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I like this lady’s spunk. I think I’ve read this story somewhere else, but I just wanted to link Life News.
Lufkin, TX (LifeNews.com) — A pro-life woman who received an unsolicited phone call from the Barack Obama campaign complained about his pro-abortion position. The call earned her a visit from the Secret Service, who were apparently given erroneous information from the campaign volunteer that she made a death threat.
Jessica Hughes of Texas says she received a phone call last Wednesday from a woman with the Obama Volunteers of Texarkana.
She told the Lufkin Daily News: “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 was referring to bills in the Illinois legislature that Obama opposed that would have required medical personnel to provide appropriate medical care for babies who survive failed abortions. A Chicago nurse had exposed how some of the babies were left to die.
Her comment about abortion was apparently changed by the Obama volunteer and reported to the Secret Service, who are protecting both presidential candidates.
Two federal agents showed up at Hughes’ home on Thursday and asked her if she has said, “I will never support Obama and he will wind up dead on a hospital floor.”
Because a campaign worker said so? Whoa, I’m not looking forward to what might happen if The One would get elected.
Hughes went further than her comments to the newspaper in an email about the incident and indicated the Secret Service threatened her.
She indicated the agents asked her why the Obama campaign volunteer would make up the quote about her wanting Obama to die.
“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,” she said.
Well, poor Ms. Hughes might have to recheck if The One is elected.
She said the agents admitted there was no tape of the call and threatened that she could wind up in court or they would talk to neighbors and associates if she didn’t cooperate.
“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,” Hughes said.
Hughes said she asked the agents for their badge numbers and they refused to supply them to her.
The story isn’t that long, so click on the Life News link for the entire article.
Sphere: Related ContentGive me a break. I work for the state, and policy is clear that we don’t use state email for political purposes. But hey, this lady only works for the elections office — no conflict of interests there, huh? *wink*
DENVER—A Denver Clerk and Recorder employee is being reprimanded for using her work e-mail to send messages to city workers asking for campaign donations for Barack Obama and notifying them about rallies.Denver Clerk and Recorder Stephanie O’Malley said Ernestina “Tina” Gallegos was disciplined but would not elaborate on the action taken Friday.
Sen. John McCain campaign spokesman Tom Kise said what happened is concerning because it could imply the clerk’s office has “a preference to register Democrats.”
The clerk’s office oversees the Denver Elections Division, which arranges and certifies election ballots and maintains voter registration files.
The Secretary of State’s office said the e-mails appear to violate the Fair Campaign Act. The e-mails were forwarded to people in Gallegos’ office and other city workers.
Gallegos told the Denver Daily News she was sorry and was unaware of the rules regarding the use of work e-mail.
“I was not using this e-mail … to use the city e-mail illegally,” she wrote the newspaper.
Kise said his office is discussing the matter with attorneys.
Disciplined?! She should be fired immediately and I’m sure she would have been if she’d been asking people to donate to the McCain / Palin campaign.
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Well, I bet there were more than GOP faithful at the event, but whatever. Here are a few more excerpts from the Omaha event:
Sarah Palin’s fans could give Obamaphiles a run in the devotion department if the more than 5,000 people who listened Sunday to her Omaha speech are any indication.
Palin’s supporters hailed the folksy Alaska governor as a “real person” who could be one of their neighbors.A “down-to-earth” person who has been maligned by Washington insiders and the mainstream media.
“She talks to us. She’s one of us. She doesn’t talk down to us like an Ivy League, Harvard person,” said Craig Johansen, an Omaha sales representative who was referring to Harvard graduate and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Palin thrilled her Nebraska and western Iowa fans on Sunday with a 24-minute speech at the Civic Auditorium Music Hall. She led a familiar “Drill, Baby, Drill!” chant, took a few shots at Obama and tried to portray her running mate, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, as the real candidate for change.
Palin’s visit to Nebraska comes as national polls show that McCain is struggling in the presidential race. It also comes as Obama makes a historic bid to win one of Nebraska’s electoral votes - the first time a Democrat has competed in this Republican stronghold in four decades.
Democrats and others have said Palin’s visit to Nebraska indicates that McCain can’t even count on traditional red states like Nebraska this year.
Palin denied that, saying she asked to come to the Midwest.
“The pundits were saying, ‘Check out where she’s going. She’s going to Nebraska.’ The pundits were saying, ‘The only reason she would be going there is because they’re scared. They have to shore up votes,’ ” Palin said.
