Party Dirty Tricks: Don't Try This At Home

Recently released Republican "plumber" Allen Raymond has written a book called "How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative." In an article on ABC's website, some of his tricks are highlighted.

Here's a handy check list of ways to rig an election, based on [Allen]Raymond's account:

Orchestrate a series of prerecorded calls to Republican caucus-goers in Iowa in which you accuse your opponent of floating in balloons and riding around on motorcycles wearing leather chaps. (In 1996, Bob Dole's campaign set up the calls to damage the chances of Steve Forbes, although the charges actually applied to Forbes' father, Malcolm Forbes.)

Concoct a phony press release on your opponent's letterhead that contradicts his "pro-life" position on abortion (Forbes was confronted with the release, reputedly created by unnamed opposition strategists, on NBC's "Meet the Press.")

Make calls to Democratic union households taped by actors putting on thick Spanish accents, "figuring union workers were the voters who felt most threatened by immigration."

Call 8,000 Republican county committee members at home in the middle of the Super Bowl on behalf of your opponent, enraging all those couch potatoes.

For now, Raymond is unemployed and looking for a new career, since his life in politics is finished.

"No one would hire and if they wanted to hire me, why would I want to work for them," he tells ABCNEWS.com. "It's like that old Groucho Marx line about not joining a club that would have me as a member."

Indeed, who would ever want a fellow like Raymond on their team?