A call from that nasally voice with that fake Fargo accent would hurt my ear.

Again off topic but here's something unexpected.

Russia's UN Ambassador Receives Fundraising Letter from the McCain-Palin Campaign, Responds

http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/10/russian_un_amba_1.php

I only need to know one thing: is her accent as ear-shattering in this call as it is on television?

She better not call during dinner.

It's awesome that on a robo call she says "You know our opponents may talk a lot, but they haven't done much listening."

I would love to hear Palin explain how she and McCain are going to "lower prices at the pump and at the grocery store." And I continue to hear Palin and McCain saying that they will reform Washington, but what exactly does that mean?

This is a good career move for Failin': She can record radio advertisements for hair-growth creams and "miracle" weight-loss plans after her upcoming defeat.

Palin campaign clarifies the remark and her robo: "She's not at odd with anything. What she meant is people are irritated by robo calls only in socialist, less patriotic counties. They actually find those calls exhilarating in patriotic parts of America."

What are you going to say to her now?

who actually listens to these things? I get one on my phone and it's deleted before the 3rd word is out of their mouth - dem or repub..

kiva

It's not exactly a smear, which was what Palin didn't care for. It's a more or less generic "vote for me" message. Pretty harmless stuff.

O/T, but the Dow and S&P 500 went up nearly 5% today. I've been thinking the markets will settle down a bit, once they know stability is coming. And with the Powell endorsement yesterday, I can't help but see a connection. Things are terrible, but with a steady hand at the helm, the markets are very likely to calm down.

Steady hand - at hand.

I'm so glad I don't live in a swing state. No mailers, no calls, not many ads.

In fact I've seen an occassional McCain but rarely a BO ad in this part of the unpatriotic America.

ARE WE REALLY surprised at the 180 degree action and the disgusting in your face lying response????

This has been the course of action of this teams tactics all along...

Mcain Palin are the quintessential pathological liars of all time.

And AND have the balls to deny IN YOUR FACE the lies ... the bold face LIES.. they seem to so innocently deny when confronted...

Denies all sense of rightness... yet exemplifies and magnifies their sense of self righteousness...

BOO BOO BOO and eff you Palin & Mcain...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

A reformer struggling with standing up to even her own campaign? What the hell?

Also from that article yesterday, she said:

If I called all the shots

Seems to me she is more puppet than reformer. I think I am pretty late to come to that conclusion as well.

OT, but really always ON thread these days?

I voted early here today in Tejas. 45 minute wait but plenty of workers and booths.

More robocalls = more $$$ for Obama.

These guys totally telegraph their moves. If they condemn robo-calls, you know they have a bunch in the can. If they call your campaign racist, it's because they are playing to the KKK wing of their own party. If they attack your fundraising, they probably have some shenanigans to account for. And if they ever accuse you of voter fraud, they're trying to figure out how to steal the election.

A few words about the firm behind the robocalls:----------Feather Larson & Synhorst DCI
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Feather, Larson & Synhorst DCI (FLS-DCI) are "Specialists in Telephone Contact Business." The telemarketing company used to be known as Feather Hodges Larson & Synhorst DCI. In 2000, the Washington DC-based DCI Group was spun off from FLS-DCI.

FLS-DCI has been one of the largest corporate receipents of funds from the Republican National Committee in 2004. FLS-DCI has close ties to key White House advisor Karl Rove and others in the GOP.

FLS-DCI specializes in creating phony front groups to make it appear as if there's a groundswell of support for its clients' issues.

One of its most prominent front groups is Voices for Choices. AT&T, which has donated millions to the Republican Party and the Bush Campaign in 2004 - and whose general counsel served on Bush's transition team, is one of FLS-DCI's largest and most important clients.

Other FLS-DCI phony productions include Responsible Electronic Communications Alliance and Hands Off the Internet.

On its web site, FLS-DCI states:

"We use state-of-the-art technology to target and communicate with key constituencies. We have a reputation for connecting the right message to the right people. Our team has experience designing and implementing successful phone programs in all 50 states.

"Our client list consists of the last five Presidential Campaigns including Bush/Cheney 2000. We also provide services for the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and hundreds of Republican State Parties and candidates on all levels, as well as corporations, associations and other organizations.

Advisor to President George Walker Bush, Karl Rove's endorsement of FLS-DCI reads:

"I know these guys well. They become partners with the campaigns they work with. From designing the program to drafting scripts; from selecting targets to making the calls in a professional, successful way they work as hard to win your races as you do." ------------------Incidentally , AT&T just recently gave MCain free cell towers. This firm ,DCI, was chosen for SECRET lobby of GOP Senators to vote AGAINST regulating Freddie Mac(see TPM fronnt page story.) Coincidentally, McCain hired the CEO of this lobby group,DCI,Doug Goodyear,to organize the GOP convention last month,according to the AP.

Got the Palin call in Las Vegas last night. It's going to be fun seeing Nevada go blue.

However: Remember New Hampshire!

This "Palin calling" tactic may very well succeed in supressing the Dem vote, when Dems receiving the calls suffer injuries as a result of hurling or dropping their phones, thereby becoming incapacitated and unable to make it to their polling places. Those Republicans think of everything!

These robocalls make me VERY glad to be a cellphone-only citizen. Speaking of which, I have wondered how accurate all of these polls are, considering so many people nowadays only have cell phones and not home phones.

Love how Palin says in comments to reporters:

"If I called all the shots, and if I could wave a magic wand," Palin said, "I would be sitting at a kitchen table with more and more Americans ..."

:rolleyes:

I'd be like, with all the Joe Sixpacks, around the kitchen table, ya know, in like the pro-table part of the kitchen, maybe sitting in a chair, ya-know, and we'd be like discussing the issues, like you know healthcare, and the Iraq, and you know like jobs and everything, and how to like, make America even more great. :wink: You betcha!

Ugh.

McCain Manager: "This Election is Not About Issues"
UPDATE, : In reaction to Rick Davis" comments about the election not being about issues, Barack Obama campaign manager David Plouffe released the following statement: "We appreciate Senator McCain"s campaign manager finally admitting that his campaign is not in fact about the issues the American people care about, which is exactly the kind of cynical old politics people are ready to change."

ORIGINAL POST

Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain"s presidential bid, insisted that the presidential race will be decided more over personalities than issues during an interview with Post editors this morning.

"This election is not about issues," said Davis. "This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates."

Davis added that issues will no doubt play a major role in the decisions undecided voters will make but that they won"t ultimately be conclusive.~~~~~~~~~~~~Washington Post

Okay everyone...take a look at this:

http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/730xivlh.asp

"Alec Baldwin thinks she's way hotter than Tina Fey,. Just sayin'."

Wrong - he just said she was hotter in person.