptable tactics from future presidential campaigns?

  59. #493347
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:19 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pm, chapoutier said:

    Then why such a fuss about the folks in Ohio who were rounding up “thugs” and “riff-raff” and homeless people to offer them a ride to the polling places to register and vote? They all have the right to vote. What is wrong with facilitating that process?

    Slight correction. They have a right to vote once, in their own name. Otherwise, I frankly don’t have a real problem with it. After all, it’s not as if it hasn’t been done for about 200 years.

  60. #493350
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:21 pm, nyk said:

    If a GOP van rounded up homeless folk and told them to vote for McCain, you’d have a fit.

    I wouldn’t care. Why would I be against anyone who has the right to vote exercising that vote?

  61. #493355
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm, txvet2 said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:21 pm, nyk said:

    I wouldn’t care. Why would I be against anyone who has the right to vote exercising that vote?

    Then… you’d be pleased that someone who got caught slashing tires on the vans that the Republicans were using for voter transportation got arrested?

  62. #493358
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:26 pm, chapoutier said:

    The groups doing this are obviously partisan, chap. If a GOP van rounded up homeless folk and told them to vote for McCain, you’d have a fit.

    As is every GOTV effort done on both sides during voting. Its called “ground game” and up until this year, the Republicans have been masterful at it. I don’t begrudge them that.

    No one is forcing them into the van. no one is standing there with these folks in the voting booth, holding their hand while they pull the lever.

  63. #493360
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:26 pm, chapoutier said:

    Then… you’d be pleased that someone who got caught slashing tires on the vans that the Republicans were using for voter transportation got arrested?

    HOORAY!!!

  64. #493363
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:27 pm, sonofdy said:

    no one is standing there with these folks in the voting booth, holding their hand while they pull the lever.

    Are you sure about that?

  65. #493365
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:27 pm, nyk said:

    Then… you’d be pleased that someone who got caught slashing tires on the vans that the Republicans were using for voter transportation got arrested?

    Why would I be pleased if I think the Republicans have a right to transport those voters?

  66. #493366
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pm, nyk said:

    HOORAY!!!

    You’re on a roll today. If this law thing doesn’t work out for you, you’ve surely got a bright career in comedy ;)

  67. #493379
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    Are you sure about that?

    No.

    I’m for one vote, legally cast, legally counted.

    Still think the ink finger is the best way to go…

  68. #493380
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm, right4life said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pm, nyk said:

    soon your savior will implement the voter free choice act and he’ll do for all of us what he wants to do for union elections…

    vote the right way, or the union boyz (democRAT mafioso) will pay ya a visit…

  69. #493394
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:47 pm, nyk said:

    soon your savior will implement the voter free choice act and he’ll do for all of us what he wants to do for union elections…

    vote the right way, or the union boyz (democRAT mafioso) will pay ya a visit…

    This is so silly. I can’t help but laugh when I read these kinds of paranoid posts.

  70. #493398
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:49 pm, right4life said:

    This is so silly. I can’t help but laugh when I read these kinds of paranoid posts.

    your boy is a saul alinsky radical COMMUNIST. he’ll do anything to hold get and hold onto power. he consorts with terrorists like Dorn and Ayers.

    thing is you’d be all for it.

  71. #493401
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:51 pm, sonofdy said:

    This is so silly. I can’t help but laugh when I read these kinds of paranoid posts.

    Paranoid? Your guy is ALREADY going after dissenters.

  72. #493409
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm, xblade said:

    So what was Sheriff Mike’s rationale for citing Obama’s middle name, but neither Palin’s nor McCain’s?

    Because it’s his name? Just a guess. By the way, you do know his first and last name are Muslim too, don’t you? I guess that means we can’t use either of those names either.

    It’s pretty telling actually. A man who promises to save us from terrorists is afraid of and runs from his own name.

  73. #493411
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm, nyk said:

    your boy is a saul alinsky radical COMMUNIST.

    Case in point.

  74. #493412
    On October 9th, 2008 at 4:55 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    The only question that is still unanswered is will they wear brown shirst or blue shirts?

    I’d rather they wear red shirts

  75. #493431
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:01 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm, TheOtherSide said:
    Then why does the right continue to use it and NOT use Biden, Palin, nor McCain’s middle name?

    I can’t speak for everyone, but I do it in part because I’m told that I can’t.

    I have a real big problem with being told what to do by someone who lacks the legitimate authority to do so.

    Besides, ticking off leftists is so much fun.

  76. #493433
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:01 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    We have to sign people up illegally to counteract all of the efforts of republicans to purge voter rolls.

    Well no offense, but the dead people do slow the line up something terrible.

  77. #493436
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:03 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Then why does the right continue to use it and NOT use Biden, Palin, nor McCain’s middle name?

    I think from now on I will use Robinette for Ol’ Joe. It also explains a lot that has puzzled me about him.

  78. #493441
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:06 pm, nyk said:

    A man who promises to save us from terrorists is afraid of and runs from his own name.

