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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Bill who wrote (65511)7/18/2006 9:16:06 AM
From: 10K a day  Respond to of 93284
 
Why don't u go tell your mommy.



To: Bill who wrote (65511)7/18/2006 9:24:20 AM
From: 10K a day  Respond to of 93284
 
Did u see the Chimp gave a Wedgy to the German PM.



To: Bill who wrote (65511)7/18/2006 10:16:55 AM
From: Mao II  Respond to of 93284
 
Bill: You have such firm grasp of SI chatboards! A model for other featherheads like yourself. Have you thought of starting up a Ted Stevens Fan Club thread? I'm sure it would provide you with great intellectural stimulation.



To: Bill who wrote (65511)7/18/2006 3:03:18 PM
From: Mr. Palau  Respond to of 93284
 
heres some good news

"Dems can question top GOP
Lawsuit over phone jamming continues

By ANNE SAUNDERS
The Associated Press
July 14. 2006 8:00AM

A judge yesterday gave state Democrats the go-ahead to question high-ranking Republicans in a civil suit over Republican phone jamming in 2002.

Democrats want to know who knew about a plan to jam Democrats' phone lines on Election Day 2002, a crime that has led to convictions of three former GOP officials.

They point to a record of phone calls that show that national GOP official James Tobin, one of those convicted, made two dozen calls to the White House within a three-day period as the phone jamming operation was finalized, carried out and then abruptly shut down.

The national Republican Party, which paid millions in legal bills to defend Tobin, said the contacts involved routine election business and that it was "preposterous" to suggest the calls involved phone jamming.

Robert Kelner, a Washington, D.C., lawyer representing the Republican National Committee, did not object to the Democratic request yesterday in Hillsborough County Superior Court. But he said some of the officials the Democrats want to question may fight being deposed.
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Democrats want to question Alicia Davis, associate director of the White House political office in 2002, and to see her phone records and those of her then-boss, Ken Mehlman, now RNC chairman.

Also on the list to question is the former executive director of political operations for the RNC, Terry Nelson, now a political strategist for Sen. John McCain, and the former national political director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Chris LaCivita, who went on to develop the Swift Boat veterans TV campaign against Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004. Also, Ed Gillespie, who was RNC chairman when the decision was made to pay Tobin's legal expenses.

Mehlman referred questions to the U.S. Department of Justice, and Gillespie was not immediately available for comment yesterday.

The Democratic National Committee praised the court ruling.

"By allowing the discovery process to move forward, today's ruling brings us one step closer to finding out who knew what and when they knew it on the criminal scheme to disenfranchise New Hampshire voters," said DNC Communications Director Karen Finney.

Judge Philip Mangones granted the Democrats' request to appoint individuals in Virginia and Washington, D.C., to oversee the depositions of former national Republican officials who live there.

In New Hampshire, Democrats want to question, among others, former Republican state Chairman John Dowd and Jayne Millerick, who was a GOP campaign consultant at the time of the phone jamming. Also on their list is Chuck McGee, who was director of the New Hampshire GOP in 2002, and who admitted to coming up with the phone-jamming idea and served seven months for conspiracy.

The calls tied up phone lines for more than an hour as Democrats and the nonpartisan Manchester firefighters' union were offering rides to the polls.

The lawsuit alleges GOP interference with telephone systems and seeks compensation. The trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 27.