Republican indicted in vote supression case

[Truthmatters]

TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Ex-GOP Operative in New Hampshire Indicted


He lied to the FBI about the phone jambing case in the last election.

 

[Gunny]

TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Ex-GOP Operative in New Hampshire Indicted


He lied to the FBI about the phone jambing case in the last election.

TPMMuckraker? Now THERE's a legitimate, unbiased source.

He is accused of lying.

 

[Chris]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A former Republican official accused of taking part in a plot to jam Democratic phone lines in New Hampshire on Election Day 2002 is facing new charges.

James Tobin was indicted by a federal grand jury in Portland on two counts of making false statements about the incident to an FBI agent. His earlier conviction on telephone harassment charges was overturned, but prosecutors are appealing.

Tobin, 48, of Bangor, was accused of helping to arrange more than 800 hang-up calls that jammed get-out-the-vote phone lines set up by the New Hampshire Democratic Party and a local firefighters' union on Election Day six years ago.

Republican Rep. John Sununu defeated then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, in a close Senate race that day. He is now running for re-election with Shaheen as his challenger, and the race is again close.

The new indictment, dated Oct. 9, alleges that Tobin lied to FBI investigators during an interview in Maine. Tobin told them another GOP official, Charles McGee, had the idea to contact an aggressive telemarketer, Allen Raymond, for help in the 2002 election. The indictment said using Raymond was really Tobin's idea.

The Associated Press: 2002 GOP phone jamming in NH leads to new charges

 

[NOBama]

Like the story's headline says: Ex-GOP Operative in New Hampshire Indicted

 

[editec]

I don't care which team these people are working for, if they're truly guilty of these political tricks STRING 'EM UP.

 

[del]

I don't care which team these people are working for, if they're truly guilty of these political tricks STRING 'EM UP.

he was convicted for the phone jamming in Maine and then the verdict was overturned on appeal, but the judge called for a retrial not acquittal. i assume this new indictment is related.

he sounds like a real piece of shit and not real bright; in short, he's from NH.

 

[Chris]

Then he lied to the FBI.

Not a smart thing to do.

 

[jillian]

TPMMuckraker? Now THERE's a legitimate, unbiased source.

He is accused of lying.

They link to the indictment.

And he was accused of lying about what he did on behalf of the repubs.

 

[del]

They link to the indictment.

And he was accused of lying about what he did on behalf of the repubs.

he's from NH. up there, being a moron is bipartisan

wbztv.com - Gary Dodds Found Guilty Of All Counts In Fake Car Crash Trial

 

[Truthmatters]

James Tobin (political operative) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Tobin is not just some smuck who desided to run for office.

He was GWBs top campaign guy for the entire North east.

He was a top republican political opperative.

 

[rayboyusmc]

The only honest bottom line is as mentioned, if any side is guilty, try them and punish accordingly.

 

[Larkinn]

Like the story's headline says: Ex-GOP Operative in New Hampshire Indicted

Even the GOP isn't going to continue to retain operatives who get convicted for harassing voters

 

[Truthmatters]

Yeah he wasnt EX when he was Lying to the FBI and working hard to keep Americans from casting a vote.

 

[jillian]

he's from NH. up there, being a moron is bipartisan

wbztv.com - Gary Dodds Found Guilty Of All Counts In Fake Car Crash Trial

What truth said ^^^^^

 

[del]

James Tobin (political operative) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Tobin is not just some smuck who desided to run for office.

He was GWBs top campaign guy for the entire North east.

He was a top republican political opperative.

if the truth matters so much, how come you can't seem to get it straight. he was new england campaign director, not the northeast.
and with any luck, he'll be doing some jail time.

 

[Truthmatters]

New England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

where is new england

 

[del]

What truth said ^^^^^

i stand by ny statement regarding the bipartisan nature of stupidity in the granite state.

it's a MA thing, you wouldn't understand.

 

[Truthmatters]

TPJ.org


Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ken Mehlman repeatedly had said the GOP has zero tolerance for such voter-suppression schemes, the Associated Press reported that the RNC paid $722,000 worth of Tobin's legal bills in 2005. Tobin heads a Maine-based political consulting firm and works for the Washington lobby firm DCI Group (see Charles Francis). Tobin reported that two lobby clients, Peoplewise and US Bancorp, paid him $160,000 in 2004.

 

[del]

New England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

where is new england

in the western hemisphere. didn't even need wiki for that.

you want to go again or are you going to try to tell me that most people consider the northeast to consist only of the six new england states?

 

[editec]

in the western hemisphere. didn't even need wiki for that.

you want to go again or are you going to try to tell me that most people consider the northeast to consist only of the six new england states?

Oh for god's sake, quibble over trifles much, do we?

The guy wrote the Northeast he meant New England.

If you're not of the East coast, its an easy enough mistake to make.

More to the point, whether it was New England or the Northeast he was a paid Republican operative with great responsibility.