"An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted." - Arthur Miller

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Robo-Calls Run Amok

The RNC continues to show there is no low blow they will not use in desperation to maintain power. Any means necessary seems to be their motto as the recent robo-calls controversy has shown. Apparently the RNC has started to call cold call potential voters via computer providing negative and not necessarily accurate information about Democratic opponents whether the person being called wants it or not. In some cases if you hang up in the middle of the call...the machine will just call you back until you listen to the entire message.

Apparently the Democrats are claiming they will act on these calls which may be violating many national and state laws (including the Do Not Call law). Considering how wimpy the Dems have been for the last few years, I will believe this when I see it.

Countdown has a good report on the controversy here, including showing how the calls are not necessarily helping the Republican candidates they are calling to support (whether that candidate wants the help or not).

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