Wow! I got this email about robocalls re: prop 2

[crispini]

Check it out. Worth taking action on....

Robocalls are going out supporting prop 2, in the name of Attorney General Greg Abbott. His office says they are fraudulent and not actually recorded by him.

I’m confident that the Patriot Act empowers government authorities to track these calls in the telephone network and to quickly identify their source.

To be sure, we should encourage the OAG to take action. As of Thursday morning at 8:18 am, I am unable to find any statement on the web site about these fraudulent calls.

http://www.oag.state.tx.us
Attorney General Greg Abbott: [email protected]
Katherine Wood: [email protected]


By telephone:
Main agency switchboard [phone]
Public Information & Assistance [phone] or [phone] (in Austin)
Press Office [phone]

You skeptical types who think the Attorney General is really behind these calls may want to contact the Ethics Commission:

www.ethics.state.tx.us/tec/sworn.html



----- Original Message -----

From:

Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:51 PM

Subject: Atty Gen message

I received a phone call from someone claiming to be the attorney general and asking me to vote for prop 2.

I was shocked by this and called the AG office to complain.

I was told that it's someone impersonating the AG and it's a crime and will be pursued.

I asked the person I spoke to, Katherine Wood if the AG would please have a press conference to be carried by TV and radio to inform people of this crime before the election.

I told her that even if the perpetrators are caught, if that takes place after the election, the damage will have been done on election day at the polls.

She was extremely sympathetic and said that what had happened was frightening.

If you agree, can you please call the AG's office to ask for a public statement/press conference on this. It's not enough to have it on his web site, which I'm told he's done.

[acmejack]

1. you know, I received one of those the other day.

I had no idea it was allegedly fraudulent! I fired off a letter to both Abbott and Ms. Wood demanding a public statement asap.

Thanx for the heads up.

[sonias]

2. crispini, make sure you send this to NNN

They might be able to get some more free press coverage by complaining about the illegal tactics the wingers are using. NNN needs to demand that the AG get on the tube to denounce these illegal tactics. I hope someone has saved one of these recordings.

Reeks of Rove dirty style campaign tricks.

Sonia

[sonias]

3. make sure you check out TexasThoughtCriminal's thread

He's got a link to the wav file.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x22594

Sonia

[Vogon_Glory]

4. Strange, I Haven't Gotten One

Strange, I haven't gotten one. Not that I missed getting one.

[catabryna]

5. I've received two recorded calls...

on my answering machine from the same person/group. Neither professed to be the AG's office though. I tried to find contact information for the organization with no success. The things people will stoop to these days... *sigh*

[catabryna]

6. Got my third autodial call this morning...

This time from the *$?/@(^ himself, Warren Chisum, who carefully manages to give you his background as being a rancher and a farmer without advising that he's also the sponsor of this hateful proposition and a state representative.

Grrrrrrrrr! The only thing these folks have done is remind me that I need to go to the polls tomorrow.