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In reply to the discussion: Just got contacted by phone by Americans for Prosperity caller,,,,, [View all]Ineeda
(3,626 posts)36. "Praise Jesus. Hold on a minute while I get my credit card,"
works after the spiel. Make a little noise rattling stuff around as if you're really looking, call out, "Hold on, hold on -- just a second. I'll be right with you." After several minutes, you fumble around, hit a couple of numbers on the phone and then 'accidentally' hang up. Great fun and well worth the five minutes or so it takes.
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Yeah, the more you tie them up as a "stealth CONservative," the less time they'll have
calimary
Sep 2012
#8
Aren't they just supposed to poll people? And not inject repug rhetoric into the call??
ailsagirl
Sep 2012
#12
Good post. I just say "thank you but I'm not interested" and hang up, so the poor
gateley
Sep 2012
#39
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not
tclambert
Sep 2012
#17
Chris Rock: If you vote against Obama because he can't get stuff done, it's like saying,
KurtNYC
Sep 2012
#31