They ring at all hours. They know when you eat dinner. The will never stop calling…well, at least not until after November 4th.
Candidates are using robocalls more and more this campaign. If you live in a battleground state such as I do, it is not uncommon to get as many as 12 calls a day.
McCain launched 12 robocalls in the past six weeks. The Obama campaign launched four themselves. Neither is looking to stop anytime soon.
Robocalls are today’s SPAM. The recorded calls are not regulated in that the information on the call is never really accurate and certainly misleading. Many of the issues brought up on the call are already considered “False” as a result of fact checking – it doesn’t matter to the candidates.
However, these “out of context calls” just may sway voters who have enough time (and patience) to bother listening to them. – but not in the way people think. Many voters are turning away from McCain who has already been getting flack about negative advertisements and personal attacks (versus the issues). It is all part of a $70 million Republication blitz of calls, mailings, and door-to-door visits.
Obama, still leading in the polls, can certainly take the higher ground since he is not trying to play catch up. Ironically enough, Obama’s latest robocall slams the fact McCain is making robocalls. Go figure…
Look, I watched the debates and read enough. I will be glad when this election is over. I don’t need you calling me every hour to tell my some BS of what the other guy is doing. Neither of you are playing fair – and by “fair” I mean “telling the truth about the other guy.”
Want off the list?
Don’t think the Do Not Call Registry has your back. You need to go to the National Political Do Not Contact Registry (www.StopPoliticalCalls.org) – Tell ‘em the Godfather sent you!
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And with only 2 weeks until the election, don’t expect the calls to stop……….it seems to take forever for these “do not call” lists to kick in.
Fortunately for me I don’t live in a battleground state so I’ve been spared this SPAM.
Those of you receiving them should start emailing the sites continually with NO ROBOCALLS. That’s it, nothing more, let them see how it feels to be bombarded with bullshit.
Maybe we should employ a spammer to return all calls to the originating machines….jam them up and cause the system to breakdown
as for “do not call lists” unfortunately the one’s who devised the law were smart enough to keep their calling exempt from the regulations. as for any other calls, be careful who you do business with, as 3rd party agreements often allow them access to you, even if yu had previously targeted a company with your do-not-call requests. Also, if you hold credit cards, apply for credit cards, etc., every incident gives them a new 18 month lease on your number…
I used to do telemarketing, and got out shortly after the implementation of this law…it got real hairy after a while!
I am sooooooo glad I don’t live in a swing state.
I hope they don’t find my cell phone number
From the original post: “Ironically enough, Obama’s latest robocall slams the fact McCain is making robocalls. Go figure…”
I love politicians. They talk the talk and forget they don’t have the guts to avoid doing half of the things they “oppose.”
As for these “robocalls,” as we are referencing them, I would genuinely like to smash the computers being used to do that crap. It’s not helpful. I don’t know if McCain and Obama realize this, but it’s just pissing everyone off. It doesn’t help to be a hypocrite, either, now does it, Obama?