Blocking Democrats’ phones on election day with repeated hang-up calls–an Idaho phone bank was paid thousands of dollars to do just that. NH Republicans admit paying $15,600 to the firm that set up these calls. Phone foolery is just a misdemeanor, but interfering with elections is a felony. So, is any NH Republican in trouble?
No.
The NH GOP claimed the only guilty party was GOPMarketplace.com. Did state or federal agencies follow up?
No.
According to the Feb. 20 Union Leader, the GOP Marketplace attorney said “the firm hasn’t heard from federal or state investigators, either.”
The party of law and order blocked calls to the Manchester Firefighters’ Union as well as to Democrats. This infuriated Manchester police, who asked both state and national officials to investigate. Did anything come of this request?
No.
A week later (Feb. 12) the Union Leader reported “For the third consecutive business day, the Justice Department’s public affairs office in Washington did not return The Union Leader’s call.“
Republicans run NH, Republicans run DC. This investigation was over before it started.
The Feb. 21 Union Leader reports that Manchester City Republican Party Chairman Joe Kelly Levasseur used his TV show to call NH Democratic chair “Kathy Sullivan a bitch” and city chair Raymond Buckley a “political masturbator.” Was he reined in by the party of “family values”?
No.
“State Republican Party Chairman Jayne Millerick issued a statement saying Levasseur “certainly has a colorful way of expressing himself.” But Millerick questioned why Democrats were focusing on Levasseur’s behavior instead of important state issues. She would not answer a question about whether Levasseur’s behavior violates the new Republican code of ethics.”
What new code of ethics? The one that forbids GOP staffers to indulge in “any activity which would corrupt or degrade the political process.”