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(Laura Ingraham caller) Unfreakingbelievable RAT phone tactics targeting military families
caller to Laura Ingraham
| 10-21-04
| dfu
Posted on 10/21/2004 7:02:48 AM PDT by doug from upland
Even for the DemocRATS, this is a low blow. Just when you think they couldn't get lower in the gutter, they have broken through the pavement and burrowed down into the sewer.
A caller on Laura Ingraham's show just commented that she received a call that is being used to target military families. (Paraphrasing) -- We are sorry to inform you that your husband is dead...........this is the message you will receive if George Bush is re-elected.
Laura is hoping that someone will be able to get that recorded message so it can be exposed for all to see.
They are not all like this, of course, but we are dealing with a large number of the scum of the earth in the opposition party. They really are different from us. They are why we must win.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ingraham; kerry; kerrysupporters; military; militaryfamilies; talkradio
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To: doug from upland
To: MistyCA
Damn them! If this is true, I can't imagine anyone reacting postively toward the caller and their candidate.
To: alwaysconservative
I think we all need to vent about these outrageous things.
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posted on
10/21/2004 12:40:32 PM PDT
by
MistyCA
(I think if you were to ask Edward's wife, who is fat, she would tell you she is being who she is...)
To: 1Old Pro
Laura is hoping that someone will be able to get that recorded message so it can be exposed for all to see. Shouldn't be difficult if these calls were really made.
This report has been up for some time now and we don't have confirmation, so it looks like a wild goose story. Possibly someone (or a few people) got a crank call along these lines and the story has taken off.
But FWIW, automatic dialers can tell the difference between live pickups and answering machines. They can be set to leave a message or not, depending on the campaign. Getting a recording of this message (again, if such a campaign is indeed underway) is not necessarily semi-automatic.
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posted on
10/21/2004 12:45:12 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: MistyCA; doug from upland; armymarinemom; ABG(anybody but Gore); Mo1; grannie9
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posted on
10/21/2004 12:45:26 PM PDT
by
restornu
(By faith Bush subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, and worked miracles.)
To: sphinx
automatic dialers can tell the difference between live pickups and answering machinesWell then, knowing the rats, if these calls were made they were surely only to live pick-ups.
To: MistyCA
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posted on
10/21/2004 12:49:39 PM PDT
by
talleyman
(Kriminals for Kerry - Why use a gun to steal when you can use a Democrat?)
To: ladylib
"What do they say about Ted Kennedy?"
Good question....
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posted on
10/21/2004 12:55:21 PM PDT
by
proud American in Canada
(To the "undecideds": Want some wood? Vote for GW November 2. You'll feel better.)
To: Chairman_December_19th_Society; All; Aegedius
Per the request of Aegedius, I will share my experience as a child of a serviceman during the Vietnam War when EXACTLY this type of thing happened, an event that made me a conservative at about the age of 3, realizing that the "peace protesters" like John Kerry actually just hate America and don't really care about people.
I have very few clear memories before the age of 5 --- this is one.
My dad flew B-52's in Vietnam. More correctly, he flew IN B-52's -- he was the electronic countermeasures crewman. My knowledge of the war was that dad would disappear for a couple or days or a week, mom and my older sisters would be worried, and then we would all be happy when he came home.
One day, when mom was out, we got a call one of the times dad was away. The eldest (10? 13? Not sure.) answered.
DAD WAS DEAD SAID the caller. He was shot down in Vietnam. She started to cry. The middle sister started to cry. I started to cry.
Mom came home to three hysterical children. She knew the call was a fake; the base wives had been warned of this trick. I remember being scared until dad finally came home the next day.
So Snopes, et al, can go jump in a lake. This really did happen.
This is not all. This is probably more the memory of my sisters imparted on me that my own recollection. It came about because of a tradition on the base.
The school was right off to the side of the base --- you could see (and hear) every plane land and take off.
In fact, the school was so close that the kids could also see the "peace protestors" with their signs out on the fence edge.
Basically everyone in the little elementary/pre- school we went to knew someone in the air crews that went out --- either fathers of the kids, or the kids' dads were on the ground crew or neighbors or whatnot. I suspect (no knowledge)that half the teachers were wives of servicemen.
Anyway, when we heard the lumbering engines of the B-52's coming back, everyone could go run out and see their dads come back.
The eldest kids learned to count the planes out and count the planes in.
One day, a couple planes did not come back.
The protesters, who could count too, cheered while the sons and daughters wept.
Importantly, it turned out the planes were not shot down, but diverted somewhere (Japan?) due to some mechanical problem, so it ended fine. Regardless, the protesters showed their true colors.
Indeed, it reminds me of the gloating of the media and Democrats as they eagerly awaited the 1000th death in Iraq.
To: MistyCA
I saw this earlier. Has it been confirmed yet? This is outrageous. I'll have to read the rest of the thread.
To: doug from upland; All
Now I need to ask a few questions to those that heard it on Laura's show. First of all was the call a tape recording or was it a live person.
Secondly how on earth did the Dems get the name of someone who is in the military and then get their phone number?
I am absolutely appalled if this is true, but right now it doesn't pass the smell test that they could even obtain that information.
To: 1Old Pro
I agree. That, again, is IF such calls are being made. We should have numerous reports by now, and that doesn't seem to be happening.
If multiple reports do surface, it would be possible to identify the call center by the telephone records, and then get the script. This would take some time and effort, but it's doable. Thinking from the 'rat perspective (disagreeable but necessary), there's too much time between now and the election -- time enough for this to be walked back. Truly contemptible calls are usually done in the last couple of days to ensure that the backlash doesn't hit until after the election. Lawton Chiles can tell you how to time it.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:03:09 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: ImaTexan
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:10:36 PM PDT
by
bjcintennessee
(Don't Sweat the Small Stuff)
To: 1Old Pro
Well then, knowing the rats, if these calls were made they were surely only to live pick-ups.Go to Radio Shack, they have a little device that plugs into any phone jack and will record ( you supply the tape recorder)any conversation on the line.
I've used it and it work great. The other party absolutely can't tell the recorder comes on.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:31:22 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: Old Sarge
The incident is being reported in Denver radio, the lady who got the call is in the report.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:40:01 PM PDT
by
xone
To: TexKat
'Isn't there a military base there?'
Colrado Springs,....yeah that's why they call it FORT Carson.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:43:54 PM PDT
by
xone
To: Illinois Rep
"What once was a close race has the makings of being a 48 state landslide."
Oh how I'd love to see that happen. However, your state along with Washington, Michigan. Massachusetts and a handful of other states will not vote for Bush. There are too many air heads that have no clue.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:50:48 PM PDT
by
rj45mis
To: doug from upland
This is really cowardly and low. Lowest of the low.
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:09:56 PM PDT
by
Ptarmigan
(Proud rabbit hater and killer)
To: hosepipe
No, I was ready to attack her, but I said to myself
"DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS FREAK"
To: doug from upland; conspiratoristo; Pontiac; boxerblues; dubyaismypresident; GOP_Lady; DollyCali; ...
How low can the RATS go?
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posted on
10/21/2004 3:26:13 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Dave
("Let's roll" in 2004 ----- Vote for President Bush!)
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