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Campaign Robocalls Anger Some Iowa Voters
KCCI ^ | 10/17/08

Posted on 10/17/2008 11:57:30 AM PDT by steve-b

Some central Iowa voters said a voicemail message on behalf of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign has gone too far.

The automated messages, also known as robocalls, have been ringing phones in Iowa homes since the last presidential debate. The message talks about a relationship between Sen. Barack Obama and '60s radical Bill Ayers....

"It was vicious," said independent voter Marilyn Greene. "It was a hateful, vicious message."

She said there's too much on the line in this election for candidates to stoop to this level.

"Stick to the issues," she said. "What can you do? What are you looking toward?"

"That's clearly a misrepresentation and it's brazen and outrageous," said Tina Fisher, who also got one of the phone calls. "This, to me, suggests total loss of control and, quite frankly, seems a little desperate."

Fisher said she felt the calls go against the message McCain has tried to send out on the campaign trail, especially during an appearance last week.

"When that gentleman said he was scared of Barack Obama, McCain said you have nothing to fear," Fisher said.

"He's a decent, family man, a citizen," McCain said to another supporter about Obama. "I just happen to have disagreements with him on fundamental issues."

A spokesman for the Iowa Republican Party said he was unaware of the messages. The McCain campaign did not return Newschannel 8's phone calls.

(Excerpt) Read more at kcci.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: ia2008; junkcalls; propagandawingofdnc; telemarketer; telemarketers; telemarketing
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To: johnnycap

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21 posted on 10/17/2008 12:42:07 PM PDT by KansasGirl (READ MY LIPSTICK, OBAMA IS JUST CREEPY!)
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To: steve-b
Meet the "new" Iowa... flatter and less populous than New Jersey, but dumber than a box full of dirt. KCCI used to be the "conservative" station in Des Moines, but when Russ VanDyke left the building, they slowly used up their supply of common sense.

Perhaps someone should dig up the last dust bunny on Marilyn Green; Joe the Plumber's cavity search by the 12th Imam's press harem has established the precedent.

22 posted on 10/17/2008 12:44:18 PM PDT by niteowl77 (The niteowl77s: parents who support those who support their soldier.)
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To: steve-b

Obama has a more than passing alliance with an unrepentant domestic terrorist, and McCain is the vicious one for calling attention to it?


23 posted on 10/17/2008 1:03:52 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: bigjoesaddle

Was her ear glued to the phone receiver? If I get a call I find distasteful I hang up.


24 posted on 10/17/2008 1:08:16 PM PDT by the Real fifi
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To: steve-b

hmmm...Marilyn Green.....hmmmm.


25 posted on 10/17/2008 1:31:52 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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"It was vicious," said independent voter Marilyn Greene. "It was a hateful, vicious message."

"Independent Voter" my a$$.

26 posted on 10/17/2008 1:34:38 PM PDT by anoldafvet (Barack Obama, the "Platte River Politician", a mile wide and a quarter inch deep.)
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To: steve-b

The calls tell the truth.


27 posted on 10/17/2008 1:51:38 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: steve-b

For goodness sakes if I complained about every automated call I get I would get little else done. Is she too stupid to hang up!


28 posted on 10/17/2008 2:10:56 PM PDT by nclaurel (No white flags from America in Iraq--hear that Biden!)
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To: steve-b

“She said there’s too much on the line in this election for candidates to stoop to this level.

“Stick to the issues,” she said.”

I would say that a candidate who is associated with anti-American terrorists is a HUGE issue.


29 posted on 10/18/2008 2:31:28 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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