New McCain Robocall Stars ... Sarah Palin!

[JackBeck]

By Greg Sargent - October 20, 2008, 3:40PM

Sarah Palin may have condemned robocalls yesterday as intrusive and a drain on people's attention spans, but that didn't stop her from recording her own robocall on behalf of the McCain campaign.

Carol Johnson, a retiree from Spooner, Wisconsin, and a second reader from Nevada, report to us that they received robocalls starring Palin herself.

Palin's robocall touted both her and McCain as "mavericks" who have a feel for people's economic suffering, vowed that they would reform Wall Street and Washington, and hit Barack Obama and Joe Biden for not "listening" to the American people.

Here's the script:

Hi, this is Sarah Palin. One of our local campaign volunteers just called you, and I wanted to follow up and ask for your support. You know our opponents may talk a lot, but they haven't done much listening. I know what it's like to be a hard-working mom. I know how hard it is to make ends meet during tough times like this. John McCain and I know our country is hurting, and we know how to turn it around. We'll get our economy back on track. we'll cut your taxes and lower prices at the pump and at the grocery store. John McCain and I are the mavericks who will reform Washington, Wall Street., and all the wasteful government in between. I hope John McCain and I can count on your support on November 4. We won't let you down. Paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 at 703-418-2008.

Palin's call would seem to be at odds with her own public statements about the tactic. In a Q and A with reporters late yesterday, she said she'd prefer that the campaign not resort to such calls at all, describing them as "kind of draining in terms of Americans' attention span."

"They get a bit irritated with just being inundated," Palin added.

The McCain campaign didn't immediately comment.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/new_mccain_robocall_stars_sara.php

[WCGreen]

1. That is a good use of the Robo Calls...

It reinforces a call from a Volunteer...

Real good use...

[Eric J in MN]

2. Sarah Palin didn't contradict what she said,

...that in an ideal world, she would talk to voters at her kitchen table instead of using robocalls and TV ads.

That doesn't mean that she's against those tactics in this world.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/20/palin-says-voters-irritated-by-robocalls-2/


"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, talking to them about our plan to get the economy back on track and winning the war, and not having to rely on the old conventional ways of campaigning that includes those robocalls, and includes spending so much money on the television ads that, I think, is kind of draining out there in terms of Americans' attention span.

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[high density]

3. But that voice!

My God, why would anybody think this was a good idea? "We won't let ya down."

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. Blah! That's what I want to hear coming out of my answering machine--Sarah Palin's voice

My answering machine already turns everyone's voice high pitched, metallic and ear piercing as it is.

Good thing I'm down as "Voting for Obama"

[treestar]

5. they never say what their supposed economic plan is

[elkston]

6. Their plan is: "I know how to do this. I can do it. I've done it. I can do it!" (n/t)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

7. No...if she had people sitting around the table she'd say : "Well! Erm...did I mention Obama is a

terrorist?"

[grantcart]

8. That is not a robo call - it is a scripted call to follow up on specific canvassing

call. Robo calls are massive calls made by robotic callers to all of the numbers in an area code.


man I hate to defend her but this is not a robo call

[markevil]

9. Cant Obama just pay the robo call companies more to stop them..

Or at least buy up all the phone time to send a message of hope.

[rucky]

10. I hope she calls me just so I can hang up on her. n/t