Sitarro
10-21-2008, 12:43 PM
Ugh, how about this?
> This is an email I got about the newspaper article which is also on
> today's Drudge Report.
>
>
>
> WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
>
>
>
> You've got to admit that this is scary whether you are a Democrat or
> Republican.
>
>
>
> Subject: FW: Incident in Lufkin, Texas
>
>
>
> This is an email I received from a friend who lives in Texas. I wanted
> to make sure of its validity before I sent the story on, so I checked it
> out on www.lufkindailynews.com
> have copied and pasted the article from the Lufkin newspaper below this
> email.
>
>
>
> There are lots of political emails floating around out there, but we
> need to get this one circulating. This is scary to think that someone
> who works for Obama NOW would use the Federal Government to infringe on
> the rights of a citizen. Just think what it could be like if he is
> elected!!
>
>
>
> This is not a forward from me, this actually happened. I am hoping
> people will send this on so that Americans can know the sort of fascist
> tactics being used by the Obama Campaign:
>
>
>
> On Wednesday the 1st of October I received a call on my cell while in
> the car with my husband. It was a woman who identified herself as
> calling from the Obama Campaign. The phone # she called from was
> 903-798-6020 which lists as "Obama Volunteers of Texarkana" (Texas).
>
>
>
> 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 on hospital floors; I think
> you should find something better to do with your time." I hung up.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, October 2, I answered the front door to find the Secret
> Service. Immediately I thought of the call and was furious that
> apparently you are not allowed to call Obama a Socialist without the
> Secret Service coming to investigate. Instead, they asked me about the
> following comment, relayed by the Obama Volunteer of Texarkana who
> called me, unsolicited on my cell phone: "I will never support Obama and
> he will wind up dead on a hospital floor."
>
>
>
> My husband laughed and told them "No, she called him a socialist but she
> never said a word about him dying." I gave them my actual quote.
>
>
>
> The woman asked insolently "Oh? Well why would she make that up?"
>
>
>
> I replied that I supposed she wasn't happy about what I said about her
> candidate and the Agent said "That's right, you were rude!" (The last
> time I checked being rude wasn't a crime in America.)
>
>
>
> Luckily the big file they had gathered on me didn't indicate mental
> instability or a past life of stalking/crime, however they did want to
> know how I felt about Obama. That was my limit. I told the Agent in no
> uncertain terms that my thoughts were not pertinent to their
> investigation, that this was America and the last time I checked I was
> allowed to think whatever I wanted without being questioned by the
> Secret Service. In fact, even if I had said what she claimed, that
> isn't a threat. I told them (again) and my husband verified that the
> statement reported by Obama's volunteer was a lie. I asked them if
> there was a tape of the call and they said no. I said, "So on the word
> of a ticked off Obama supporter you are on my porch with no other
> evidence and you want to question me about my THOUGHTS!?"
>
>
>
> They informed me that there was no evidence she was an Obama
> supporter...someone calling from his campaign. I was not allowed to know
> the name of my accuser at which point they informed me that it wasn't
> like I was in a court of law, YET, as if this was a good thing. I
> recognized this as a veiled threat. I told them I would happily go to
> court since I did nothing wrong and at least then my accuser would have
> to face me rather than sending the "thought" police to my house. They
> then said they were trying to do me a favor, that they came to me first
> before "embarrassing you by going to all your neighbors and family."
> Another threat? I told them to be my guest and talk to whomever they
> wanted but they weren't going to investigate my thoughts on my porch.
>
>
>
> They also informed me that it would be easier if the next time a
> supporter calls me I just say "Yeah sure count me in, or just hang up"
> apparently so she won't get her undies in a bundle and give them more
> useless trips. Yeah right. I said "Look, someone calls me unsolicited
> on my cell phone to ask me to support their candidate and I can't tell
> them why I don't?"
>
>
>
> I said I was sorry they made a wasted trip but if they had a problem
> with some made up lie they needed to go talk to her about it because it
> wasn't my fault they had to drive from Houston for nothing.
>
>
>
> At one point I went inside and got a notepad to record their badge
> numbers and they refused to show me their badges. They had done the
> quick flip when they arrived. I asked for a card and the female Agent
> refused to give me one stating "You're not going to get a card."
>
>
>
> The male Agent gave me a card and told me I could contact Houston with
> any questions. The fact that the volunteer lied, the fact that the
> Secret Service came to my house to question me about my thoughts and
> feelings and threaten to embarrass me to my neighbors and go to court if
> I didn't cooperate is not really the tragedy here...because that girl on
> the phone doesn't have the pull to send the Secret Service to my home.
> Someone high in the ranks of a campaign working for a man who may be the
> next President of the United States of America felt comfortable bringing
> the force of the Federal Government to bear on a private citizen on
> nothing but the word of a partisan volunteer.
>
>
>
> Jessica Hughes
>
> Lufkin, Texas
>
>
>
> 5502_-1.html>
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Bradford
>
> First Baptist Church
>
> 7th & King
>
> Portageville, MO 63873
>
> 573-379-5340 - voice
>
> 573-379-5782 - fax
>
> 901-647-4453 - cell phone
>
> www.fbcportageville.org
>
> This is an email I got about the newspaper article which is also on
> today's Drudge Report.
