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DEL.ICIO.USCan a robo-call keep you at home Tuesday?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Democratic blogs have been buzzing today about hundreds of thousands of robo-calls sent into congressional districts across the nation by Republicans. Dems say the calls are intended to seriously tick off voters — and keep them at home.
Georgia apparently has received its share of the automated calls. A constituent handed U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall’s campaign this recording off her answering machine.
A bit of the transcript: “I’m calling with information about Jim Marshall. As congressman, Jim Marshall voted against $550 billion in tax cuts for families and businesses. And Jim Marshall voted to keep the death tax, and voted against health savings accounts that can help reduce the high cost of health care…..�
At the end of the message, credit for the message is claimed by the National Republican Congressional Committee.
It’s not the content that upsets, necessarily. But if you figure that most people hang up on these messages before they finish, recipients might think that Marshall’s the originator, says the congressman’s spokesman, Doug Moore.
“It’s not us. We are not doing phone calls,� Moore said.
People hate robo-calls. Perhaps that’s why, Moore said, Federal Communications Commission regulations require the sponsor of automated messages to give its name first. And promise heavy fines for violators.
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By RSW
November 6, 2006 8:51 PM | Link to this
Politics in Georgia. Aren’t they fun? Been watching them for 40 years or more, and they’re just as dirty now as they were back then. The only difference is that then the three parties were Democrats, Republicans, and Dixiecrats. now they’re Christian Right, Republicans, and Democrats. (Oh yeah, then we had the Independent Party, today we have the Libertarians, but both of them are just pepper in the sauce). Just as much mud-slinging, just as much fun.
By lfc
November 6, 2006 9:48 PM | Link to this
The phone calls are irritating to me because I practice early voting. My ballots have been cast and these guys are asking for a vote I don’t have to give. What is even more irritating is that there is that dead air space between the time that I pick up and the time their tape starts playing. I just hang up - it’s their dime, not mine!
By JP
November 6, 2006 10:07 PM | Link to this
SLIMY. This is yet another reason I cannot vote for any Republicans tomorrow.
These people have no shame and no class. And no honor.
By kreedham
November 6, 2006 10:59 PM | Link to this
I have received 10 or more robo calls from the RNCC about Jim Marshall. The problem is I live in Fayette County and he’s not my congressman. The RNCC sure knows how to spend the money wisely.