I would doubt this conversaton actually happened the way it is written. Nobody talks that way on the phone. But I guess it’s possible a caller might stay on to persuade you — if so though, I wouldn’t expect them to say what is quoted here.
I got a call asking for help with the Obama campaign in Virginia, and I said no. They asked who I was voting for, and I said Romney (because I’m not stupid and I really want Obama not only to LOSE, but to get beat in the popular vote). She then said “we should take you off the phone list then, right? And I said thank you.
When a liberal calls Rush, and Rush starts asking questions, they never answer them, they push their points. That’s another thing that is remarkable about the conversation as it is transcripted here (is it really transcripted? I doubt there was a recording so it’s probably more from memory, or like Obama’s book accounts of his life). The caller keeps answering the questions, and never really tries to push back.
Most remarkable is the her response wasn’t a constant stream of “But Romney does this”, or “Romney does that”.
If someone told me they were not voting for my candidate, but also weren’t voting for the real opposition, I would take that as an opportunity to exploit the clear dislike of my opponent that the respondent has, and try to convince them that they shouldn’t throw their vote away. I don’t see any sign of that in the caller’s responses.
As i said in the very beginning, this is not an exact transcript, as I did not record the call. Instead, this is my memory of what was said. I agree with you that the real call was not exactly like this. But this is how I best remember it.