Do Robo calls really help?
By lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
United States
November 1, 2008 1:21pm CST
You can not turn on the TV without seeing something from one of the candidates, including a 1/2 prime time special. Commericals are almost constantly on. Volunteers are showing up at your house from both sides and now a lot of us are getting Robo calls from both sides. The no soliticing sign on the door means you too. Even telemarketers are not allowed to call you if you are on the no call list. Why not politicans?
When does it stop being a campaign and start turning into harrassement and stalking? I mean come on. Enough is enough. Leave me alone. I know who I am voting for and I just want some peace and quiet.
How do you feel? Will there be a backlash? Are you starting to feel harrassed by both sides?
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@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
1 Nov 08
Robo calls are the most annoying of all the campaign tools, in my opinion. I especially hate Obama's robo calls. My second mom (my best friends mother) told me a story about her mother the other day. During Obama's propoganda hour - erm, infomercial, I mean - she got a call. The first words of the call were, "Don't be afraid..."
Now, her grandson (my best friend), is currently over in the middle east. The first thing that came to her mind was that something had happened to him. So her first reaction was "What has happened to my grandson?" Right after she said that, the robo call continues: "When you vote for Obama..." Needless to say, everyone in my friend's family, and myself, were livid. Who was the genius that decided to start out a robo call with "Don't be afraid?" How many military families had the crap scared out of them for a few seconds because some idiot decided it would be smart to start out a call with a very worrisome greeting?
I don't think robo calls help at all. In this case, they actually made us think less of the Obama campaign's judgement. I'm just hope no one with a heart condition gets the call.
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@ClarusVisum (2163)
• United States
1 Nov 08
Um, who would start a call that contained bad news about a loved one overseas with "don't be afraid?" That doesn't make any sense. I don't think you can fairly blame Obama for your reaction to the beginning of that call.
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@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
1 Nov 08
Where in my post did I blame Obama? I blamed his campaign volunteers for their poor choice in wording.
Who starts off a bad news phone call with "don't be afraid?" Lots of people. One of the times my grandmother had to be rushed to the hospital, the first call I got about it started off with "don't panic".
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
1 Nov 08
That is a bad way to start a call. And they do it on purpose. It gets peoples attention. They listen to the call to make sure something is not wrong.
If they just said Hi I am calling for Obama and we hope you come out vote for him, a lot of people would just hang up. So they use this tatic to keep people on the phone to hear their message. It is a dirty trick.
As I said before....it is turning into harrassement and stalking. Thank goodness it is almost over.
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