Former GOP official to be sentenced on phone-jamming charges

Boston Globe ^ | May 16, 2006 | AP

[Quick1]

CONCORD, N.H. --A former Republican National Committee official convicted in an Election Day phone-jamming plot against New Hampshire Democrats faces up to seven years in prison at his scheduled sentencing Wednesday.

James Tobin of Bangor, Maine, was found guilty in December on two telephone harassment charges. He also faces up to a $500,000 fine. His lawyers have asked for a new trial, and on Monday, they filed a motion objecting to a sentencing document filed by prosecutors.

Tobin, 45, stepped down as New England chairman of President Bush's re-election campaign in 2004 when Democrats accused him of playing a role in the jamming on Election Day 2002. That's when Republican John Sununu won a hotly contested U.S. Senate race against then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.

[Quick1]

Good, I say. Anyone that tries to screw around with elections needs to go away for a long time, it doesn't matter which side of the aisle you claim to be on.

[Drango]

Good. It's damn hard to hold the rats feet to the fire when our own side stinks to high heaven.

[Zack Nguyen]

Agree. If guilty he should pay the piper.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

He should go away for a long time.

I do note that "GOP" is right there in the headline when it's a Republican.

Wonder if we would have had to turn to the rest of the article on page A-27 to find out party affiliation if it was a Rat.

[jocon307]

I'm sorry, I think 7 years in jail for this would be ridiculous. How long does the average robber/rapist/manslaughterer serve in that state?

[Quick1]

Well, considering that we're letting those types out to make more room for pot smokers and people who illegally download movies, it's not an especially good comparison.

But that's a whole other thread.

[calljack]

No kidding how much time was given to the rats who slashed the tires????

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Idiot.

[RasterMaster]

Community service....?

[BigSkyFreeper]

I'm sorry, I think 7 years in jail for this would be ridiculous. How long does the average robber/rapist/manslaughterer serve in that state?

My guess a rapist would be serving 90 days.

[Wristpin]

They got misdemeanor convictions! I don't see how the potential disenfranchisement is any different.

[The Brush]

My guess a rapist would be serving 90 days.

Unless he is elected president, then he only has to "feel your pain"

[quietolong]

>> how much time was given to the rats who slashed the tires <<<


were sentenced Wednesday to four to six months in jail for slashing tires outside a Bush-Cheney campaign office on Election Day 2004.....

..... All were granted work-release privileges.....

.... ordered them to pay a $1,000 fine each, in addition to the $5,317 in total restitution ordered earlier.



Congresswoman's Son Sentenced for Slashing GOP Tires (They sure kept this quiet...)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622780/posts

A slap on the hand.

[zip]

ping

[no dems]

Yeah; a few names that come to mind: Duke Cunningham, Tom Delay, Bob Ney, Jack Abramhoff...............

What a shame!

[CyberAnt]

I agree!