GOP Official Faces Sentence in Phone-Jamming today (1 Viewer)

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Okay, let’s talk about the disgusting facts in this case. The Democrats published a flier that offered to bring people to and from the polls on election day 2002. Several republicans got together and decided to intentionally jam the phone lines so that people could not get through and vote for the democrat running for the Senate. Well, it appears to have worked beautifully, and the republican candidate won 51% to 47%.

Three republicans have been convicted for “criminally violating federal communications law.” Today, James Tobin will be sentenced. I hope that unscrupulous jerk gets jail time.

Here are the more interesting facts in this case. The RNC has paid out $2.8 million in legal fees for defending these criminals. Gee, I wonder why they would pay out this much money for actions that are clearly illegal.

What’s even more interesting is that records show that 22 phone calls were made from Tobin to the White House 2 hours after the phone jamming stopped and until 2:17am the next day, which was 4 hours after the outcome of the election was announced. Let’s not forget that at the time of the 2002 elections, Ken Mehlmann (now, Chairman of the RNC) was the White House political director (he has denied any knowledge or involvement).

Prosecutors are seeking an 18 to 24 month prison sentence. Tobin’s lawyers say, “Mr. Tobin is a man with high ethical standards . . .” What? HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS? You have got to be joking me. A man who jams the phones to prevent democrats from voting for their candidate has high ethical standards? His attorneys argue that he has suffered enough with humiliation from this whole thing. Sorry, but that man needs to reap what he sewed.

I wonder if Senator Sununu feels like he truly won that election?

GOP Official Faces Sentence in Phone-Jamming
Democratic Lines Were Blocked in 2002 as New Hampshire Elected U.S. Senator
By Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 17, 2006; A10

In October 2002, Charles McGee, executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, was mailed a Democratic flier that offered Election Day rides to the polls. The circular listed telephone numbers of party offices in five cities and towns.

"I paused and thought to myself, I might find out -- I might think of an idea of disrupting those operations," McGee later testified. A Marine Corps veteran, McGee approached the situation like a combat operation: "Eventually the idea coalesced into disrupting their phone lines . . . [it's] military common sense that if you can't communicate, you can't plan and organize."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601712.html

Nice former Marine as well (McGee). Now he has some real ethics. :roll:

 

[Donkey1499]

I'm not surprised that any political party would pull a stunt like that. But do you also recall when some democrats in the '04 elections slashed the tires on some vehicles that the republicans were using to transport elderly people to the polls? And the old geezers didn't even have to vote republican. The local GOP people just wanted to be nice, but some radical dems thought otherwise.

Do you have something against Marines?

 

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I'm not surprised that any political party would pull a stunt like that. But do you also recall when some democrats in the '04 elections slashed the tires on some vehicles that the republicans were using to transport elderly people to the polls? And the old geezers didn't even have to vote republican. The local GOP people just wanted to be nice, but some radical dems thought otherwise.

Do you have something against Marines?

Then that is despicable as well. Nothing against Marines in general--just the one that started this whole thing (see article I sited). I actually consider Marines pretty honorable, so it's disappointing to read about McGee.

 

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Woo hoo! He got 10 months of prison time. Maybe he can think about his despicable acts, that disgusting jerk.

Former GOP official gets 10 months in prison for phone-jamming plot

By ANNE SAUNDERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

CONCORD, N.H. -- A former Republican National Committee official was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for his role in the jamming of New Hampshire Democrats' telephones on Election Day 2002.

James Tobin, the third person sentenced in the case, was found guilty in December of harassment by telephone. Prosecutors asked for a two-year sentence; Tobin's attorneys want a new trial.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_Election_Phone_Jamming.html

 

[ptsdkid]

Jamming Phone Lines?

Boy, that sounds like a criminal offense for sure. How much time do you suppose my teenage son should do when I report him to the authorities for jamming my phone line 24/7 ?

 

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Re: Jamming Phone Lines?

Boy, that sounds like a criminal offense for sure. How much time do you suppose my teenage son should do when I report him to the authorities for jamming my phone line 24/7 ?

Somehow I doubt your phone line is jammed frequently.

If you're attempting to belittle the crime in that you think it's not a crime, then LOL. Three republicans have been convicted. The corruption continues.

 

[Captain America]

As the Donkster mentioned earlier, a handful of ill-guided young people were slapped on the back of their wrist for slashing some tires on some GOP vans. (That was about the same week as several cops were let off scott-free after beating a person nearly half to death at an after hours party.)

As good of a diversion that makes, to distract from the topic of recent GOP election manipulations, (Look! Over there! It's Michael Jackson!:mrgreen: )that hardly equates the conspiracy to jam phone lines and feloniously violate Federal communications laws. But, it was wrong, none the less.

Two more GOP'ers just got sentenced here in WI for violating election laws.

Ohio's in hot water.

I'm hoping DeLay and his minions will be called on for their timely "redistricting" power play that favored his republicans down there in Texas.

Some states are also including issues on presdiential ballots in an effort to favor the right during the election process.

The thing that we attribute our "freedom and democracy" to, our voting rights, are being attacked from the right and the left. It only seems to bother people when the "other side" is doing it though.

 

[Donkey1499]

As the Donkster mentioned earlier, a handful of ill-guided young people were slapped on the back of their wrist for slashing some tires on some GOP vans. (That was about the same week as several cops were let off scott-free after beating a person nearly half to death at an after hours party.)

As good of a diversion that makes, to distract from the topic of recent GOP election manipulations, (Look! Over there! It's Michael Jackson!:mrgreen: )that hardly equates the conspiracy to jam phone lines and feloniously violate Federal communications laws. But, it was wrong, none the less.

Two more GOP'ers just got sentenced here in WI for violating election laws.

Ohio's in hot water.

I'm hoping DeLay and his minions will be called on for their timely "redistricting" power play that favored his republicans down there in Texas.

Some states are also including issues on presdiential ballots in an effort to favor the right during the election process.

The thing that we attribute our "freedom and democracy" to, our voting rights, are being attacked from the right and the left. It only seems to bother people when the "other side" is doing it though.

It does bother me that GOPers would do something like that. And they should get some time behind bars with Bubba and Tyree. And I wasn't trying to divert the discussion towards the left either. I was just trying to make others aware who are new to this that even the dems mess up too.