Posted on 09/19/2012 12:44:11 PM PDT by Ziva
I have a question for you. Do you think things will get better or worse in a second term of Obama, when he no longer cares about being re-elected? We already heard him tell the Putin that he would have more "flexibility" after the election. You know that Obama has done a lot of damage by ruling by executive orders, and he will do even more damage in a second term. No one seems to be able to stop him.
I'll bet you agree much more with Romney on the economy, national security and foreign policy. I'll bet you agree with about 0% of Obama's actions.
The best IS the enemy of the good. While I despised McCain, Romney is not McCain. Our economy and energy resources are on the verge of disaster, and Obama will only make them worse. Romney will improve them.
I have fought RINOs (in my home state) for years. As Mark Levin says, the time to fight RINOs is in primaries. Afterwards, we do need to pull together even though it hurts.
Never has the need been greater to eliminate this scourge Obama that has infected our land. As Mark Levin says, "this country cannot endure four more years of Obama."
Your vote is certainly important, of course. I just will not be responsible for another Obama win this time due to complacency, a fit of pique, or accepting nothing but the perfect candidate to earn my toil.
There are many kinds of people. Plenty of people do not mind the calls, and they do help the campaign. If people don’t want to respond, I note that and they will not be called again.
So much for the Do Not Call list. The law exempts campaign calls.
I have a message on my landlne directing callers not to leave a message. But these automated calls leave a message anyway.
I’d get rid of the landline phone since I use my cell mostly, but the transmitter for monitoring my pacemaker only works with a landline.
Elderly people. I have a horrible time not getting my dad to answer every time the phone rings ... he thinks if it rings, it should be answered. I usually keep a cordless phone with me and when I see 'unknown', 'unavailable', and pretty much any area code starting with an '8', I pickup & hangup on the first ring to cut it off. If it looks like something we might need to get, I tell him not to answer & let it ring over to the answering machine .... generally it's a hangup. Annoying isn't the word for it.
Great idea!
You and Alaska are under a mis-apprehesion. I want Marxists out of the Ametrican governmnet; I could give a flying F*CK about win or lose: THAT is what is wrong about politics.
Unfortunately, too many folks like y’all find that the ends justify the means which is EXACTLY what your words (”do you want Romney to win or not”) mean.
I’m working diligently for the downticket, the conservatives who maintain a stand. Romney is simply a slower set of steps to weenie Euro-socialism. I am confident that my activities will give conservatives the House and Senate. I’ll vote for Romney but I don’t think many conservatives are willing to pimp him to total strangers...we just aren’t that happy with Romney and his record of big government nany-statism.
Your psuedo-nobleism in “calling” me out as lazy is pitiful. That ain’t politics, that soft intimidation.
Peace out, brah.
What we do are NOT automated calls. We actually do NOT leave any phone message.
I wonder who will be the next republican pres candidate “whose turn” it is, to be nominated?
See my post 26. I’ll discuss Romney with my co-workers, family and friends and I’ll tell the truth. I won’t pimp him to total strangers over the phone. I feel no guilt over not being enthusiastic for Romney...he should be able to defend himself and his candidacy.
Lack of enthusiasm in the campaign does not translate to a vote for Obamugabe. Some folks need to get a grip.
Just pinging you to a philosophical discussion that you may be interested in.
To pimp or not to pimp...that is the question. Wether ‘tis nobler to prove your persoanl Republican worth or suffer the slings and arrows of political situational ethics.
What to do...what to do!
“Plenty of people do not mind the calls, and they do help the campaign”
If what you stated is true, tell us all why so many TRIED to solve this problem by enrolling on the Do Not Call list!
Just because you want something to be true does not make it so.
In 2010 I got so annoyed by all the GOP calls (my TV has to be on to see the Caller ID, I finally called the local GOP headquarters and asked them, outside of physical violence, how do I stop my own party from harassing me?
I gave the name of every democrat I would vote for if I received one more of their calls. It worked and the calls stopped except for one judge who I called and threatened him with a charge of harassment then I voted for his opponent.
Don’t project your love of phone calls on to the rest of us.
The only ones I did not mind were on election day was someone calling to see if anyone needed a ride.
Besides you are just reinforcing the notion that politicians can exempt themselves from laws they pass for all the peons. We should NEVER allow them to do that
Umm... No, that's not what it means.
Politics is about compromise. It always has been; always will be. Sometimes the degree of compromise is distasteful, uncomfortable or downright ugly.
Given our options, Romney is clearly the best choice for president. At this stage in the race, that's ALL that matters. Period.
All the whining about true conservatives and RINOs is for the primaries, which are over, in case you missed it.
I am firmly in the "Do whatever I can to get the most conservative candidate to win."
On the other hand, if Obama is reelected, will it matter one whit whether Romney is a RINO???
:: No, that’s not what it means. ::
Situational ethics.
Wurlitzer, don't project your hatred of phone calls on to the rest of us. It works for some, not for others. It is probably a cost-effective way of identifying some voters.
I can only imagine the cost of going door-to-door to find the voters, but I'm sure it is also being done. Will you travel to a swing state to go door-to-door?
Every campaign needs to take multiple approaches to reaching voters. It is nothing personal, Wurlitzer. Just say you don't take these calls. You do not need to discourage other people from doing something constructive to end the Obama regime.
“Wurlitzer, don’t project your hatred of phone calls on to the rest of us”
Seems you are on the wrong side of the fence on this one.
By employing these annoying telemarketing techniques you are joining a group of people detested by most Americans who, again, voted by enrolling in Do Not Call.
We pay for our phone lines both land and cell and for you and other telemarketers to assume we have nothing better to do than get our dinner interrupted or stop what we are doing to answer some phone intruder into our home is nothing more than politicians proving once again they are more important than the citizens.
Notice they had to carve out an exception for themselves and I think if you did a little investigation you will find that the Founders did not want politicians excluding themselves from the law they force on the rest of us.
In closing DO NOT CALL, it is RUDE and those who do it are RUDE.
I’ve signed up for this and was ready to go, but man does that script seem stilted. Do you read the provided script as it is, or do you use it as a guide? I’m supposed to know who it is I’m speaking to without it giving me a certain way to ask, in the script. I also don’t see questions on the issues. How do you do it?
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