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We've been screening calls through the answering machine, this political season.  And just got one that has me scratching my head.

Very aggressive, harsh voice.  The message was the basic Obama = terrorist thing, pounding on the Ayers connection.  But the volume and tone of voice weren't professional-actor grade, the "this message authorized and paid" tag was in the same voice/tone, and other things just seemed a bit off and over-the-top.

Almost suspect a Joe Job . . .

Date: 2008-10-16 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txtriffidranch.livejournal.com
Huh. We're getting an insane number of calls from various "Unknown" numbers ourselves, but none of the creeps can be bothered to leave a message. We're never home during the day and we don't watch television...so this was what the world was like before televised debates and attack ads.

Date: 2008-10-16 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] edschweppe.livejournal.com
McCain's apparently got multiple robocalls going out to battleground states - you're in the non-Portland congressional district, right? That makes you a battleground. My condolences.

One of the robocalls, which sounds to me like what you're describing, had this for a script:
Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayres, whose organization bombed the U.S. capitol, the Pentagon, a judge's home and killed Americans. And Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington. Barack Obama and his Democratic allies lack the judgment to lead our country. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee at 202-863-8500.

I grabbed this from Ben Smith's Politico.com blog, which also has a link to a QuickTime recording of the call.

Was it this one?

Date: 2008-10-16 11:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anahata56.livejournal.com


Yeah, apparently it's all over the place.

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