Jim Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Washington, DC - A new report suggests that the national Republican establishment--including the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and even the Bush White House--may have had a role in the criminal Election Day phone jamming scheme that disenfranchised countless New Hampshire voters in 2002. The Union Leader today reported that "court records show Ken Mehlman's office received more than 75 telephone calls from now-convicted phone-jam conspirator James Tobin from Sept. 30 to Nov. 22 of that year." At the time, Mehlman--the current RNC Chair--was White House political director. [union Leader, 3/23/06] This raises the disturbing question of whether Tobin, who worked for the RNC and the NRSC at the time and has since been convicted on two criminal charges for his role in the scheme, discussed the plan with one of the President's most important political strategists. Today's news also has important implications for other national Republican figures. At the time the phone jamming scheme was devised and implemented, Tobin's supervisor at the RNC was Terry Nelson, who Arizona Republican Senator John McCain recently hired as a senior strategist for his Political Action Committee. This means that McCain may have hired one of the key figures in the phone jamming scheme. "Each new development in this case raises troubling questions about the extent to which key national Republicans had knowledge of or were involved in a criminal scheme to keep New Hampshire voters from getting to the polls," said Democratic National Committee spokesman Luis Miranda. "The revelation that, in the days leading up to the phone-jamming campaign, Ken Mehlman spoke regularly with a man who has been convicted of criminal charges in this case raises deeply disturbing questions about the Bush White House's commitment to protecting fundamental right of Americans to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 How, exactly, did this prevent anyone from voting and thereby "disenfranchise them?" Unless New Hampshire permits its citizens to vote by phone, I can't see how anyone from any party attempting to manipulate phone lines in any manner could possibly disenfranchise anyone who is capable of spelling their own name with a crayon in five minutes or less, much less complete a ballot. "Disenfranchise" sounds just a tad overwrought and hyperbolic, but I suppose that's the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 We're jamming we're jamming i hope you like jamming too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009189 http://www.epionline.org/news_detail.cfm?rid=33 Hey Jim! What do you think about ACORN's proven voter fraud? Is it OK since it blends well with your political goals? Do you view it as some sort of offset to perceived Republican fraud? I can't help but notice that you love throwing out these unsubstantiated bombs only to then just walk away. You have yet to acknowlege questions about your group, "World Can't Wait", and its proven communist affiliations. Are you still OK with being a puppet/tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I'm Your Puppet James and Bobby Purify Written by Lindon Oldham and Dan Pennington Peaked at # 6 in 1966 Pull the string and I'll wink at you, I'm your puppet I'll do funny things if you want me to, I'm your puppet Mm. I'm yours to have and to hold Darling, you've got full control of your puppet Pull them little strings and I'll kiss your lips, I'm your puppet Snap your fingers and I'll turn you some flips, I'm your puppet Mm, your every wish is my command All you got to do is wiggle your little hand I'm your puppet, I'm your puppet I'm just a toy, just a funny boy That makes you laugh when you're blue I'll be wonderful, do just what I'm told I'll do anything for you I'm your puppet, I'm your puppet Just pull them little strings and I'll sing you a song, I'm your puppet Make me do right or make me do wrong, I'm your puppet. Mm, treat me good and I'll do anything I'm just a puppet and you hold my string, I'm your puppet Your walking, talking, kissing, loving puppet I'm hanging on a string, I'll do anything, love you 'n' kiss ya <plus a few last words in falsetto which are indecipherable> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimbingPanther Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 It's not about the issues, FW, it's about the evility of the Republicans But hey, he can bring up whatever stories he wants to, and you're free to do the same. Balance can rarely be achieved by any one person anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Yummy. Phone jam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 phoney baloney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Phil Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Makes me think of Squamish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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