Republicans end calls Democrats claim were misleading

[deadparrot]

CONCORD, N.H. -- The National Republican Congressional Committee has agreed to stop its automated calling campaign to New Hampshire residents on the federal do-not-call list, according to the state Democratic Party.

But a spokesman for the NRCC said Sunday that there are no plans to curtail the campaign that has resulted in a flood of calls to the state Democratic Party from angry voters who think the messages are made on behalf of Paul Hodes, the Democratic challenger of incumbent Republican Charles Bass.

Instead, they were coming from the National Republican Congressional Committee but sound, at first, as though they may be from the Hodes' campaign.

"It's a clear effort on behalf of the Republican Party to annoy and upset New Hampshire residents ... and people are under the assumption they are coming from Paul Hodes," Democratic Party spokeswoman Kathleen Strand said.

http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO33180/

[C_U_L8R]

1. Typical republicans

they only stop when they get caught.

[babylonsister]

2. I hope someone informed the local news up there to report the

truth of this constantly today. It's so dirty and how can this even be legal?

[Pirate Smile]

3. This is ONLY New Hampshire.

[trogdor]

4. And ONLY because they can get thrown in jail there.

Which state has Shawshank again?

[formercia]

9. It was supposedly Maine

it doesn't exist. The old pen was torn down years ago.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Doesn't mean they can't rebuild it just for them!!!

[formercia]

21. This is just as good

Known as the 'hot house' by inmates....

http://www.lvarea.com/data/usp_info.htm#USP%20Background%20Information

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. It's more widespread than only New Hampshire. Illinois, too!

Here in Illinois:

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/barrington/news/120568,ba-chrobocalls68-110206-s1.article

Rozanne Ronen, a Barrington resident, got the call -- "Hi. I'm calling with information about Melissa Bean ..."

Then she got the call again and again and 18 more times, making for a total of about 21 calls since October 24.

...

But the calls aren't paid for by Bean, Duckworth or even the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, they are paid for by the National Republican Congressional Committee.

....

"Now when we call ... for volunteers or knock on doors, people think we've already made a dozen attempts to contact them. It plays on the fact that people hate these calls and makes them think it's us and not them," she said.

...

[Tippy]

6. Same thing here in Tennessee...calls going to Ford HQ's

can we all say KKKRove?

[EFerrari]

13. NM and MD, too, n/t

[qnr]

16. I think the poster meant 'only New Hampshire' in the sense that the RNCC is only curtailing it there

in New Hampshire, and then only to those on the DNC list.

[Pirate Smile]

17. Right. That was what I meant - this was only stopping it in NH but not

in the rest of the Country.

I don't even necessarily believe they will actually stop it in NH. I've seen some of the NRCC's responses that said they wouldn't stop, plus, of course, they lie so even if they said they would stop, who knows :shrug:

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Hey!!! (stomps foot)

Sincere apologies. :)

[LiberalFighter]

20. They did Laura Stepford Bush robo calls here in Indiana

Also illegal

[williesgirl]

7. K & R

[Justice]

8. they only ended call to NH residents on Federal DNC - not all NH residents

still robo calling in NH

[Miss Chybil]

10. They can't win in a fair fight, so they always resort to dirty tricks.

I don't think it's going to work this time.

[Arugula Latte]

11. They are doing this all over the country.

Some people are receiving dozens of calls supposedly from a Democrat saying things like: "Hi, I'm Democratic candidate X and I think it's important that we raise taxes ... " I can't believe this sort of misrepresentation is legal. You wonder how many people are stupid enough to fall for it, or if word will get out and it will backfire on the repukes.

Damn, they are lower than pond scum.

[Mr_Spock]

12. They are tempting fate here...

This is pushing the limits of civility here people...

[progressoid]

14. WOW! Lets keep up the pressure on these thugs!

[Tiggeroshii]

15. Think this can lose it for us?

I guess it isn't as bad as in 02, when they blocked the Democrat's entire means of communications on election day. Who knows if they'll have something even worse tommorrow....