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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:06 PM
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GOP Consultant Sentenced in Phone Jamming
CONCORD, N.H. Feb 8, 2005 — The former head of a Republican consulting group was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail for jamming Democratic telephone lines in several New Hampshire cities during the 2002 election.

Allen Raymond, who was president of the Alexandria, Va.-based GOP Marketplace LLC at the time, did not comment as he left the U.S. District Court sentencing. He also was fined $15,600.
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Court papers say Raymond and co-conspirators plotted to jam Democratic lines that voters could call for rides to the polls in Manchester, Nashua, Rochester and Claremont. A line run by the nonpartisan Manchester firefighters' union also was jammed.

The blizzard of more than 800 computer-generated calls lasted about 90 minutes on Nov. 5, 2002, as voters decided races for governor, U.S. senator and hundreds of other offices.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=481394&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:08 PM
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1. That is more time than Bill Janklow, Republican Congressman
Edited on Tue Feb-08-05 01:08 PM by Eric J in MN
from South Dakota, got for killing a man by running a stop sign.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:30 PM
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6. He must have been drunk...
like Laura Bush was when she murdered her boyfriend.
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:09 PM
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2. please report this to redmorals.com
eom
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seventythree Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:48 PM
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8. 800 robocalls?
don't get too high and mighty -- the difference is in the technology -- I know this happened before the technology with bags of quarters and phone booths -- and it wasn't republicans making the calls.
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DulceDecorum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 03:18 PM
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9. Do tell
Which election and who made the calls.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:11 PM
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3. Check the thermometer in Hell
a repuke actually didn't get off with "community service" in a voter illegality issue . . .
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WLKjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:12 PM
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4. OMG The IRONY!
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:29 PM
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5.  a small price to pay in the effort to reelect the Integrity President
it is only money...and Rethugs have plenty of it from a variety of sources.
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 01:45 PM
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7.  Does Charly Manson need a cellmate ?
Unfortunately this turd will go to that white collar country club jail where the only thing he can't do is watch Fox news and have his vibrator.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 05:19 PM
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13. But he'll have to do without
...a loofah, and I'll bet he can't get falafel for lunch!

OH, the HUMANITY!!!!!!!
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CatBoreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 05:17 PM
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10. Dirty tricks land Republican consultant in jail
Edited on Tue Feb-08-05 05:22 PM by CatBoreal
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The former head of a Republican consulting group was sentenced today to five months in jail for jamming Democratic telephone lines in several New Hampshire cities during the 2002 election.

Allen Raymond, who was president of the Alexandria, Va.,-based GOP Marketplace LLC at the time, did not comment as he left the U.S. District Court sentencing. He also was fined $15,600 (U.S.).

More: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1107862241291&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes

Yeah, I know.... It's just a few bad apples..... Really :eyes:

Sorry Mods....
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 05:17 PM
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11. Oh, to be able to assign little allen a cell mate.
"You MY bitch now!!"
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 05:17 PM
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12. GREAT! I hope this is the first of many!
I've been in the business world for a long time, and although there are many, many illegal activities going on, the one thing nobody wants to risk is JAIL! I'm sure it's the same thing in politics. Fines are acceptable, but don't put my behind in prison!

I realize NH is a blue state, but I hope judges in all states will respond with the same punishment.
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