Don't Hangup - Keep Their Circuits Busy
If you get a nasty robocall from the lying McCain campaign don't hangup. Set the phone down and keep their circuits busy.
View ArticleProposal - National Robocall Legislation
I know that our obvious focus is on the outcome of Tuesday's election, but after reading more diaries about Robocall's in various states, an idea occurred to me. I don't know if such a thing already...
View ArticleNew Dole RoboCall....
I came home Sunday and found a RoboCall from Senate candidate Elizabeth Dole on my answering machine. I am sure that during this election cycle this is not an unusual event except for one simple fact....
View ArticleMcCain losing Florida !!!!
I just saw that McCain and Palin just releases a new robocall in the last hour in florida.
View ArticleGA- US Chamber of Commerce Robocall for Chambliss
The robocalls have started coming thick and fast for Chambliss here in Georgia district 6. A quick transcript of today's robocall representing itself as from the US Chamber of Commerce is posted...
View ArticleDCCC Targeting Twelve Republicans
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has announced that starting tomorrow, they will launch the next phase of their Putting Families First campaign. With an emphasis on House...
View ArticleRemember the... Teabag?
The unthinking just happened - I got a call from 512-646-1431. From someone my phone assured me was CALL CENTER, TX. The robot (with the voice of someone who might be that chuckle-headed "actor" Chuck...
View Article(Update) Tea Party RoboCall Audio
For those of you interested, The National Political Do Not Contact Registry has obtained an audio file of the Tea Party Robocalls that have been blanketing the country for the past week or so. UPDATE:...
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RoboNOM NY
I live in New York and got a push poll from the NOM people. At least I think it was going to be a push poll. You see, as I was looking for the software on my computer that records stuff from the...
View ArticleI just got push-polled; what should I do?
I just got a push-poll call. There was no human to interact with, just a recorded voice asking yes/no questions. Some examples: "Do you believe that Barack Obama's budget will condemn our children to...
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RoboNOM Redux
I just got the RoboNOM call that I had written about last month. NOM is the National Organization of Marriage and they're in heavy Robocalling and push polling mode in New York. Although I was...
View ArticleSC Sen Robocalls; Promises Legislation to Save Kids From Obama
Cross posted at the StopPoliticalCalls.org Blog. This reported Monday in South Carolina, reports that a GOP Senator (Senator David Thomas) from SC is robocalling his constituents promising to introduce...
View ArticleGettin' RoboCalled re: Tea Parties?? REPORT THEIR ASS
I just got yet another Robocall that went like this: America, are you aware there are tea parties happening all over the country? No chance to speak to anyone or even press any buttons. It simply hung...
View ArticleTeabagger Robo-Call: Is this illegal?
I just received a robo-call telling me that I should be aware of tea party activity protesting what our government is doing. The wording was harsher that that, but I don't remember it verbatim. Either...
View ArticleTo protect the cartel, McCain did what he does best: Robocalling!
Earlier this week, Senator John McCain put forward a motion to recommit the Senate health care bill (H.R. 3590) to the Finance Committee with instructions to put back in the 500-something billion...
View ArticleNRA: UN, "Third World Dictators" Stealing Americans' Guns!
I just got the most unbelievable phone call from the National Rifle Association. When the caller egregiously mispronounced my last name, I knew the call wasn't coming from anyone I knew . . . and when...
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Updated Help! Who is behind these robocalls?
High winds caused a prolonged power outage in my neighborhood yesterday. This afternoon I returned home from having sought overnight shelter at my Mom's (I am sort of partial to heat in 19 degree...
View ArticleCredit Card Services call: "You're dead." (updated)
We keep getting these stupid calls, and I'm sure you have, too. You know the ones, the recorded calls that start out with "Hi, this is ___ from Credit Card Services. Don't worry, there's nothing wrong...
View ArticleIn Which Citizens United Agreed With Everything I Said
No big surprise - Citizens United robocalls are filled with lies that they seem to believe.
View ArticleHRCC robocall in Missouri's 121st Legislative District: desperation and...
You can smell the republican flop sweat. Today the Missouri House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) ran a robocall in the 121st Legislative District attacking Courtney Cole (D) in terms that have...
View ArticleThe Missouri HRCC steps in it with homophobic robocalls
Previously: HRCC robocall in the 121st Legislative District: desperation and homophobia (October 27, 2010) The Missouri HRCC has stepped in it with their desperate and homophobic robocalls in...
View ArticleWhy is Newt Gingrich calling me?
Oy. I will give "him" credit -- the caller ID did say "Newt Gingrich" -- I thought it was a joke. How did he get my phone number?
View ArticleHillary Clinton Robocall
Will start out by saying this is not a diary so I will take the flak if need be and also delete if wanted by the community but i needed some response or insight or answers quickly as this will disturb...
View ArticleDoes Newton understand the Gravity of the situation?
This may be too petty for a diary, but I got an amusing rogueocall, er, robocall from my state's Gingrich for President committee tonight. Mr. Announcerman read through a list of times and places...
View ArticleI answered your poll questions, now where's my free cruise to the Bahamas?