    Interesting take. I think most honest people would acknowledge that it was classic Republican fear-mongering — and I have to say, they are wonderful at it. I don’t for a moment honestly believe that you or anyone else here truly thinks Sheriff Mike merely liked the way the words rolled off his tongue. The intent was to incite fear, to imply that having the same middle name as a foreign dictator makes you a terrorist, to sharpen a perceived “foreignness,” to rile crowds and drive them to a belligerent frenzy — and then to pretend to be surprised when people yell things like, for example, “Kill him.”

  79. #493445
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pm, sonofdy said:

    I think most honest people would acknowledge that it was classic Republican fear-mongering

    Using his own name is fear-mongering? Possiably the stupidest comment made by any liberal I have heard in a while.

    DEE DEE DEE

  80. #493447
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pm, TheOtherSide said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:06 pm, nyk said:

    You hit the nail on the head nyk! And for that, enjoy this.

  81. #493448
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:12 pm, marybeth said:

    George W Bush
    William Jefferson Clinton
    George Herbert Walker Bush
    Ronald Wilson Reagan
    James EArl carter
    Gerald R Ford
    Richard Milhous Nixon
    Lyndon Baines Johnson
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy

    I remember all of these names. So do most people.

    Most people know these names too
    John Sidney McCain
    Sarah Louise Heath Palin
    Barrack Hussein Obama

    That’s news about Joseph Robinette Biden.

    My point is, those middle names get quite familiar to people.

    Obama better get used to it & stop being such a sissy if he wants to be president.

    Oh, and by the way, an update on Mike Scott:

    I got a phone call from my sister. Mike’s elderly mother is very upset. The harpies on the View were trashing Mike; Mike & Christa are getting vile, threatening phone calls at their home.

    All for daring to speak the middle name of “The One.”

    What a crime.

    Wow, they really deserve all this abuse.

    /

  82. #493453
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm, sonofdy said:

    Oh, and by the way, an update on Mike Scott:

    I got a phone call from my sister. Mike’s elderly mother is very upset. The harpies on the View were trashing Mike; Mike & Christa are getting vile, threatening phone calls at their home.

    All for daring to speak the middle name of “The One.”

    What a crime.

    Wow, they really deserve all this abuse.

    Only a taste of what is coming if obama wins.

  83. #493457
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:16 pm, marybeth said:

    Only a taste of what is coming if obama wins.

    Oh, but that seems to be just fine with some people on this blog, doesn’t it – if somesone dares speak his middle name, he deserves what’s happending to him and his family,

    Who is this guy anyway? Voldemort from Harry Potter? “He who must not be named?”

    /shameless Harry Potter fan

  84. #493478
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, wighttrasch said:

    when people yell things like, for example, “Kill him.”

    Well, I for one, would be surprised. Do you have video?

  85. #493481
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pm, John Ansell said:

    Does he get upset if we call him Barry?

    Barry Obama (just in case he does)

  86. #493494
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Salt said:

    The Obama supporters in Illinois were thrilled to try and make connections between Jack Ryan and George Ryan, regardless of the fact that there was no relationship between the two.

    The name game was heavily used by the campaign prior to their scoring the opening of Ryan’s divorce file.

    It’s interesting to conservatives from Illinois to now see the Obama campaign get hung up about his middle name.

  87. #493495
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Salt said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pm, John Ansell said:

    Does he get upset if we call him Barry?

    Barry Obama (just in case he does)

    It’s my understanding that he was known as Barry as a kid.

  88. #493498
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Is it really his middle name? He won’t show us his birth certificate. Maybe he’s Barack Robinette Obama – named after Joe Biden, and he took Barack to sound all thug.

  89. #493499
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, John Ansell said:

    Yes Salt, that’s true. How’s Illinois’ races going? Hope the Dr. flat lines Durbin’s political career. :lol:

  90. #493502
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:41 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Oops, I meant Hussein….

  91. #493505
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:42 pm, John Ansell said:

    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    Is it really his middle name? He won’t show us his birth certificate. Maybe he’s Barack Robinette Obama – named after Joe Biden, and he took Barack to sound all thug.

    Would we be able to call him B.R.O? ;)

  92. #493510
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:43 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    It’s my understanding that he was known as Barry as a kid.

    Right here at this upscale prep school. You know, the kind that teaches algebra instead of junteenth…

  93. #493518
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:49 pm, John Ansell said:

    Never Mind Salt, business as usual in Illinois. :sad:

  94. #493523
    On October 9th, 2008 at 5:54 pm, txvet2 said:

    You’d think that if Obama didn’t like his middle name all that much, he’d change it. At any rate, seems to me before it became all the rage to pretend everything anybody says about Obama is racism, that his middle name was used routinely – by those on the left. Personally, I don’t care if his name is Josip Broz Tito. It’s his policies and beliefs that I’m opposed to, not his name.

  95. #493532
    On October 9th, 2008 at 6:00 pm, Joy said:

    .
    So, they’re headed to arrest almost all of the people at Huffpo and DemUnderground too.. right?

    Unbelievable…….. the Democrats are just unbelievable.

  96. #493534
    On October 9th, 2008 at 6:02 pm, Joy said:

    John – I wouldn’t call him Barry simply because it normalizes him too much.

    b. Hussein will do.

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