FILTHY GOP CAMPAIGN TACTICS

Once again, the Republicans have sunk to ever lower depths of campaign sleaze, this time with a gambit designed to suppress opposition votes. Democratic voters in several states are reporting that they are receiving automated calls from what initially sounds like the Democratic candidate. When they hang up, the calls are repeated several times, in a calculated bid to harass the voter into becoming angry at the Dem, to make them either change or withhold their vote. It is only at the end of a lengthy message (which most people would not wait for) that the call is credited to the Repub. In other states, voters are getting messages, supposedly from state officials, telling them falsely that they are not allowed to vote. These messages are also coming from GOP sources.

Now, before you neocon trolls try to hairsplit and weasel out, know that the FCC requires that robo-calls identify their origin at the beginning of the call. Many Repubs are admitting using these calls, but trying to claim they're legal. Most likely, they are not.

Now, some of you trolls have tried to claim that the Repubs are being honest and forthright, and running on the issues, while Dems are pulling all manner of dirty tricks. It is clear now that it is the Repubs who are dirty and underhanded, and are trying to win by suppressing the vote of their opponents. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

JC