Some People Will Do Just About Anything....

to hold on to or gain power, and this guy may take the cake in that department if what is being alleged and charged back in April of this year is actually true by what he did to try and aid his democratic congressional campaign in 2006 . This type of behavior actually crosses the lines of sanity in my opinion and most any others I would think.

Power and it's pursuit does crazy things to people and this story sure proves it.

Investigators: Former Candidate Staged Crash To Aid Campaign
Prosecutors Say Dodds Hoped To Raise Publicity By Faking Disappearance

New Hampshire News Story - WMUR Manchester: "DOVER, N.H. -- A congressional candidate staged a car crash, fabricated his disappearance and altered his appearance to gain publicity for his 2006 campaign, prosecutors alleged in court documents. Investigators said that Gary Dodds faked an accident and disappearance in April 2006 because he believed that the publicity would increase the visibility of his primary campaign for the U.S. House.

In the court documents released Monday, investigators said Dodds took out two mortgages on his property without his wife's knowledge so he could fund his ailing campaign."In the court documents released Monday, investigators said Dodds took out two mortgages on his property without his wife's knowledge so he could fund his ailing campaign.

The Dodds campaign also received letters from the Federal Election Commission indicating that the FEC was considering an audit into discrepancies in campaign finance reports, investigators said.Dodds was missing for 24 hours in 2006 after a car accident on the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover and found with frostbite after a large-scale search. continued

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