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garybeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 10:05 AM
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Federal prosecutors drop charges on another Republican.... When is it Siegelman's turn?
Edited on Wed May-27-09 10:11 AM by garybeck
Feds End Prosecution of GOP Organizer

BANGOR, Maine—The federal government has ended its prosecution of a former Republican political organizer accused of making false statements to FBI agents investigating a plot to jam Democratic phone lines in New Hampshire on Election Day 2002.

The case against James Tobin of Bangor came to a quiet conclusion with a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston mandate dismissing an appeal by prosecutors.

Tobin was cleared in federal court in New Hampshire of taking part in the plot to arrange more than 800 hang-up calls that jammed get-out-the-vote phone lines.

Then the government brought charges in Maine of lying to investigators, and a judge dismissed those. The appeals court ruling, first reported by the Bangor Daily News, was issued last week.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2009/05/27/feds_end_prosecution_of_gop_organizer/

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Ted Stevens... James Tobin...

How many more guilty Republicans have to be set free before an innocent Democrat will be given justice?
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 10:08 AM
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1. GRRRecommended.
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Kaleko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 10:44 AM
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2. I keep reminding Eric Holder of Siegelman's case...
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 01:25 PM
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3. You'd think the republicans were still running things...
...maybe they are.
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 09:43 PM
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6. It's not the republiCons running things. It's the corporations. nm
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 12:41 PM
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8. True. But we all complained about what the pukes were doing and that hasn't changed much
So, it's a lot like having the other guys still in charge.

The real question is: Who can we possibly put in charge to clean up this mess now that it's obvious the Dems won't?
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 03:16 PM
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10. I don't see a way. Those in control have most of the money. They can literally get away
with anything they wish. We have the last eight years to prove it. IMHO the difference between the repukes and the Democrats in charge is that the repukes want to kill the goose the sooner the better, while the DLC thinks it is smarter to kill the goose slower.
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gulfcoastliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 01:32 PM
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4. Is bush's AG still in office?
That's what it seems like!
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garybeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 10:53 AM
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7. it appears that way.
but wait, it was under Bush when Ted Stevens was prosecuted. This makes no sense at all. :shrug:
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 01:54 PM
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9. One theory floating around is that Stevens' prosecution was intentionally botched under Bush
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-27-09 07:03 PM
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5. K&R
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