Posted on 10/15/2004 12:23:31 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
CONCORD, N.H. - President Bush (news - web sites)'s New England campaign chairman stepped down Friday after the Democrats accused him of taking part in the jamming of their telephone lines on Election Day 2002.
"The Democrats' allegations against me are without merit," James Tobin said in the statement. "But to avoid any harm to the campaign from their underhanded tactics, I elected earlier this week to step down from my voluntary position with the campaign."
Get-out-the-vote phones run by Democrats and the nonpartisan Manchester firefighters union were jammed on Election Day two years ago by more than 800 computer-generated hang-up calls. The calls tied up the phones for 1 1/2 hours.
Last summer, Chuck McGee, former executive director of the state GOP, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and admitted paying $15,600 to a Virginia telemarketing company that hired another business to make the calls. GOP consultant Allen Raymond also pleaded guilty.
State Democrats have said they believe Tobin might have put McGee and Raymond together.
Well then, the only thing to do is to have ordinary people do it. The dems play dirty, so maybe this year 800 different people will be making phone calls.
If you are innocent stepping down only further encourages them to more dirty tricks
imo
The Dems have to have some way to save the east from Bush.
ABSOLUTELY!
It's what the left, correctly, counts on.
"The Democrats' allegations against me are without merit," James Tobin said...
If the allegations are without merit, then stepping down was a stupid move. You know how the Leftist media is going to spin this now. They'll be writing, "Meanwhile, President Bush's campaign chairman resigned under fire when charges that he interfered with an election surfaced."
Mark my words.
Folks, we ain't gonna beat the Evil Party by being the Stupid Party here.
Good idea for them to bring this up now, huh? Hadn't thought of that.
LOL...Precisely. I'm sure the Bush campaign in Massachusetts will now suffer.
Why is it that every time the DemocRats accuse a Republican of something, the GOP folds like a sheet?
Is the GOP ever going to learn to strap on some brass ones when it deals with unscrupulous 'rats? Or are we doomed to forever be the party of spaghetti spines?
Good idea to resign. His replacement has probably been in place for two years now.
They probably have merit. Chuck McGee said the same things when he was ED. It is a stain on the NHGOP.
What happened to Bush's old England campaign chief?
Personally every Bush Voter should make at least 2 phone calls to GOTV centers on election day.
If they offer rides, ask for one.
I'm with you, why does the GOP cave in so easily all the time??
And vote early. I'm going tomorrow in NC. I wish it were OH.
Maybe so this story would be publicized. Now we all know what we have to do.
Exactly. Another thing that gets me is when our guys resign to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. ...
Face it. Our side doesn't know how to fight and how to win.
Hey! Neat idea! Anybody wanna give me the numbers for Ohio's dem party or whowever so I can call them every 5 seconds on election day?
Wow. Why couldn't he have done something more respectable...like call our troops war criminals and claim he participated in war crimes during Vietnam. Then he'd be a frickin' HERO to the Leftists.
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