Anyone getting these kinds of repeat calls?

[moominmuppet]

Republicans using Robo-calls to annoy dem and swing voters

The email I received from the dems about it:

Dear Sarah,

Karl Rove has been bragging for weeks about his "72-hour program" to swing the elections, which predict a Democratic takeover of Congress.

Now we know what it is: a dirty trick campaign using robocalls.

The calls are made to Democrats and swing voters at all times of day or night to make them angry. And they pretend to be from the Democrat ("Hello, I'm calling with information about Lois Murphy"). If you hang up, they call back 7-8 times, and each time you hear the Democrat's name, to get you angry at him or her. If you stay on, you get to hear a scathing attack on the Democrat.

Karl Rove's whole career has been devoted to dirty tricks. In 2002, his dirty trick was to force Congress to vote shortly before Election Day for the Iraq War based on two months of White House lies about WMD's and Al Qaeda ties. That dirty trick has cost the lives of 2,834 brave young Americans (16 so far in November), $2 trillion in debt to our children and grandchildren, and unleashed massive bloodshed in Iraq.

It's too late for legal action or even newspaper stories. If you receive one of these calls, write down the time and candidate and call every radio and TV show you can and urge everyone listening to vote against the disgusting Republican dirty tricksters. And forward this email to everyone you know so they aren't fooled by Karl Rove's dirty trick.

Let's make this Karl Rove's LAST campaign by voting ALL Republicans out of office.

More details:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
http://dailykos.com

Comments

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Lois Murphy? Gosh, she's running in my district. I've been getting these calls, too.

[firinel.livejournal.com]

We have actually, but only during the daytime, and always specifically about Lois Murphey.

[dougs.livejournal.com]

http://supergee.livejournal.com/1077625.html

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

Argh! Damned dirty politics.

[geekchick]

I don't think I am (I screen everything and don't pick up blocked numbers or most obvious toll-free numbers), but one of my local acquaintances has been.

[eris-esoteric.livejournal.com]

I've been getting them, too. I've found the most efficient way of dealing with it is to hang up the first time without saying anything, letting them get your voicemail the next half a dozen times they call (which wastes their time and theoretically any money from the repub's campaign which they're getting paid to talk to my machine). For about 2 months prior to any election I begin patently refusing to answer unknown numbers on my phone. Then you just delete the messages without listening to them, so that in the end they don't even get their hatemongering point across to anyone.