Damn Robocalls

I don't get most robocalls anymore since my land line is almost strictly a fax machine. However, when these damn robocalls get out, I usually hear about it. I got a call about 30 minutes ago from one woman, probably retired, who has gotten three robocalls from "Republicans" in two days. One of the calls mentioned "Livingston County" which is why I got the call. She originally thought LCGOP was behind these calls. We wern't, but only political die hards differentiate between the different parties. If people hear "Livingston County" and "Republican" in a call, it's reasonable to assume that it was us.

As long as I'm chair of LCGOP, I'll authorize robocalls over my dead body. It is not a secret about how I feel about those damn robocalls. These robocalls have been ringing about 9AM, which is way too early for anyone retired or working night/afternoon shifts. The fact that there's three in two days makes things even worse. 

One of those calls is the same one that has been harassing other voters in Joe Hune's district.

Hune not behind Medicaid expansion ‘robo-calls’

 

 

LANSING, Mich.— Sen. Joe Hune today urged residents not to let special interest groups hijack their voices and opinions.

Hune, R-Hamburg, recently mentioned that his office has received an innumerable number of phone calls from constituents that were transferred to the office from ‘robo-calls’ they had received regarding Medicaid expansion. However, many of them do not understand the phone calls they are receiving and some seniors are even mistaking it for changes to Medicare.

 

“These robo-calls appear to be intentionally misleading!” Hune said. “These calls prompt you to press one to speak to our office or it automatically transfers you. Either way, many are mistaking it for being originated by my office. I repeat that we are not responsible for these calls.”

Interest groups have launched a campaign that automatically sends phone calls to many of the Michigan Senate offices recently.

 

“I apologize to my constituents who are receiving robo-calls from shadowy interest groups scripted to sound as if it was coming from our office, which is not the case,” Hune said. “Aside from these calls being very persistent to homes in my district, many of my constituents don’t know who called them or why, and are confused by the automated statements made before they are transferred. These robo-calls are a product of questionable, pro-Medicaid expansion groups that don’t have the residents of the 22nd District’s best interests at heart.

 

“Those interested in the Medicaid expansion issue should do exactly what I am doing: research the issue and come to a well-thought-out conclusion.”

 

Hune said “We always welcome the comments and concerns of our constituents. If they have questions on Medicaid expansion, they should reach out to my office at 855-JOE-HUNE.”

The other call was about joining someone for pizza. I'm not sure who it was referring to. The lady hung up before it got to that point and called me.

Whoever is behind these robocalls to put it bluntly needs to shut the hell up. They aren't helping matters and are making us all look bad.

Thanks for the robocalls, Mitt Romney.

I got home yesterday and found five robocalls on my answering machine. So far, I've gotten three of them today with another four-five hours left. At least half of them were calls of the "vote for me, he sucks" variety. If Romney wants to portray himself as a fiscal conservative, I have two words for him. Fee increases. One more word. Romneycare.

I have not received one robocall from the campaigns or superpacs supporting Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, or Ron Paul. Nor even the usual offenders with leftist group American Family Voices. The only offender lately has been Romney's campaign or Superpac. The robocalls are usually bad this time of year, but the worst part is that this is ALL from ONE campaign - at least here in Green Oak Township, Michigan.

I'll be doing my best to teach Mitt a lesson by voting against him Tuesday and voting for Rick Santorum. In the meantime, could everyone please shut the hell up with these robocalls. I can't stand those things.

This is ridiculous

And I'm referring to political phone calls. I got to my dad's house about 3:30. Since then the phone has been ringing here off the hook. We've had calls from Romney and McCain (advertising for his event) here, and those are just the ones we know about. None of the calls were answered thanks to caller ID. I'm sure others campaigns have called as well. There were at least five out of area or toll free calls calls in about a two hour period. I bet most of them were political as at least two of them were, and my parents are on the do-not-call telemarketing list.

This is not counting the previous Huckabee call and the other line which has a bunch of political calls from those leftists at "American Family Voices" (same calls I've gotten) and others.

There's a reason I refuse to help on phone banks. I bet that every likely voter is getting call after call every five to ten minutes. People get tired of one campaign after another invading their castle close to dinner time. The people I know do not liked to be bothered in their castles by political calls. Telemarketers are Telemarketers in the eyes of the voters.

For the record, my parents are undecided voters, and these calls do not help at all at earning their vote. They in fact hurt the chances at their votes. That might not be good news for some candidates.

Piece of free advice, end or at least reduce the amount of political phone calls.

The Return of the robocalls

It's close to election time and the robocalls and political phone calls are back.

The worst offenders once again are American Family Voices. I've gotten four calls by those jerks, all spewing BS against Mike Rogers. It's run by Bill Clinton democrats like David Wilhelm (Ex-DNC chair) and Mike Lux (Clinton aide, political director of People for the unAmerican Way). Mike Lux runs the show at AFV. If they have a toll free number, someone should give them a taste of their own medicine and make them lose a lot of their union and Soros money. I did find a business number from back in 03. 202.628.7772 ext. 126 (Business number). Maybe some of you readers can call him up and ask Mike Lux to stop flooding you with robocalls.

With the January primary coming up, some of the campaigns are calling people. I got two surveybots on my answering machine. I haven't made up my decision yet, but if you want to lose my vote real quickly, call me with push polls, robocalls, and attack ads. I really think political phone calls cost more votes than they gain. I can not tell you how many people were pissed off at the calls bombarding their homes during last election season. Think about this. We had all the interest groups robocalling them, at least seven from Mike Lux and American Family voices alone. We had the call centers for the campaigns and political parties themselves. With races for governor, senate, congress, state reps, and everyone else, that all adds up. People at home eating dinner do not like being disturbed and invaded by solicitations over the phone. That goes double for those in a profession viewed on the same level as a used car salesman. I got more complaints about this than anything else over last election season, and I think these calls cost us about 2% in the polls.

Both parties are guilty of this. Mike Lux may be the worst, but he's not the only one.