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This is what they meant by “in your face”

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

A glimpse of things to come?

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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#201

On October 9th, 2008 at 7:17 pm, pianoman said:

WHAT
IS WRONG
WITH
A
MIDDLE NAME?

Mine’s Anthony. Call me “Tony” and I might not like it. I might challenge you to a duel, but I won’t WHINE like a freakin’ GIRL about it.

Grow a pair, BHO.
#202

On October 9th, 2008 at 7:42 pm, marybeth said:

Uh…did Obama call their home? No? Oh — then, maybe you should try taking issue with the people who did.

I do take issue with the people who called their home. I never said Obama did it. But I would bet my 401k – such as it is now – that most of the phone calls that came in to the US Counsel’s office and to Mike & Christa’s home were NOT from people in our county – not against a man who enjoys such popularity here. This is a coordinated attack against a good & decent man. And, looking at previous Obama supporter tactics, I’m concluding it appears to be their modis operandi (sp?) Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think so.

Please. You’re either playing dumb or you really, genuinely are dumb. One or the other.

Sorry, not dumb. At least, much wiser than you.

I suspect that’s not a very high threshold to measure up to, though, from reading many of your previous posts.

Maybe if this happened to someone in your family, you’d look at it differently.

Maybe.
#203

On October 9th, 2008 at 9:09 pm, Terry_Jim said:

Despicable fascists.

Imagine an America with those people running the FBI,IRS, and FCC.
Good bye Bill of Rights.
#204

On October 10th, 2008 at 2:02 am, love2rumba said:

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

Republicans will remove only those “voters” that were illegally registered in the first place, Chapoutier.

get it?
#205

On October 10th, 2008 at 2:04 am, love2rumba said:

Obama supporters do strike me as brownshirt-like in their demeanor…shouldn’t they be worshipping at the Altar of Diversity like they say they want us to do?
#206

On October 10th, 2008 at 8:30 am, Rob said:

Imagine an America with those people running the FBI,IRS, and FCC.
Good bye Bill of Rights.

Well, we will see in a few weeks I am afraid…
#207

On October 11th, 2008 at 2:30 pm, RetFireman said:

I just have one word to put out there to explain it all:

Al-Taqiyah