Republicans had hired a telemarketing firm to place hundreds of hang-up calls to phone banks for the Democratic Party and the Manchester firefighters union, a nonpartisan group offering rides to the polls. Service was disrupted for nearly two hours.
No excuse for such behavior. None. Nada. Nil. Zilch.
And we wonder why so many people refuse to participate in the process.
h/t Blacknell.net
You’re right, Vivian. There certainly is no excuse for this type of behavior.
I consider you fair, and have posted as much on my blog. So I do hope you’ll take similar notice and post it here when Dems do such things. You know they do. Both major parties behave this way, and both are equally useless once in office.
Posted by blewsdawg | Sunday, December 3, 2006, 6:28 pmIf I see the D’s doing something like this, you can count on me to post about it. I just don’t believe in dirty tricks – period.
Posted by vjp | Sunday, December 3, 2006, 6:35 pmThere isn’t anything even resembling equivalence between the parties in terms of voter suppression, blewsdawg. Yes, I’ve heard of Chicago, and yes, that’s one dead horse.
I note that a lot of Republicans try to make dirty GOP behavior more acceptable my making false claims like “oh, well, everybody does it.” The strategy appears to be that by making some of the more appalling Republican behavior (see, e.g., Abramoff & Co., no-bid reconstruction contracting, and rewriting reality at the science agencies) seem like politics as usual to the public, they can get away with it. It’s utter and complete bullshit, and ought to be labeled as such.
Posted by MB | Sunday, December 3, 2006, 8:17 pm