GOP Harassment Robocalls in Pennsylvania

Brian Zick November 5, 2006

Jill Porter for the Philadelphia Daily News reports on the organized Republican scam. The culprit in this race is the National Republican Congressional Committee, an organization that's used such scurrilous campaign tactics this season that it has been disavowed in some instances by the candidates it is supporting. In the past week alone, FCC records reflect $22,119 for anti-Murphy phone-bank expenses, said NRCC spokesman Ed Petru. Porter suggests a couple possible responses: You can complain to the FCC if you think the calls are illegal, as some Murphy supporters have done. (202-418-1440, phone; 202-418-0232, fax.) Or you can do what I briefly considered yesterday: Send the NRCC your own robocalls telling it to STOP IT! Try http://www.voiceshot.com - 12 cents a call, no minimum. The NRCC's number is 202-479-7000.

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