The following news release from the Maryland Democrats quotes Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake as denouncing robocalls made in the city that were intended to suppress voter turnout.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 2, 2010 7:00PM
RAWLINGS-BLAKE DENOUNCES MISLEADING ROBO CALLS INTENDED TO SUPRESS VOTER TURNOUT IN BALTIMORE CITY
BALTIMORE - Tonight, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake denounced a serious of misleading automated phone calls intended to suppress democratic voter turnout by targeting Baltimore City residents. The call urges voters to “relax” and stay home because “President Obama and Governor O’Malley have been successful” even before the polls officially close at 8:00pm.
“I was deeply troubled to hear this misleading robo call targeting Baltimore City residents urging them to relax and stay home as if the the election was over and the polls have been closed,” Rawlings-Blake said. “Sadly, this kind of gutter politics that we have come to expect from Bob Ehrlich and the Republican Party. In 2006, Bob Ehrlich’s campaign distributed intentionally false and misleading fliers intended to confuse minority voters and today they’ve reached a new low.”
TRANSCRIPT OF AUTOMATED CALL
Woman’s Voice: “I’m calling to let everyone know that Governor O’Malley and President Obama have been successful. Our Goals have been met. The Polls were correct… and we’re ok. Relax, everything is fine. They only thing left is to watch on TV tonight.
Congratulations and Thank you.”
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Update: WBAL-TV has more.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Baltimore Mayor Condemns Robocalls Intended to Suppress Turnout (Updated)
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Julius Henson, who has now taken the blame for this robocall, almost always represents Democratic candidates, and has often been in the news for his dirty tricks on behalf of Democrats and no-holds-barred approach to campaigns, something most of the "mainstream media" seems to have forgotten to report in connection with this robocall.
In late 2002, Henson said (as quoted in the Tuscaloosa News, 1 Jan 2003):
"Bobby Ehrlich is a Nazi. ... He should be running in German in 1942, not Maryland in 2002. We'll define him as the Nazi he is. Once we do that, I think people will vote for Kathleen Kennedy Townsend."
Thus spake Democratic political consultant Julius Henson about congressman Robert Ehrlich ...
Henson's Democratic clients have included
* Rep. Elijah Cummings
* Sam Dean (PG council member)
* Tom Dernoga (PG council member)
* Jim Estepp (former PG council member)
* Camille Exum (PG council member)
* Parris Glendenning (former Gov.)
* Glenn Ivey (PG States Atty)
* Tony Knotts (PG council member)
* Douglas Peters (PG Sen.)
* Justin Ross (PG Del.)
* Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (former Gov. cand.)
* Michael Vaughn (PG Del.)
* Albert Wynn (Former Rep.)
See
http://www.gazette.net/gazette_archive/2002/200222/princegeorgescty/county/106749-1.html
http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=2580
http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=14061
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SNAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uKcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6592,464635&dq=julius-henson&hl=en
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