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Republican Robocall Pretexting Campaign
WCityMike writes, "In 53 Congressional campaigns across the country, including the Pennsylvania 6th, the Connecticut 4th, the North Carolina 11th, the New Hampshire 2nd, and the Illinois 6th and 8th (and possibly all races), the National Republican Congressional Committee is conducting a $2.1 million campaign to make it appear as if Democrats are spamming callers with telemarketing calls. The NRCC hired Conquest Communications Group to conduct a massive nationwide robocalling campaign with calls specifically scripted to appear as if they're coming from the Democratic candidate — in violation of FCC regulations on such 'robocalls,' which requires the identity of the caller to be stated at the beginning of the message [47 CFR 64.1200(b)(1)]. The call begins with 'Hello. I'm calling with information about,' and then says the name of the Democratic candidate. There is then a pause; if the recipient hangs up here, they will receive repeated calls back with the same message, potentially up to 18 times or more (according to one callee). If the callee doesn't hang up, they hear a smear message from the machine about the Democratic candidate. The NRCC thinks the legality of the calls is, conveniently, a 'complicated legal question that's not going to get adjudicated this weekend.'" Update 20:47 GMT by SM: Thankfully we all learned how to deal with these folks last week.
I for one welcome our new republabot overlords... *wince*
All this time I thought they were the good guys!
RTFA. It wasn't "just one person," it was SEVERAL Democratic campaign workers.
Also note that this story isn't about "the RNC itself" it's about a group called the NRCC.
And calling people is in no way similar to slashing people's tires. The Democrats destroyed property, some Republicans are being accused of being annoying. It's hardly the same.
Deeper investigation ( you trust the drive-by media?) is this reports isnt really correct. In fact several people today said they were getting calls this weekend at 10PM to 3AM in MA and PA asking them to vote Republican. No smart campaign is going to annoy people that way!!!
If you vote Democrat you are NOT going to like it unless of course you want us to cut and run in Iraq (and let another Saddam come to power..or worse), ignore the NK threat, pay higher taxes (1st thing Dems will do is repeal the Bush tax cuts, especially the child tax credit), see Wall Street go DOWN, increase the chance for another 9/11, see all progress on illegal immigration stop (they want illegals..another class to keep down with handouts from the Democrats..the second chance at the Great Society ideal that has not worked for 40 yrs). Bite your tounge on such a minor disagreement and go vote for the RIGHT candidate.
Libs..flame away..I got Karma to burn.
Let me make it real easy for you: the majority party gets all the chairmanships and the subpoena powers, and a large I-strick. By voting either candidate (D or R), you give either party the absolute power.
;-)
If you want Congressional investigations into Iraq intelligence & strategy & war profiteering & gas prices, vote Democrat.
If you like the way things are, how your taxes are lower and how we have not lost any American lives to terror since 911, vote for Republicans.
Fair enough? Now personally, I would say that if you want terrorists to win, vote Democrats, but that's just me.
Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.
So what's your point? Slashdot is hopelessly biased, we know that - but this is a common campaign scheme, and the Democraps are doing it to me and my neighbors in the middle of the night claiming to be calling from the Republican campaign.
This is funny! "and possibly all races"... Ok lets speculate.. I have received many calls on my cell phone and home phone from the DNC even though they are on the "do not call list" "potentially up to 18 times or more " yippe more specualtion! "they hear a smear message" yet another opinion... If it's true it's bad judgment.. if it's false it's a "Smear" campaign by the press and DNC against the republicans.. How much money has the DNC spent calling people? Why is this not quoted?
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit!
She advocates surrendering to the Islamic terrorists (though I think she would look great in a Burka). She opposes fighting them in Iraq, she opposes fighting them here in the US by intercepting their phone calls. She wants to make it illegal (again) for the CIA to warn a local sheriff about a terrorist cell operating in her neighborhood.
She thinks partial-birth abortions (head in, body out, totally viable child - that's why they keep the head in - never medically necessary - just pop the head out!) should be funded by the taxpayers.
She supports judges and policies that support the Kelo decision that allows a corporation to bribe a government into siezing your house.
She marches in parades side by side with NAMBLA members (you know - the 'eight is too late' crowd - at least Foley was messing with guys over the age of consent).
She thinks I exist to provide tax revenue that she can confiscate and hand out to the unproductive and underserving.
She opposes letting poor people have the same choice in education that rich people do for their young children.
She thinks someone should get to cut ahead of others more or equally able because they happen to have a certain sex or skin color - regardless of whether they or their ancestors ever experienced any repression in the US.
She thinks the people who murdered a bunch of unarmed women and children in Waco, TX should be able to have guns but that I, who have committed no crime, should not have a gun to defend myself.
Shall I continue?