Here’s a new way to get people to answer a public-opinion poll: Promise them a free cruise to the Bahamas. This morning, I got a robocall from an unidentified public-opinion pollster. After the voice...
View ArticleBarbara Bush, Please Show Some Class
I guess the GOP establishment is in full panic mode, especially with the recent Marist poll showing President Obama beating Mitt Romney (their chosen candidate) by double digits in Ohio. So what do...
View ArticlePA -just got Romney robocall
Robocall to my landline phone is in Romney's voice, then changes to someone else who says Obama is "up 5% in recent polls", "he will be President for 4 more years unless 'we' do something about it"...
View ArticleHuckabee robocalls to fundraise for Akin in Colorado
This is a very short diary, as the title sort of says it all. My husband who is a registered Republican is getting lots of telephone calls lately. I usually answer the phone, so I have the pleasure...
View ArticleJust got a Romney robocall...in Chicago!
This is more astonished venting than diary, but I just received a breathless Romney robocall from a (202) area code to my home outside Chicago. This is as blue an area as you can find, and we are a...
View ArticleYet Another Robocall from Crossroads GPS
Robocall received Friday, October 26, 10:20 am Hello this is Crossroads GPS calling about Elizabeth Warren's $10 million secret. Elizabeth Warren talks about accountability for the Wall Street bail...
View ArticleFourth Robocall from Crossroads GPS
"Hi, this is Crossroads GPS calling about the trouble Elizabeth Warren is having being open with us. Elizabeth Warren claimed to be of Native American descent even though there is no record of her...
View ArticleHuckabee the Huckster for FOX News
Once upon a time someone in my household registered Republican in order to make a protest vote in a primary, so we get most of the mail and the phone calls. I thought that with the election being over...
View Articlemy diary
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View ArticleTroublesome robocall regarding "Obamacare"
Today I received a phone call in which the recorded voice warned me that Republicans are going all out to "repeal Obamacare." It went on to say that they had (if I recall correctly) five million...
View ArticleI fell for it and I am soooo sorry
I got a robocall today and I fell for it. Someone says "We need to tell President Obama to pass the Keystone XL Pipeline. People are hurting and they need jobs. The pipeline will provide these jobs....
View ArticleA Curious Little Robocall
Just got an odd robocall from a zombie identifying himself as "Louisiana Priorities" who proceeded to tell me how terrible Mary Landrieu is, how she's printing money like there's no tomorrow and making...
View ArticleAn Anecdote You May Enjoy
For the umpteenth time today, the phone rang. Caller ID said, "San Antonio, TX."Don't know why I even bothered answering, but I did. And I'm glad I did. It made me think we might have a chance to blow...
View ArticleI just got robo called to a tea party (with update)
This isn't going to be much of a diary, but I want to let people here know what's going on.The phone just rang. A male recorded voice said something like, "Are you aware of the tea parties taking...
View ArticleTea Party Robo Calling in DC
Frank Luntz, did you just call me?I just got a short anonymous robo call here in DC. The middle-aged male voice began with a loud "American" and then went on to jostle my ear with "Tea Party" in a...
View ArticleCreepy abortion robocall taught me we MUST elect Martha Coakley and do...
I got a robocall last night. A creepy male voice asked me if I intended to vote in the special election for US Senate in Massachusetts on January 19.I said, "yes."The bizarre voice with the oddly...
View ArticleI Got Another Call Today
I don't know why I'm getting all these calls from different republican front groups lately but today's call was a robo call from the NRA. No one in our household owns a gun or has over owned or shot...
View ArticleScammers Impersonating IRS
These past few days I've been getting robocalls from scammers claiming to be the IRS saying that the Big Bad Gubmint is going to sue me and I'd better call them back with all kinds of personal info. I...
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So, When Was The Last Time You Used a Phone Book?
Once upon a time, if you needed a phone number, you could open a thing called a phone book, aka directory. It was printed on actual paper. It listed people alphabetically by last name, along with a...
View ArticleSaturday Night Loser’s Club, Vol. DCXLV: Robocall Spam Edition
This SNLC may rank as the most trivial ever, even for a series with the word “loser” baked into the title. But given that only a few regulars comment here, whatevah, correct? It has to do with a spam...
View ArticleSophisticated Phone Scam
“Hello, is Lana there?”“May I speak to the head of the house?”This is an AI programmed to sound like a real human. It has a deep male voice with a slight Southern accent. It can respond to common...
View ArticleUgh. Bloomberg robocall. Jessica wants me to reserve a yard sign.
Anyone else gotten this?I didn’t last long enough to find out if it’s free.It was on our landline phone, and caller ID, thankfully, did say “Bloomberg.”Please note if you’ve been called in the...
View ArticleMichigan AG announces felony charges for conservative fraudsters trying to...
When young right-wing scumbag Jacob Wohl isn’t allegedly trying to cook up false sexual assault charges against public health officials, he’s planning other dubious and immoral scams. Recently a series...
View ArticleFCC hands down $5 million fine against right-wing fraudsters Wohl and Burkman
The FCC just proposed the largest robocalling fine in the history of robocalling. Released on Tuesday, the proposal calls for right-wing fraudsters and racist robocall creators Jacob Wohl and John...
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