“I so wanted to reach into that TV and say ‘no.’ I’m going to Nebraska because I want to go to Nebraska,” Palin said.
The short notice didn’t have a big impact on attendance. On Sunday, people began lining up outside the Civic Auditorium at about 1 p.m. State GOP officials said they would have had several thousand more if they would have had a few days to prepare, but no one was complaining.
Before Palin reached the main crowd at the packed 2,453-seat Music Hall inside the Civic, she addressed the overflow crowd in Mancuso Convention Hall. Capacity at Mancuso is listed as 2,500 on the venue’s Web site.
State Republicans had fervently hoped for a Palin visit.
Sweet. I would encourage all McCain Palin supporters to watch local papers closely for these events. It’s clear the lame stream media will not keep us informed of the love this nation has for Sarah’Cuda.
Sphere: Related ContentOh, it’s times like these that make me miss Nebraska. This should help cheer up the masses after that butt whippin’ put on us by those Missouri Tigers yesterday. 
Our best friends called us from the rally and said there’s not enough room for everyone and the energy is electrifying! This is from Omaha — the liberal part of that wonderful state.
I’m heading off to an African Children’s Choir concert tonight, but here is the link to watch it live if you have good timing.
The more criticism heaped on Sarah Palin, the more her Nebraska fans said Sunday they would rally around the Republican vice presidential candidate with the folksy demeanor.
Palin, several Republicans said, has been unfairly maligned by Democratic critics and “gotcha” journalists who don’t like the Alaska governor because she’s a political outsider with down-home roots.
“She’s one of us. She has a family and she has a job,” said Carolyn Gigstad, a Republican from Syracuse, Neb., who was a working mother until a couple of years ago.
“I think she has a lot more on the ball than a lot of people give her credit for,” Gigstad said.
She was among those who waited in line Sunday afternoon for several hours to get a good seat to listen to Palin speak at the Omaha Civic Auditorium, 18th Street and Capitol Avenue.Many had to hire babysitters and cancel family dinners to make time for Palin’s last-minute visit to Nebraska.
None complained.
“Eight hours’ notice is plenty when we’re so excited to have her,” said Rod Edwards, 42, a Republican activist from Omaha who was one of about 150 volunteers who gathered Sunday morning to make Palin signs.
The McCain-Palin campaign did not let Republicans know until Saturday afternoon that Palin planned to stop in Omaha.
It was her first visit to Nebraska and underscored the competitiveness of the presidential race here, where Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is making a bid for one of the state’s five electoral votes.
Matt Miltenberger, executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, said he did not know how many people to expect.
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson and about a dozen other prominent Nebraska Democrats held a press conference Sunday to welcome Palin to Omaha — albeit with one request.
“We hope she came to talk about the issues,” Nelson said while standing outside the City-County Building downtown.
Palin’s remarks this weekend alleging that Obama has associated with a former member of the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist group in the 1960s and 1970s, does nothing to clarify McCain’s positions, he said.
“We’ve gone from the silly season of ‘lipstick on pigs’ to the swift-boat season,” Nelson said, referring to the personal attacks on Sen. John Kerry’s war record during his presidential run in 2004.
“That is a thinly veiled strategy to try and change the subject,” Nelson said. “We want to talk about issues such as health care and not guilt by association.”
Since Palin’s surprise selection as McCain’s running mate, conservatives in the Republican Party have rallied around her as one of their own.
Rebecca Albano, 23, said McCain clinched her support with Palin’s nomination, saying she is drawn to Palin, in part, because she feels she can relate to the mother of five.
“She’s a woman, she has kids, she has a career,” said Albano. “She just seems like someone you could have a conversation with.”
Palin’s pick also gave the GOP ticket credibility with Kelly and Jim Haack of Omaha. Jim Haack said that with Palin’s anti-abortion views, he feels more comfortable that McCain would nominate conservative judges.
“I feel more excited about the country I’m handing to my children with McCain and Palin than with Obama and Biden,” said Kelly Haack, who has two boys, ages 11 and 14.
World-Herald staff writer Kevin Cole contributed to this report.
UPDATE Here is a link to a play by play for the Sarah’Cuda event in Omaha. I haven’t actually read it all, but I do know you need to start at the bottom to read in chronologically.
Different topic — If you’ve never seen the African Children’s Choir, you’re missing out. It was phenomenal. It was sweet that they came through a small town in Wyoming.
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