Haley Barbour has made his entrance into the NH phone jamming case.

[kpete]

Friday, April 28, 2006 · Last updated 12:46 a.m. PT

AP: Miss. governor helped implicated firm

By LARRY MARGASAK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a former Republican Party chairman, arranged the startup financing for a GOP telemarketing company implicated in two criminal cases involving election dirty tricks.

Virginia corporation records show Barbour's investment company arranged a quarter-million dollar loan to GOP Marketplace in 2000 and also gave a promotional plug to the telemarketer several months later.

A spokesman for the governor said Barbour had no idea the company would engage in criminal activity two years later. The lawyer for the now-defunct company's convicted president said Barbour was not consulted about its operations.

"None of the creditors had any role in the management or activities of the company. In fact, the loan was not fully repaid," gubernatorial spokesman Buddy Bynum said. "There has never been any claim that Governor Barbour or any of the other creditors knew of any illegal conduct or did anything improper."

Barbour, who became Mississippi governor in 2003, gushed over the prospects of GOP Marketplace in a company press release in 2000. He predicted it would be profitable and "give Republicans an edge" by using the Internet to buy and sell telemarketing services.

more at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Phone_Jamming_Barbour.html
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http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000496.php

[mdmc]

1. so much crime, so little time

served.

[tanyev]

2. Barbour: "I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you."

[BOSSHOG]

3. haley, a republican had no idea any criminal activity would go on

He's shocked and dismayed and ala oj simpson he's gonna get to the bottom of it. He'll leave no jamming device unturned. Please New Hampshire, take him away.

[Roland99]

4. Trent Lott may have to wait 2-5yrs before hanging on his porch with him.

:)

[babylonsister]

5. Rec'd! Let's round the criminals up! nt

[bluerum]

6. Yah. If my company tossed $250,000 to anyone who walked through

the door without asking a few questions it would cease to be in business pretty quickly.

Is it safe to say that Barbour's investment Co. is a front to launder the cash from big biddness when they need to fund covert activities to get their cronies elected?

edit: sp. :dunce: :dunce:

[acmavm]

7. Haley Barbour, the proverbial innocent victim of circumstances.

Right.

[saltpoint]

8. "I'm just playing the piano down here in the parlor and have NO IDEA

what might be going on upstairs."