This story was covered today, October
7, 2008, in the Lufkin Daily News, however, not in such detail. This
action sends shivers up my spine. Libby
Dear Friends: We have had some
interesting things going on our street this week but this "takes the
cake". The election is less than a month away - people need to be aware
of this information of the tactics that have been used this week on my
neighbor. This is not a political agenda I am on, this is a matter of
principle. She is not a 'mental case nor political activist' just your
everyday young Mom with small children and a husband out of the
military. If this is the kind of "change" Mr. Obama is referring to, we
are definitely in for more than what has met the eye. What has happened
here is not only appalling but frightening to think we may no longer
have the freedom to speak against "the powers that be" without the
Secret Service showing up at your door. Keeping in mind, there is no
taped conversation - simply a disgruntled volunteer who was not getting
the response she was looking for. Jessica has contacted several
politicians and news organizations - some who have told her "this is out
of my jurisdiction". Please! Enough is enough - I for one will stand
behind this young woman and notify every person I can possibly think of
to make people aware of this travesty! I hope you will forward this on
as well to as many people as you possibly can - especially to our
elected officials and news organizations. Feel free to email me for
verification.
Connie Wells—Lufkin, TX
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 in hospital closets; I think you should find something better
to do with your time." I hung up.
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…are you kidding?
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.
I want to file a counter complaint
that false charges were made, that a false report was given to a peace
officer. The Secret Service told me I cannot because they will protect
the identity of the complainant. I also want the file they have on me
destroyed and I want to know that my phone isn’t tapped, etcetera. I am
hearing a lot of “Out of my Jurisdiction”.
Do I also hear jackboots?
Jessica Hughes
Lufkin, Texas
Note: I have contacted several news
organizations, Rep Gohmert, Sen Hutchison, the Atty General, Local
Police
Will keep you updated, pass it along
