] One of the latest incidents came when John Sachs, 18, a
] Johnston High School senior and Democrat, went to see
] Bush in Clive last week. Sachs got a ticket to the event
] from school and wanted to ask the president about whether
] there would be a draft, about the war in Iraq, Social
] Security and Medicare.
]
]
] But when he got there, a campaign staffer pulled him
] aside and made him remove his button that said,
] "Bush-Cheney '04: Leave No Billionaire Behind." The
] staffer quizzed him about whether he was a Bush
] supporter, asked him why he was there and what questions
] he would be asking the president.
]
]
] "Then he came back and said, 'If you protest, it won't be
] me taking you out. It will be a sniper,' " Sachs said.
] "He said it in such a serious tone it scared the crap out
] of me."
]
]
] Sachs stayed at the event, but he was escorted to a
] section of the 7 Flags Events Center where he was
] surrounded by Secret Service and told he couldn't ask
] questions. "I was just in a state of fear," he said. "I
] was looking at the ceiling and I didn't know what to
] expect, I was so scared."

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