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Hodes Staffer Arrested for Election eve dirty tricks

In a stunning instance of election eve dirty tricks a paid volunteer for Congressional candidate Paul Hodes was arrested while sleeping in his bed after fleeing from the police.

Ben Lyons, 24 of Enfield fled after being caught stealing signs of Congressman Charlie Bass. According to at least one source close to the situation Lyons was told to flee by Paul Hodes so that he would not cause a further distraction to the campaign.

An e-mail to the Hodes campaign has yet to be returned...story developing.

Posted on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 08:14AM by Registered CommenterNH INSIDER in | Comments13 Comments

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In 2002 a certain young campaign staffer for John E. Sununu was caught stealing Senator Bob Smith's campaign signs. (The staffer's grandfather would be rolling in his grave).

No punishment there. Charlie Bass has yet to apoloize for his "taxpayer" paid staffer for posing as a democrat while slamming Paul Hodes on taxpayers time
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterTime to Vote
Boy, no one reported Andy Martel yesterday when he was seen "harvesting" signs.
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterTJ
A source close to the Bass campaign told me that this Lyons guy actually is a Bass plant who infiltrated Hodes campaign.

Amazing.
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterCoyote
MY GOODNESS!

HOW ABOUT PRIORITIES?

THOUSANDS ARE DYING AND THOUSANDS MORE ARE ARE BEING WOUNDED.

WE ARE SPENDING $300 MILLION EACH DAY ON THE "STAY THE LOST CAUSE IN IRAQ"

I COULD CARE LESS WHO IS TAKING WHOSE SIGNS!

WE MUST ELECT A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.

PLEASE VOTE FOR PAUL HODES

November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterGet Real
I also heard that Andre Martel himself was photographed taking down Democratic signs yesterday. From what I heard, the Dems felt so sorry for him that they chose not to have him arrested. Once again, Democrats are bleeding hearts even to those who don't deserve sympathy.
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterMike
This is a disgusting, incredible, story. This is election day smut politics is on the level of GOP phone jamming.

Voters might just want to consider voting for Hodes just to make a statement that this type of silly, phone-jamming type GOP dirty trick is stopped.
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterNHPolitics.com
Call Enfield Police! 632-7501. They are not releasing info today!!! This is Insane!!! Where is the justice? Bass FIRES a top aid and apologizes for questionable ethics and Hodes gets a free RIDE for ELECTION FRAUD!?!!
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterWWCBD
WWCBD, do you really want a picture of a sitting Republican State Senatore wrenching Democratic signs from the ground and driving off with them hanging out his back trunk with the senate plates clear as day?
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterMike
WAAAAAAAAAAAA to all of you who act as though it was the first time this has happened, wait till tonight after the results are in and then all you losers can share the sour grapes with all of us in here Let's hear a good bi-partisan WAAAAAAAAA tonight.
November 7, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterRichard L. Fortin
You all are pathetic. Democrats desecrated and demolished hundreds of large NH GOP signs, then you whine when one of your goons is caught? Very sad.

Hodes was winning by a comfortable margin. He didn't need this idiot volunteer to be stealing signs, and if he told him to run away, he's got some explaining to do.
November 8, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterStephen
I happen to know Devries' crew stole HUNDREDS of signs Martel put out, so please save us the hysteria.

If Martel stole signs, too, he should know better and shame on him. But let's not pretend he's the only one who does this.
November 8, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterStephen
Signs seem like more trouble than they're worth most of the time, particularly with "Sandwiching" (putting two signs on both sides of a sign an inch away from them) or negative signs from attack groups like the "Pelham Young Republicans" with that "Lynch Income Tax" crap.
November 15, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterAndy Sylvia
Andy you stole so many of our signs last year that you should be locked up! I have witnesses!
April 15, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLynchcomeTax

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