The latest Dirty Trick. Nuisance Calls - Don't be fooled.

At Daily KOS by Republic Not Empire, and others below.

...yes, this is a serious possibility. Let's bankrupt the motherfrakers after this election -- kos)

As you may or may not know, 12-year Contract-w/-America breaker Charlie Bass is in the fight of his life against netroots candidate Paul Hodes.

Now that the polls are trending away from Bass, and his support among independents is weaker than it has ever been, the NRCC has been called in to bail his sorry butt out.

So in true GOP form, the NRCC decided to carpet bomb our state with robocalls that pretend to come from the Hodes campaign, while eventually providing misleading negative info.

So what, you say? Typical lowlife GOP sleaze tactic.

Well, there is a big difference here. The NRCC was calling Granite Staters on the Do-Not-Call list, which is a violation of state law, carrying a penalty of $5,000 per violation. To date, the NRCC admitted to 200,000 robocalls.

That means the NRCC is potentially facing a $100 million dollar penalty.

From Steve Gilliard's News Blog:

In a last ditch effort to suppress democratic votes, Republicans are illegally using robocalls to drive away Dems.

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...these are the harassing calls paid for by the NRCC made to appear that they're from the Democratic campaign. And a lot of angry voters are getting fooled by the scam, it seems.

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The Republicans are going to do their best to scam their way through this one. So it's up to the people on the ground to make sure they don't get away with it. If you're in the GOTV operation, it's all up to you.

The most important thing to do is to get people to call their local media with tapes of these calls. You start with the local radio, TV and cable news stations. You call the news editor or assignment desk, and tell them that Republicans are harassing Democratic voters with illegal phone calls.

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This is it, this is their last ditch effort to save their seats. We know what they're doing, and if it takes driving around the neighborhood with a bullhorn or standing in a parking lot handing out flyers, we can stop them on the ground. Even if you just e-mail friends with the information, we can stop them. This is all they have. Surroundedby failure, incompetence and perversion, they have to trick their way into office

More on this, again at KOS by georgia 10:

In New Hampshire, state Democrats have already raised complaints with the Attorney General and have been working with state officials on the issue of the latest GOP voter suppression tactic, the automated, deceptive calls aimed at decreasing voter turnout.

The Attorney General's office apparently informed the state Democratic Party that the NRCC will stop the calls. But the NRCC says it won't stop:

"We were informed by the attorney general's office that the NRCC has agreed to immediately stop the calls to people on the do-not-call list." [Democratic Party spokeswoman] Strand said.

"We have not agreed to stop the calls," said Alex Burgos, a spokesman for the NRCC. "Our calls will continue independently of the Charlie Bass campaign and in compliance with all applicable laws."

The article has a bad headline that doesn't match the NRCC statement. Of course the NRCC won't stop the calls. "Laws"? Pfft. "Privacy"? Ha! When your party is full of criminals and liars who are addicted to power, there's nothing that can't be sacrificed at the 11th hour. Nothing.

There are more items out there about this. Tell your friends about these dirty tricks.