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seasat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 03:01 PM
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Harassing phone calls as voter suppression in Florida?
I have posted regular comments in the Blog section of Jim Davis' campaign website. I mistakenly attacked a poster for saying that they were recieving harassing phone calls from the Davis campaign. There are several attack posts in the comment section from Crist supporters and I figured that this might be one of them (2nd Post...my posts are 3rd and 4th). However, in reading Josh Marshall's site today, I learned that the corrupt Repug machine is using this technique in New Hampshire as a voter supression technique (LINK). Has anyone else in Florida experienced this? If so, we need to document this and publicize it.
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ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 03:16 PM
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1. I'm Phone Banking Here In Sarasota & It's HUGE!
A Robo-phone scam and it really really takes a lot to phone people right now! Some people are just slamming the phones as soon as we start to talk. Vern Buchanan has hacked into Jennings phone list, or shall I say all the phone bankers!! It starts with what Jennings supports and about 10 minutes later says, I'm Vern Buchanan and I approve this message!

I did my last phone banking yesterday! Not a fun experience!

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ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 03:20 PM
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2. Another Thing... It Was A "Feature" On Local News Without The
real facts!! It actually blamed Jennings! I didn't know they were doing it to Davis, but I NOW understand why the polls are showing Davis behind all the time. I'm beginning to wonder if it will take the win AWAY from Jennings.

The Christine Jennings Campaign knows all about it but they aren't really doing too much. I did hear today that they were trying to get the local stations to cover the "real story" now! I hope they aren't too late!!

What is Davis doing about it???
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seasat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 03:27 PM
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3. Don't know what they are doing about it.
I just emailed them. I haven't recieved many phone calls this year since I no longer have a land line. As far as I know, they're not doing these robocalls in the Tampa Bay area but it may just be that they're not hitting us cell phone only folks. I hope that if these are common that the campaign will press the issue.
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ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 03:32 PM
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4. I Just Posted More Information! n/t
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seasat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 03:48 PM
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5. Good information.
I recommended your thread and I'm adding a link to this one (LINK).
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_dynamicdems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 04:19 PM
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6. Happening in NH too: BEWARE this could be a NATIIONAL CAMPAIGN!
EVERYONE needs to be on the lookout for similar BS in their state.

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