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Last Updated on Thursday, 23 October 2008 10:36 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 23 October 2008 10:36
From cnet:
The robocall warned of Obama’s “extreme leftist agenda” and noted that the Democratic presidential nominee “has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge’s home and killed Americans.”
That message, which identified itself as originating with the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign, was telephonically delivered to voters in Florida, Ohio, Virginia, and other states as well.
Because of a loophole that politicians inserted for themselves in the Do Not Call registry, campaign-related robocalls are perfectly legal, and thanks to their low cost, they’re popular during elections. But the deluge of robocalls in contested states has irritated some voters, and it’s not clear how effective they truly are.