Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion
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Robocalls are tacky even when they carry the best of messages. I hate it when I get a telephone call in the middle of dinner, and it’s just some machine playing a pre-recorded message to me from some politician who wants my vote. The message doesn’t let me talk back and give my opinion. It just gives me that robotic message and then hangs up.
How rude.
This politician thinks that I’m going to vote for someone who doesn’t even have the decency to have a human being talk to me? No. Politicians who use robocalls are indicating the disrespect they have for voters, and suggest that if they’re elected, they won’t listen.
Robocalls get even worse, though, when they’re used by a politician to attack another candidate. That’s what Hillary Clinton has been doing in South Carolina, and she’s been doing it to attack John Edwards. John Edwards, for goodness sakes!
Maybe this is why Hillary Clinton had such a miserable showing in South Carolina.
Interrupt voters’ private time to have a robot spew a negative message at them over the telephone? Only the Clintons could be so arrogant as to think that would help their campaign.
Whatever little tender moment Hillary Clinton was able to create in New Hampshire has been destroyed with tactics like this. Why can’t she learn to stay positive?
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January 27th, 2008 at 1:50 am
I think they’re kinda fun. I’ve gotten one from the governor that I listened to in the toilet (don’t tell him) and one from a former president.
I think your problem is you didn’t get one from the candidate who is paying you to write these things.
January 27th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Nobody is paying me to write these things, and I don’t like to be talked to by machine campaigns, period.
Is someone paying you to come up with such ridiculous retorts to these dreadful smears by Hillary Clinton?
I mean, attacking John Edwards, who’s in third place? That’s just plain mean.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:13 am
You keep making these accusations, but I don’t see even a link to back up your smears.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Maybe you think Hillary Clinton, instead of countering all those negative swiftboat tactics being used against her, should stay home, be dainty, and make cookies.
Maybe you think she should iron your shirt.
January 27th, 2008 at 10:31 am
That’s right. Anybody who doesn’t like robocalls is a sexist. Ha. Ha.
January 27th, 2008 at 11:35 am
“a robot spew a negative message”
What message? Why does “Frank” consider it to be negative? Why does Frank think these calls are from the Clinton camp–or that they are being made at all? Anyone can make accusations. Why should we believe?
Much as I hate to say it, the most negative stuff right now is coming from the Obama camp, and this is an unfortunate example. Oh, I know, you’re selling bumper stickers, lots and lots of Obama bumper stickers, and you have to get that google mojo going, even if you have to grab the Obama campaign’s negative talking points instead of thinking for yourselves.
Link.
Link.
Link.
January 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
We sell both Clinton and Obama bumper stickers, plus Kucinich and Edwards ones, plus some third party ones. We don’t make money better if Clinton is on top or if Obama is on top. Your statement is empirically inaccurate in that regard.
January 27th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Empirically? But not…hmm…I’m still trying to parse that one.
You know what I think?
I think this Frank guy didn’t get any phone call at all.