Posted on 09/04/2006 5:55:10 PM PDT by Dutchgirl
Political automated phone calls are the most cost-effective way to reach your constituents. The cost is minimal compared to other media, and the effectiveness is unsurpassed. Automated calling will allow your campaign to target your message to your constituents, give them valuable information, and help you capture valuable data to win your election. Also, unlike other media, you will be able to reach your constituents exactly at the time of day of your choosing. You can place your calls in the middle of the day to target answering
I have been home all day with a head cold and my phone has rung every fifteen minutes. I breifly entertained the thought of turning it into a drinking game but I would be dead of alcohol poisoning by now. Any other Freepers care to vent?
Just take the phone off the hook. This will not end until the polls close tomorrow. If you're waiting for any important calls, give those people your cell phone number.
It's just not worth the stress.
Too funny!
The problem with people who only think in terms of "cost" is that they are oblivious to Cost.
Caller ID. If you don't recognize the caller, don't answer
It's not the answer for everybody but it's one of the reasons I went 100% wireless several years ago.
I have never had a telemarketer of any kind call me in the past 15 years or so on my celluar.
My Mom lives in MA but uses an AT&T calling card I gave her which routes all of her calls through one of several call centers here in FL, where all of my brothers and sisters live. I have many other friends who are pilots. It just doesn't work for me to NOT answer my phone, although now that it is after 9PM, it has been blessedly silent.
I wonder, if I participate in early voting in November, will there be some way to stop the calls before they build to a frenzy?
P.S. I was folding wash and didn't have time to chat, so I hung up on him.
:O)
My phone has been ringing off the hook all day today. I have already made up my mind who I am voting for tomorrow. It's annoying.
I doubt if early voting will make a difference. Good luck!
My son answered the phone last week when Charlie Crist invited me to a BBQ to meet and greet the "Maverick" himself. Son started singing the The Old Maverick McCain Song from Rush Limbaugh.
WE hear that a lot of Republicans in Maryland are getting autocalls from Barbara Mikulski.
Nobody has any idea who she's endorsing, or for what office, since they all basically screamed in horror and hung up the phone.
There is a BLOODY fight going on between two dems, Reggie Fullwood and Audra Gibson. If I had a nickle for every call...HMMM...maybe I'm in the wrong line of work!
Actually, I'd sooner drink motor oil than meet the old maverick. :O)
"Any other Freepers care to vent?"
I vented the day after the election, when I got 7 such calls. Three were for RINO Joe Schwarz... in fact, I think that all of the calls are for candidates that lost their races.
I wrote a letter to the local newspaper, and made my feelings quite well known personally to the local political types.
McCain called here the other day too...and Mel Martinez, the Sheriff, and zillions of folks whose names I didn't recognize.
After I made my contact, I scratched the name off the list. I hand dialled phone numbers and I was prepared to answer questions about my candidate. This auto dialling is so different. It's virtually worthless. There is no interaction.
LOL! I hung up on him too!
It is getting a little silly now, isn't it? :O) Most of the people calling here are unknown to me also.
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