TPM: McCain Running Robo-Slime In ... Washington State?"... WTF?

[featherman]

"Hmm, a new twist to robo-slime-gate. John McCain appears to be pumping one of the nastier species of his robo-slime into a state where he has no chance whatsoever of winning.

A reader just outside of Seattle, in Washington State, reports to us that she got this McCain robo-call that was running yesterday in Arizona -- it paints Obama as unprepared to handle terror and singles out Joe Biden's recent claim that Obama was likely to be tested by an international crisis early in his first term.

The reader, Anne Francis, who is general manager for a company that books Broadway shows in venues across the country, played us the call, which came into her home phone. The Real Clear Politics average has Obama up by 17 in this state. So we're not sure what to make of this."

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_running_robo-slime_in_w.php

[Renew Deal]

1. McCain's campaign is so inept

It's laughable.

[HereSince1628]

2. Also in Wisconsin. n/t

[FVZA_Colonel]

5. What's the current polling say about that state?

[HereSince1628]

6. We are safe for Obama.

Polling is around +9

[sharp_stick]

3. Those damn things are too cheap

I think they should be paying way higher long distance tolls on this kind of shit and it should be part of the Do Not Call List. Fucking political slime bags will do anything to get elected. Does this shit even work? All it does is piss me off when I pick up the phone and it's a recorded voice.

[dave29]

4. he's just trying to make sure his vote gets out

not win the state. Only way to do that is with hate and lies

[progressivebydesign]

7. When will they outlaw ROBO-Calling under the Do Not Call laws???

If marketers can't do it, then politicians should not be able to, as well.

[zulchzulu]

8. I've had three robocalls (two left on my answering machine) in Madison, WI

Polls showing us kicking the Asshat and his poodle by 12% and they left the state last week.

Robocalling is perhaps the cheapest way to send out crap, something like $7,000 a precinct. It's also very INEFFECTIVE.