This time
right here in the Granite State::
When the temp agency that hired her told her she would be collecting signatures for independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader, Emily Sawka became a little concerned. But she had been unemployed for two months and needed the $12-an-hour the job would pay.
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But Sawka threw up her hands altogether upon discovering that Adecco, an international temp agency that has an office in Portsmouth, had hired her out to a consulting firm with Republican ties.
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Sawka, 25, and six other workers hired through Adecco were directed to show up on Friday morning at Shaw’s supermarket in Stratham, near the dairy farm where Bush was to speak to supporters at a picnic that afternoon. She was given a clipboard and a script instructing her to tell those at the rally: "Without Nader, Bush would not be president."
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Sawka recalled that at the supermarket her boss explained that "what we are doing is collecting signatures for Ralph Nader in support of Bush, because if we can get Ralph Nader on the ballot, then that would take votes away from (Democratic candidate) John Kerry."
The NH GOP denies involvement, and Nader's spokesperson says, "I don’t think we’re being used by the Bush campaign." :eyes:
If anyone's interested, the NHDP's response is that the Nader campaign should "disavow and refuse the signatures that were collected obviously to help President Bush not his campaign." They have also provided this list of contacts for letters to the editor:
Here are the emails your LTE's can go to:
> Amherst Citizen acitzn@aol.com
> Argus Champion (Newport) argus@cyberportal.net
> Atlantic News editor@atlanticnews.com
> Bedford Bulletin editor@thebedfordbulletin.com
> Bedford Journal bedfordjournal@cabinet.com
> Berlin Daily Sun bds@ncia.net
> Berlin Reporter Berlinreporter@salmonpress.com
> Boston Globe nhweek@globe.com
> Bow Times editor@bowtimes.com
> Broadcaster (Nashua) jcbroadcaster@aol.com
> Carriage Town News (Kingston) Electra@carriagetownenews.com
> Colebrook News and Sentinel sentinel@ncia.com
> Concord Monitor letters@cmonitor.com
> Coos County Democrat (Lancaster) editors@coosdem.com
> Derry News editor@derrynews.com
> Claremont Eagle Times etimes@cyberportal.net
> Exeter New-Letter exeternewsletter@seacoastonline.com
> Fosters Daily Democrat (Dover) letters@fosters.com
> Franklin-Tilton Telegram telegram@salmonpress.com
> <
http://www.markfernald.com/postnuke/html/telegram@salmonpress.com>
> Goffstown News editor@goffstownnews.com
> Granite State News (Wolfeboro) gsn@conknet.com
> Hampton Union hamptonunion@seacoastonline.com
> Hillsboro Villager villagernews@hotmail.com
> Hippo Press hippo@hippopress.com
> Hollis Times rws@grotonherald.com
> Hooksett Banner Editor@hooksettbanner.com
> Hudson Litchfield News writehln@yahoo.com
> Inter Town Record (Sutton) intertown@conknet.com
> Keene Sentinel news@keenesentinel.com
> Laconia Citizen news@citizen.com
> Lawrence Eagle Tribune letters@eagletribune.com
> Littleton Courier couriernews@salmonpress.com
> Londonderry Ledger editor@londonderryledger.com
> Meredith News mnews@worldpath.net
> Merrimack Connection info@merrimackconnection.com
> <mailto:info@merrimackconnection.com%20>
> Merrimack Journal merrimackjournal@cabinet.com
> Merrimack News info@merrimackconnection.com
> <mailto:info@merrimackconnection.com>
> Milford Cabinet news@cabinet.com
> Monadnock Ledger news@mledger.com
> Monadnock Shopper monadnockshopper@monad.net
> Mountain Ear (North Conway) mtnear@empire.net
> Nashua Telegraph news@telegraph-nh.com
> New Hampshire Business Review editor@nhbr.com
> Our Times boswebvine@juno.com
> North Country Independent (Warren) northcountrynews@earthlink.net
> Seacoast Online (Portsmouth Herald) opinion@seacoastonline.com
> Peterborough Transcript news@peterboroughtranscript.com
> Pittsfield News pnhnews@metrocast.net
> Portsmouth Herald opinion@seacoastonline.com
> Plymouth Record record@salmonpress.com
> Rockingham County Newspapers Rockinghamnews@seacoastonline.com
> Salem Observer letters@salemobserver.com
> Senior Beacon nesrbeacon@aol.com
> Manchester Union Leader writeus@theunionleader.com
> Valley News (Lebanon) forum@vnews.com