Ex-Bush aide denies calls on phone jamming

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By KATHARINE WEBSTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A former White House political director denied Tuesday that he or anyone on his staff spoke with New England Republicans about a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002.

Ken Mehlman, now chairman of the Republican National Committee, acknowledged that local GOP officials had called a White House operative in the days surrounding the election. But he said none of the conversations involved the phone-jamming incident.

"As White House political director during the 2002 election cycle, my staff and I regularly communicated with competitive congressional campaigns and Republican Party organizations," Mehlman said.

On Nov. 5, 2002, repeated hang-up calls jammed telephone lines at a Democratic get-out-the-vote center during a New Hampshire Senate race in which Republican John Sununu defeated Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, 51 percent to 46 percent.

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1. KAH!

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2. Beuller?

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3. incredible.

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4. Hey, if I was involved in a criminal conspiracy to deny ppl their right

to vote, I'd deny it too if I was caught. :D

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5. LOL