And speaking of ethics...
So, I read this article while waiting for my interview this afternoon. The blatant "win at all costs and damn the democratic process" attitude was truly shocking. I think I may have even said an expletive while reading it in the fancy-schmancy lobby of the firm.
GOP Official Faces Sentence in Phone-Jamming
Basically the GOP operative in New Hampshire got the bright idea of hiring a telecommunications specialist to jam the democratic party's voter assistance lines on the morning of the 2002 election. A little electronic interference. So anyone who was calling for a ride to the polls or who had a question about anything, well, their calls went nowhere. The phone lines were disabled by this little prank for some two hours during the height of the get-out-the-vote period.
Some prank.
Hmm, now I didn't take many criminal law courses in law school, so maybe someone can tell me if perhaps there's a federal or even state statute that might discourage this? Oh, wait, maybe I can figure it out by watching Law & Order or perhaps it's just a matter of common sense...! Bad to maliciously interfere with interstate telecommunications. Yes, bad. And yes, as the article does note, it wasn't a harmless little prank either: "The effort helped John E. Sununu (R) win his Senate seat by 51 to 47 percent, a 19,151-vote margin."
Damn.
Even worse? The RNC is picking up this guy's legal fees -- some $3 million -- because "He was accused of doing something in his capacity as an RNC consultant, and we believed him to be innocent," Gillespie (former RNC chair) said.
But here's the kicker:
GOP Official Faces Sentence in Phone-Jamming
Basically the GOP operative in New Hampshire got the bright idea of hiring a telecommunications specialist to jam the democratic party's voter assistance lines on the morning of the 2002 election. A little electronic interference. So anyone who was calling for a ride to the polls or who had a question about anything, well, their calls went nowhere. The phone lines were disabled by this little prank for some two hours during the height of the get-out-the-vote period.
Some prank.
Hmm, now I didn't take many criminal law courses in law school, so maybe someone can tell me if perhaps there's a federal or even state statute that might discourage this? Oh, wait, maybe I can figure it out by watching Law & Order or perhaps it's just a matter of common sense...! Bad to maliciously interfere with interstate telecommunications. Yes, bad. And yes, as the article does note, it wasn't a harmless little prank either: "The effort helped John E. Sununu (R) win his Senate seat by 51 to 47 percent, a 19,151-vote margin."
Damn.
Even worse? The RNC is picking up this guy's legal fees -- some $3 million -- because "He was accused of doing something in his capacity as an RNC consultant, and we believed him to be innocent," Gillespie (former RNC chair) said.
But here's the kicker:
Tobin's lawyers countered that he has suffered enough: "Mr. Tobin is a man with high ethical standards and a deep love for his family and community. Seeing his reputation destroyed, his family publicly humiliated and a profession [politics] he loves made unavailable to him has caused him great pain."Ba-ha-ha-ha! Wonder if any of them are MD-admitted attorneys?
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