Former Bush Campaign Official Indicted

[ryban]

CONCORD, N.H. - President Bush (news - web sites)'s former New England campaign chairman was indicted Wednesday on charges he took part in the jamming of the Democrats' get-out-the-vote phone lines on Election Day 2002.

James Tobin, 44, stepped down Oct. 15 — two weeks before Election Day — after the Democrats accused him of involvement.

"I am saddened to learn that this action has been taken against me," he said in a statement. "I have great respect for the justice system and plan to fight back to clear my name."

In 2002, six phone lines run by the Democrats and the Manchester firefighters union were tied up for 1 1/2 hours by 800 computer-generated hang-up calls. Federal prosecutors said Tobin and other Republicans had hired a company to make the calls to disrupt the organizations' get-out-the-vote efforts.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041202/ap_on_re_us/gop_phone_jamming&cid=519&ncid=2043

[bowens43]

1. This is so typical.

Republicans can't win without cheating.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. Rated that f**ker a 5

It's being freeped big-time. Come on folks!

[Justyce]

3. Ditto, rated it a 5 -- thanks for the link. n/t

[Timbuk3]

4. Yeah, it was the EXIT POLLS that were wrong...

These guys NEVER cheat, right?

It's getting pretty bad when the people in the former Soviet Union understand what "true democracy" means better than the sheeple of the good ol' U S of A.

[faithfull]

5. Lets take advantage of this for once...

This is a link to it from a different page

• Former Bush Campaign Official Indicted Avg. Ratings 4.3 (AP )



They must use Diebold for there ratings system, cause on the main page it says its rating is 1.9



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[jamesinca]

6. He needs to be jailed

My question is this, Is Sen. Sinnunu vulnerable? Can he run against in 08? How much did this help him get into office? If this is a big part of the reason that he got into office I am thinking he can be taken out of office. What happened needs to be dealt with, and the person that benefited from it needs to be taken out if possible. Coleman up in MN needs to be taken out, he benefited from the death of Paul Wellstone. Those are two campaigns that I am willing to send money to the Dem challenger in 08.

[Ima]

7. 2.16.....119 votes

[Ima]

9. Tobin

Tobin advocated and developed the ideas of Keynesian economics. He believed that governments should intervene in the economy in order to stabilise output and avoid recessions. Tobin became widely know for his suggestion of a tax on foreign exchange transactions. This was designed to reduce speculation on currency markets, which he saw as unproductive. He also suggested that the proceeds of the tax could be used to fund projects for the benefit of Third World countries, or to support the United Nations.

The idea of this "Tobin tax" has received support from a variety of organisations and schools of thought, such as members of the globalization-critical movement



http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:H7LkStW1oFoJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tobin+James%2BTobin&hl=en

[ooglymoogly]

8. oh well jambing phone lines is such a teensy weensy thing

its the bushco doctrine

[Moderator]

10. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1036686