Political "robocalls" -- a warning!

[javasaurus]

According to this article at WTOPnews.com, many of the automated phone calls you are getting are not from the candidate they mention.

A call may start with, "I want to talk to you about [Candidate X]" and then say many negative things about the candidate, and finally identify the call's source as the candidate's opponent. The problem here is that if you are immediately annoyed by the call, you hang up after hearing the name of Candidate X, and choose not to vote for them.

So when you get these calls, be aware that you don't know who's sending them! Politicians know that they are annoying, and are playing accordingly.

Comments

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Karl Rove patented that, 'cause that's exactly the technique he used in South Carolina against John McCain in the 2000 primaries, and it was quite successful, giving Bush the nomination.

Of course, they couldn't automate it back then...