>
>
>
> WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
>
>
>
> You've got to admit that this is scary whether you are a Democrat or
> Republican.
>
>
>
> Subject: FW: Incident in Lufkin, Texas
>
>
>
> This is an email I received from a friend who lives in Texas. I wanted
> to make sure of its validity before I sent the story on, so I checked it
> out on www.lufkindailynews.com
> have copied and pasted the article from the Lufkin newspaper below this
> email.
>
>
>
> There are lots of political emails floating around out there, but we
> need to get this one circulating. This is scary to think that someone
> who works for Obama NOW would use the Federal Government to infringe on
> the rights of a citizen. Just think what it could be like if he is
> elected!!
>
>
>
> This is not a forward from me, this actually happened. I am hoping
> people will send this on so that Americans can know the sort of fascist
> tactics being used by the Obama Campaign:
>
>
>
> On Wednesday the 1st of October I received a call on my cell while in
> the car with my husband. It was a woman who identified herself as
> calling from the Obama Campaign. The phone # she called from was
> 903-798-6020 which lists as "Obama Volunteers of Texarkana" (Texas).
>
>
>
> 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 on hospital floors; I think
> you should find something better to do with your time." I hung up.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, October 2, I answered the front door to find the Secret
> Service. Immediately I thought of the call and was furious that
> apparently you are not allowed to call Obama a Socialist without the
> Secret Service coming to investigate. Instead, they asked me about the
> following comment, relayed by the Obama Volunteer of Texarkana who
> called me, unsolicited on my cell phone: "I will never support Obama and
> he will wind up dead on a hospital floor."
>
>
>
> My husband laughed and told them "No, she called him a socialist but she
> never said a word about him dying." I gave them my actual quote.
>
>
>
> The woman asked insolently "Oh? Well why would she make that up?"
>
>
>
> I replied that I supposed she wasn't happy about what I said about her
> candidate and the Agent said "That's right, you were rude!" (The last
> time I checked being rude wasn't a crime in America.)
>
>
>
> Luckily the big file they had gathered on me didn't indicate mental
> instability or a past life of stalking/crime, however they did want to
> know how I felt about Obama. That was my limit. I told the Agent in no
> uncertain terms that my thoughts were not pertinent to their
> investigation, that this was America and the last time I checked I was
> allowed to think whatever I wanted without being questioned by the
> Secret Service. In fact, even if I had said what she claimed, that
> isn't a threat. I told them (again) and my husband verified that the
> statement reported by Obama's volunteer was a lie. I asked them if
> there was a tape of the call and they said no. I said, "So on the word
> of a ticked off Obama supporter you are on my porch with no other
> evidence and you want to question me about my THOUGHTS!?"
>
>
>
> They informed me that there was no evidence she was an Obama
> supporter...someone calling from his campaign. I was not allowed to know
> the name of my accuser at which point they informed me that it wasn't
> like I was in a court of law, YET, as if this was a good thing. I
> recognized this as a veiled threat. I told them I would happily go to
> court since I did nothing wrong and at least then my accuser would have
> to face me rather than sending the "thought" police to my house. They
> then said they were trying to do me a favor, that they came to me first
> before "embarrassing you by going to all your neighbors and family."
> Another threat? I told them to be my guest and talk to whomever they
> wanted but they weren't going to investigate my thoughts on my porch.
>
>
>
> They also informed me that it would be easier if the next time a
> supporter calls me I just say "Yeah sure count me in, or just hang up"
> apparently so she won't get her undies in a bundle and give them more
> useless trips. Yeah right. I said "Look, someone calls me unsolicited
> on my cell phone to ask me to support their candidate and I can't tell
> them why I don't?"
>
>
>
> I said I was sorry they made a wasted trip but if they had a problem
> with some made up lie they needed to go talk to her about it because it
> wasn't my fault they had to drive from Houston for nothing.
>
>
>
> At one point I went inside and got a notepad to record their badge
> numbers and they refused to show me their badges. They had done the
> quick flip when they arrived. I asked for a card and the female Agent
> refused to give me one stating "You're not going to get a card."
>
>
>
> The male Agent gave me a card and told me I could contact Houston with
> any questions. The fact that the volunteer lied, the fact that the
> Secret Service came to my house to question me about my thoughts and
> feelings and threaten to embarrass me to my neighbors and go to court if
> I didn't cooperate is not really the tragedy here...because that girl on
> the phone doesn't have the pull to send the Secret Service to my home.
> Someone high in the ranks of a campaign working for a man who may be the
> next President of the United States of America felt comfortable bringing
> the force of the Federal Government to bear on a private citizen on
> nothing but the word of a partisan volunteer.
>
>
>
> Jessica Hughes
>
> Lufkin, Texas
>
>
>
> 5502_-1.html>
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Bradford
>
> First Baptist Church
>
> 7th & King
>
> Portageville, MO 63873
>
> 573-379-5340 - voice
>
> 573-379-5782 - fax
>
> 901-647-4453 - cell phone
>
> www.fbcportageville.org
>