Ok, so I don’t have a whole lot of time to post tonight. It’s been one heck of a day and I’m just wiped out. But I just could not pass on this little tidbit. Why, oh why, do we find out this stuff so late in the game? Well, too late in the game actually.
Repeated hang-up calls that jammed telephone lines at a Democratic get-out-the-vote center occurred in a Senate race in which Republican John Sununu defeated Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, 51 percent to 46 percent, on Nov. 5, 2002.
Besides the conviction of Tobin, the Republicans’ New England regional director, prosecutors negotiated two plea bargains: one with a New Hampshire Republican Party official and another with the owner of a telemarketing firm involved in the scheme. The owner of the subcontractor firm whose employees made the hang-up calls is under indictment.
The phone records show that most calls to the White House were from Tobin, who became President Bush’s presidential campaign chairman for the New England region in 2004. Other calls from New Hampshire senatorial campaign offices to the White House could have been made by a number of people.
A GOP campaign consultant in 2002, Jayne Millerick, made a 17-minute call to the White House on Election Day, but said in an interview she did not recall the subject. Millerick, who later became the New Hampshire GOP chairwoman, said in an interview she did not learn of the jamming until after the election.
But the very best part isn’t that. No, it’s the part that shows that Bushie is still a sniveling little creep who just won’t believe the law applies to him too.
By Nov. 4, 2002, the Monday before the election, an Idaho firm was hired to make the hang-up calls. The Republican state chairman at the time, John Dowd, said in an interview he learned of the scheme that day and tried to stop it.
Dowd, who blamed an aide for devising the scheme without his knowledge, contended that the jamming began on Election Day despite his efforts. A police report confirmed the Manchester Professional Fire Fighters Association reported the hang-up calls began about 7:15 a.m. and continued for about two hours. The association was offering rides to the polls.
Virtually all the calls to the White House went to the same number, which currently rings inside the political affairs office. In 2002, White House political affairs was led by now-RNC chairman Ken Mehlman. The White House declined to say which staffer was assigned that phone number in 2002.
“As policy, we don’t discuss ongoing legal proceedings within the courts,” White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said.
Well, I’m sure in another 3 years we’ll find out it was Dickie’s bedroom or some such shit. And by then the Bushbots will be able to yell, even louder, “Get over it. Move on. blah blah”
You know, now that I think about it, this does kind of sort of tie right into the NSA program. And that, of course, means that GW was just doing his duty and protecting us from those evil Democrats terrorists.
Jammin’!
Ok, so I don’t have a whole lot of time to post tonight. It’s been one heck of a day and I’m just wiped out. But I just could not pass on this little tidbit. Why, oh why, do we find out this stuff so late in the game? Well, too late in the game actually.
But the very best part isn’t that. No, it’s the part that shows that Bushie is still a sniveling little creep who just won’t believe the law applies to him too.
Well, I’m sure in another 3 years we’ll find out it was Dickie’s bedroom or some such shit. And by then the Bushbots will be able to yell, even louder, “Get over it. Move on. blah blah”
You know, now that I think about it, this does kind of sort of tie right into the NSA program. And that, of course, means that GW was just doing his duty and protecting us from those evil
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