Gephardt Aide Accuses Dean of Caucus Fraud Plan

[AnAmerican]

"Democrat Richard Gephardt's manager accused Howard Dean's presidential campaign on Thursday of planning to slip non-Iowans into the Jan. 19 caucuses to pose as state residents and support Dean.

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In a letter to Trippi and later in a conference call with reporters, Murphy said a Dean field organizer in Iowa told a Gephardt staff member some of the expected 3,500 out-of-state Dean supporters coming to Iowa to help turn out the caucus vote would try to participate.

"It has come to our attention that your campaign in Iowa is engaged in an effort to violate caucus rules and send out-of-state supporters to pose as Iowa residents and caucus in cities and towns across the state," Murphy said in the letter.

He told reporters the effort was "a direct challenge to the integrity of the caucuses" and called on Trippi to identify and fire the individuals responsible for it."

Full text at http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=4097405

[madfloridian]

1. Trippi is ahead of you, debunked it on CNN at 4:00.

It was excellent. Got to www.blogforamerica.com
He countered it all.

[worldgonekrazy]

6. It was a great interview...Trippi was mad

He was pissed the allegation was even made. Said that he KNEW that the Gephardt campaign was fully aware that there was no conspiracy. Seemed to really resent the mere suggestion that the Dean campaign would do such a thing. My favorite part was when he said "Even if we did ask our people to do that they would probably just get in their cars and drive home."

[Terwilliger]

2. Does anybody think less of Gephardt?

Shouldn't HE be making such an allegation, and not some aide?

[Bozola]

3. I heard that...

they were planning on raping the chickens and stealing all corn from the silos, too.

[Demobrat]

4. Bwahahahahahaha

Thanks.

[TacticalPeek]

5. This, the 'flyer flap' . . .

guess we've officially entered the crazy stretch.

:(

[shance]

7. Is Gephardt going for Mr. Congeniality?

Hes really out there working the votes isnt he?

Knock yourself out Mr. Gephardt.....because thats exactly what you're doing.

What is up with the desperado candidates destruction tour - dont they see who its going to hit the hardest?

Unbelievable and incredibly childish.

[GreenGreenLimaBean]

8. Sore Fucking Loser

No wonder we get labeled the party that will do anything to win.
This is absolutely amazing that Gephardt would do this. Add him
to my list of who I won't support if they get the nomination.

[NNN0LHI]

9. So. You will support Bush over the Dem nominee if it is Gephardt?

Whats the matter with this picture?

Don

[janx]

10. Both Gephardt and Kerry are coming at Dean full-throttle.

It's going to backfire.

[stickdog]

11. The nomination is now Gephardts' to lose. (nt)