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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 08:40 AM
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Dirty, last-minute Republican tricks in NH.
Remember Rove bragging about having a "surprise" 72-hour push right before the election? Well, last week, NH voters were getting very irritated about getting pre-recorded political calls for Republican candidates. These people were on the National No-Call list, and the law prohibits that kind of thing in NH. Republicans were very stubborn about it, claiming that since these were federal elections, they would go ahead and do it. Yesterday, they decided to "voluntarily" stop doing it. What most of us didn't know until today was that these automated calls began with a message that made it sound like a call from a Democratic candidate. (In NH, the message began "Let me tell you about Paul Hodes" (Dem. candidate) The automatic messages were scheduled to call the same people, over and over again, even in the middle of the night, to make the voter irritated and angry, making him/her less likely to vote for that candidate.
I have a feeling I didn't explain that very well, so here's
the story from a NH blog

http://theyankeedoodler.blogspot.com/
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Justice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 08:41 AM
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1. apparently they agreed to stop doing it only to people on the federal DNC list
(DNC - that is do not call not democratic national committee)

they apparently are still doing it to people who are not on the DNC.
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 08:43 AM
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2. .
Not only in NH. I heard that this same dirty tactic was used in other states as well and it's outrageous and should be severely punished.
I hope that it's transparent enough and that it's making enough news so that the people know which scumbag is behind it. Fking aholes.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 09:02 AM
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3. This Will Backfire Bigtime
Folks in NH are pretty smart.
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