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Democrats Look for White House Links to Phone-Jamming Scandal

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Posted on Apr 24, 2006

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April 24—To Republicans, the New Hampshire phone-jamming incident is an isolated case of political dirty tricks that took place more than three years ago.

To Democrats, it’s a scandal with echoes of Watergate that may reach all the way to the White House.

Republican leaders are facing questions stemming from a criminal case involving efforts to suppress voter turnout in a U.S. Senate election in the state in 2002. Republican John Sununu won that race over Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, helping Republicans retake control of the Senate.

The facts, on the surface at least, are suspicious: dozens of phone calls to the White House by a man later convicted in the case; the national Republican Party agreeing to pay more than $2.5 million in legal bills; phones jammed on Election Day, not only of Democrats but of a firefighters’ group, in the first U.S. congressional elections since the Sept. 11 attacks. Democrats say that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff may even be involved.

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By Charles Karafotias, April 25, 2006 at 7:35 pm Link to this comment
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So what else is new?  The Re-Slimi-cans have been stealing elections for years.  During Tricky Dick’s time, they even had the arrogance to name onald Segretti as head of the dirty tricks squad and bragged about his effectiveness.  Time for America to wake up and see what a complete totalitarian takeover has been forced down our throats.
I would like to compare it with the Nazis, but in truth I cannot.  The Nazi leaders were bad, but they had personal courage.  Hitler won the iron cross for bravery, and Goering was a top notch fighter pilot?  Compare this with the draftdodger desters in Washington.  Ha Ha

A WW2 Vet

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