] It's no secret that Dean has faced some nasty
] robo-calling and push-polling in Iowa and NH, as well as
] NM and elsewhere. This exerpt from an upcoming GQ article
] gives a glimpse of what Dean has faced over the last few
] weeks:
]
] Fast forward to the days before IA: Trippi's "cell phone
] rings. It's his pollster, Paul Maslin, who not only has
] bleak news out of Iowa -- but bleak news out of New
] Hampshire. Trippi hangs up and stares out the window. His
] phone rings again. "WHAT? Aw, fuck. I hate this business.
] This fucking sucks. Okay, thanks." He hangs up. "They're
] robocalling our ones," he moans. "He has just gotten a
] report from the field that Dean "ones" are getting
] bombarded with computer-generated phone calls telling
] them to make sure to caucus for Dean-then giving them the
] wrong address." Who would do such a thing? "Kerry,"
] Trippi snaps. "They're the only asshole snake campaign
] that would do it. Every frickin' day now, I'm reminded of
] why I got out of this in the first place."
]
] The Dean campaign keeps fingering the Kerry camp, and
] it's hard to see who else might be responsible.
]
] The calls were targeted at Dean in Iowa and NH -- the two
] states that were must-wins for both Dean and Kerry.
] Gephardt might've been behind a robo-calling effort in
] Iowa, but he'd have no reason to do the same in NH.
]
] Who else, the Republicans? Problem is that by all
] reports, these robo calls have specifically targeted
] Dean's "1s" and "2s". That level of sophistication would
] require an extent of polling unlikely from the GOP. Only
] Kerry would have conducted the type of polling
] identifying levels of support for Dean in both Iowa and
] NH.
]
] So it's all anecdotal, but the evidence suggests dirty
] tricks from the Kerry campaign. The thought literally
] makes me want to puke (some of the calls suggest Dean is
] not a real Christian because he's married to a Jew). None
] of the other candidates have faced this type of puke
] tactics, so there's only one guy engaging in it.
]
] God help Kerry if real evidence emerges.

I feel ill of the effects on our party, if this is true.

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