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How many political calls have you received this year asking for your vote or for you to get out and vote?
 
This year? Us aging and infirm can’t be expected to remember who called us during the primaries.:eek: I’ll just do my best here…
 
Getting alot. Both parties are pulling out all stops this time around.
 
4 of those calls was for the same candidate! Check me off the list already!

One candidate and one person working for a candidate came to my door (not the one that called).
 
iam in canada, we vote almost every 2 years when the government makes a bad decision, we have an election:rolleyes: seems like every 2 years, we have an election, out with the old, in with the old.
 
rpp said:
Having an unlisted pohone number sure helps!
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Didn’t help us. But I think we put our phone number down in our voter registration, so it is our own fault.

Unfortunately, we are in a State with a tight race for Senate and a district that has a pseudo-tight race for the House seat. So everyone is calling. Got a recorded message from the President tonight. My wife said she thinks he called before and she hung up on him. hehe
 
gilliam said:
How many political calls have you received this year asking for your vote or for you to get out and vote?
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Easily over 30. I never pick up the phone, letting the answering machine screen the calls. Some hang up when they hear the overly cute message, others just plow on at the sound of the beep:mad:
 
I received less than 6. Around here politics is a spectator sport as well…😃
 
I am retired.

I have time on my hands and don’t have to be any place special.

So, when the political calls come in, I engage them in conversation. You all know me from my posts. So I entertain, impress and amaze the callers with the breadth and depth of my knowledge.

I weave in George Bush’s piloting experience, the software problems of the type of interceptor he flew, the lack of understanding displayed by the Republican Party of George Bush’s military service and accomplishments, the relationship between George Bush and Wilson/Plame/Niger uranium and the CIA/KGB volley ball game I attended in Niamey… and etc.

And they are too polite to hang up.
 
I got a great one yesterday. The first line of the recording was “Andrea Stewart has always been pro-choice”. Needless to say, I won’t vote for Stewart.
 
matt1985 said:
I got a great one yesterday. The first line of the recording was “Andrea Stewart has always been pro-choice”. Needless to say, I won’t vote for Stewart.
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Good one!

The TV adverts for the Democratic Senate candidate in NJ constantly mention that his Republican opponent, Keane, is pro-life AND wants tax cuts. My wife thought that it was good advertising for the Republicans.
 
Easily over 30. I live in Rhode Island where politics is the life blood of this overgrown county called a state.

Political and union relationships are incestuous and every other person gets something from the state or is related to someone who does. 39 cities and towns with duplicated services of every kind the size of which are routinely handled by large counties out west.

There are numerous fiefdoms where turf is protected and resources are squandered.

Want to know where you would put the tube? Let me know and I’ll give you the coordinates.
 
Getting a lot at my office to. Of course you cant ask them to put you on the no call list as Congress exempted themselves from that law.
 
Right now I am getting about 4 to 5 a day. Most of them is bot calls so you cannot fire back at them. Too bad they are not covered by the Federal do not call list. :mad:
 
Bill Clinton called me four or five times. I kept trying to explain to Bill that we are not friends but he just would not listen to me.
 
Laura Bush called before Mass today. The govenor’s wife called a little later. I got two “human” calls before supper and was handed two “voter’s guides” at the door.

Oh, and two nice representatives of Jehova’s Witness stopped by as well. Seems to me we could save a lot of money if we would just let these folks deliver the mail!

Nohome
 
Steven_Merten said:
Bill Clinton called me four or five times. I kept trying to explain to Bill that we are not friends but he just would not listen to me.
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I understand that nowadays you can have a cup of coffee with Bill for less than his usual rate of $25K per cup. I think that’s wonderful … good for the common man.
 
I voted I don’t know. I’ve gotten at least 6 when I’ve been home to answer the phone. I’ve also gotten a lot of hang ups on our answering machine, which very rarely happens, so I’m guessing they’re political calls, too. I just can’t stand those recorded messages; at least have a real person call me.

How about all the mailers? I’ve gotten so much junk mail from the Talent/McCaskill camps it’s unreal. I want to call the Republicans and tell them to save their money–I’ve been going to vote for Talent all along!
 
Al_Masetti said:
I am retired.

I have time on my hands and don’t have to be any place special.

So, when the political calls come in, I engage them in conversation. You all know me from my posts. So I entertain, impress and amaze the callers with the breadth and depth of my knowledge.

I weave in George Bush’s piloting experience, the software problems of the type of interceptor he flew, the lack of understanding displayed by the Republican Party of George Bush’s military service and accomplishments, the relationship between George Bush and Wilson/Plame/Niger uranium and the CIA/KGB volley ball game I attended in Niamey… and etc.

And they are too polite to hang up.
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Must be nice–all the ones I’ve received have been recorded messages. Can’t argue with them. Before the primary here, I was fielding four to five a day. It’s dropped down to about two a day, but I can’t wait for tomorrow to be over!
 
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