[buIf6yoW]

Sadly, A GOP appointed judge issued one of the most retarded and ill thought out rulings in recent memory about this.

http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.as...619&zoneid=500

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_J._McAuliffe

So lets talk about the GOPs phone jamming tactics and the legal maneuvers used to get such an obviously guilty man from paying his debt to society.

[BarBoss]

Less then half are actually evil, evil GOP.

[yatrahnualenu]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Sadly, A GOP appointed judge issued one of the most retarded and ill thought out rulings in recent memory about this. ... A quote from the ruling dismissing the case:

"But while deliberate disruption, vote suppression, and electoral success for his party were his goals," McAuliffe wrote, "there was no evidence that Tobin specifically intended to provoke adverse emotional reactions in the people at the telephone numbers called." WTF??

[Bvghbopz]

Oerdin wantda play da IM DA BADASS torlll game.

chill homie or i will destrioys u.

[Ervins Dervish]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
WTF?? I just read another article in one of our local rags, which is more illuminating that the above articles.

It seems Tobin and others were convicted for violating a statute which prohibits harassing phone calls. An appellate court reversed with directions, and ordered a new trial.

That's when the above-mention trial court judge dismissed the case against Tobin, saying essentially, there was no evidence of harassment. That is, "while deliberate disruption, vote suppression, and electoral success for his party were his goals," McAuliffe wrote, "there was no evidence that Tobin specifically intended to provoke adverse emotional reactions in the people at the telephone numbers called."

The judge's ruling makes more sense once the case is viewed as a harassment suit rather than a vote- suppression-type suit.

[Edisesyethisp]

Read the articles available to him, and see if you can come to a conclusion other than he did.

[texprofi]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Which is why Oeridn and his ilk took pains not to portray it in that light. It's voter supression plain and simple. That's the reason they systematically did it on election day.