Some ‘Obama’ person calling elected officials

Is someone following you? Do you feel like you are being watched? Do you get repeated friend requests on Facebook from people you don’t know? Is someone harassing you over the phone? If so, you may have a stalker.

No one knows that better than Rep. Illena Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), who keeps getting prank phone calls from someone named Barack Obama, claiming he is the president-elect. Ros-Lehtinen received a call from her stalker yesterday. He claimed he just wanted to talk, but she hung up on him. The man, his feelings having been hurt by the one he was reaching out to, had his buddy call her instead.

It was Rep. Rham Emanuel (D-Ill.), someone she knows from work. He claimed that Obama was the president-elect and really wanted to talk to her. Ros-Lehtinen was not going to have her feelings manipulated by a mutual acquaintance, so she hung up on him, too. Besides, he was delusional as well, claiming he was going to be Obama’s chief of staff.

Since the frightening incident, Ros-Lehtinen has not posted anything on her Web site. There are no statements, press releases or blog entries about the incident. This blog is pleased to see that, because recognition would only encourage the stalker, whoever this “Obama” guy is.

If someone is stalking you, please, contact the authorities.