The Republican Party in Washington has sponsored a nationwide campaign of robo-call harassment.  You know, those phone calls that pretend to be real people but are actually recorded messages. 

Well, politicians have been using these for years, so there’s really not much surprise there.  Moreover, if they want to risk pissing people off in order to save a few bucks on the campaign staffer, I say more power to them.  Except that these people are pretending to be Democrats when they do it.  And that spells trouble – right here in River City. 

As if that’s not bad enough, their system is designed to call you back unless you get all the way through the message.  When people hang up (usually before realizing it’s not really the Democrat), they are called back again.  And again.  And again.  Sometimes in the middle of the night. 

The worst part about all this?  The GOP is not even denying it!  According to NRCC spokesman, Ed Patru, “All of our political calls are in compliance with the law.”  I’ve no doubt that the NRCC is following the letter of the law.  But they’re certainly slapping the spirit of the law with a big, fat, wet, smelly fish.  They own the last six years and now that they can’t run from it, they’re trying to lie, cheat, and manipulate people.  Shameful. 

So far, the GOP has been caught in the act of a disgusting and dishonest attempt to steal votes in the following states: Philly, Kansas, NH, CT, and NY.