Robocalling: Ur Doing It Wrong

[yendi]

Just checked voicemail.

Had a robocall message from Saxby Chambliss, telling us that Jim Martin is a liar.

There are a few problems with this.

LIke the fact that Chambliss is possibly the least ethical man in the Senate, a man so scummy that John McCain condemned his 2002 campaign. He wouldn't know honesty or ethics if they bit him in his ass.

Or the fact that he's hypocritical enough on war and immigration issues that he stands out even amongst his peers in the Senate.

Or the fact that he even feels the need to campaign this hard in a red state and a seat that should have been safe.

But the biggest problem, of course, is that I couldn't vote for Chambliss even if I smoked five tons of crack and wanted to. You see, Chambliss is running in Georgia, and I live in not-quite-neighboring Massachusetts.

So yeah, the RNC money isn't just wasted on Nieman-Marcus trips. It's also spent on long-distance phone calls to non-voters.

(Aside: I've gotten no calls at all for any local candidates, although it's not like I'd change my mind on any of them at this stage in the game.)

Comments

Not the state, the country,

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

Aside: I've gotten no calls at all for any local candidates,

No, those calls are going to people in Georgia.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

"even if I smoked five tons of crack and wanted to. "

I'm going to hell... ACORN? I'm sure they'd be happy to arrange something for you :)

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

Saxby was the one who called Murtha (the multiple amputee 'Nam vet) a traitor?

[yendi]

Cleland (not Murtha), but otherwise, yes.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it was call-forwarded from your old number?

Although that seems like too long of a delay...

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

I have a friend (who does live in Georgia) who received a robocall from Chambliss that also called Jim Martin a liar, and apparently encouraged people to call him and tell him so (the call included Jim Martin's phone number).

My friend called the number and told the Martin campaign about the robocall, and that the call had convinced him to vote for Martin.

He told me that he had actually been planning to vote for Martin anyway, but that the robocall was so sleazy that it made him want to "blame" his vote on it.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

I still get political mailings from GA today three years after I left...no robocalls even though I still have a GA cell number thankfully...

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Kerry got a shit-ton of negative feedback from his 2004 robocalls, so Democrats have (by and large) stopped using them.

Fer crine out loud, even Palin says robocalls are annoying and do more harm than good. How stupid do you have to be to get that wrong? Stupider than Palin, apparently.

I actually answered a political poll the other day. I told them that I'm conservative by temperament, and was planning to vote for a Republican state senate candidate (the focus of this poll), but that the anonymous attack ad mailed to my house convinced me that I should not reward that party's behavior.

I hope it makes a dent.

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Have you changed your address on your voter registration card?

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

I was talking to my mother (who lives in Indiana) last night, and she said she was getting utterly inundated with calls from both sides. I told her that it was only to be expected because Indiana was in play but that it'd be over by next week.

I also told my wife (who lives in Missouri) that I'd been checking our landline phone and knew all about the other man in her life. When she asked what the hell I was talking about, I replied, "Don't be coy with me. I know Bill Clinton called last week and invited you to a 'personal meeting' in St. Charles!"

[jerel.livejournal.com]

No one calls me. We cancelled our landline, and they haven't found
my cell phone number yet. HA!!!