Audio of GOP operative hacking Dem press conference call

[Rose Siding]

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=3852

This is incredible! Patrick Murphy and John Kerry's call with press was disrupted by the opposing (incumbant) candidate's *chief of staff*! There's a short audio blurb at the link above.

This is a write up from the DCCC's site-

FITZPATRICK SENDS CHIEF OF STAFF TO DISRUPT PATRICK MURPHY CONFERENCE CALL HARRISBURG: Today, Pennsylvania Democrats called on Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to explain the inappropriate actions of his taxpayer-paid Chief of Staff, Mike Conallen.
On a conference call with Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Patrick Murphy this morning that focused on the issues of terrorism and Iraq, Conallen dialed in to the conference call and confronted Murphy.

“Mike Fitzpatrick clearly doesn’t think terrorism and the security of Pennsylvania families are issues that deserve respect,” said Don Morabito, Executive Director of the PA Democratic Party. “While, Patrick Murphy and John Kerry – two veterans - were having a serious conversation about terrorism and the war in Iraq with media, Fitzpatrick sent his Chief of Staff to disrupt the call and play a partisan political game.

“Pennsylvania families deserve better than Fitzpatrick’s dirty political games and he owes an apology to the people of his district.”

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party asked Fitzpatrick to answer the following questions:

1. Did you approve of and do you condone the campaign disruption by your taxpayer-paid Chief of Staff during official working hours?

2. Will you and your Chief of Staff apologize to the people of Pennsylvania for making the issues of terrorism and the war in Iraq into a political game?

3. Will you pay back the cost of the long distance phone call and the taxpayer time spent by Mike Conallen? If not, will you ask him to?

“This is exactly the kind of pure partisan nonsense that voters are tired of,” Morabito said. “Unfortunately, it’s all too consistent with Republican tactics that are too common today.”

This is nuts! The Republican party is in the process of casting aside every rule, every law that governs society.

[philly_bob]

1. They'll do _Anything_ /NT

[LincolnMcGrath]

2. K & R

[alfredo]

3. this is the way they play the game.

If you read John Dean's new book you will see the disruption is policy, not the act of a rogue candidate.

[brentspeak]

4. Kick

:kick:

[kerrygoddess]

5. Thanks for posting

This needs to get around the liberal blogosphere and to the media - Conallen was WAY out of line!

[glitch]

6. How frat of them. Perhaps they're still hoping for that nickname from

their fearless leader. Or a head rub.