Obama supports phone-trolling for votes

[audtatious]

So, on calls.barackobama.com they are getting individuals to call potential voters to help their cause. WTF?



Anyone see this going bad?

[audtatious]

Everyone too busy making phone calls?

[IBCoupe]

I don't see it going any more poorly than a jokester with a phonebook.

[dusred]

Wow. Sounds like he's getting desperate. Wonder why?

[audtatious]

I don't see it going any more poorly than a jokester with a phonebook.

Other than the phonebook is more random?

[AZhitman]

I'm gonna start calling people, and right in the middle of that script, I'm gonna throw in a few "creative tweaks".

[IBCoupe]

Dusred, I don't think this is actually President Obama's doing.

Other than the phonebook is more random?

As far as I can tell, this thing's pretty random, too. What's the worst that someone could do here? Misrepresent the Obama administration? Insult people? You've got a phone and a phone book; you could do the same thing. Heck, you've got yellowpages.com; you could tackle this nationwide if you want. That it picks a name from national voting registries (probably - I don't know where it comes from) doesn't actually make it any less random.

[dusred]

Dusred, I don't think this is actually President Obama's doing.

Oh? It's Barack Obama.com. . . I can only assume.

[srellim234]

Not much different than the calls I get almost nightly here in California from the Republican Party and its candidates. Although I left the party and re-registered as an independent over 10 years ago they still lead off every call with, "Thank you for continuing to be a loyal Republican," or something along those lines. The national Do Not Call list should include political organizations but of course the politicians exempted themselves from the law they want applied to everyone else.

Both major parties are worthless.

[IBCoupe]

Dusred, I don't think this is actually President Obama's doing.

Oh? It's Barack Obama.com. . . I can only assume.

Yes, and it's a continuation of the group that campaigned on his behalf to get him elected. I don't know that he's actually got any input in it now that he's, y'know, President.

[wingFeather]

I don't know that he's actually got any input in it now that he's, y'know, President.

He has his hands in everything...

[IBCoupe]

I think what Aud was getting at, IL, was that opening it up to the internet invites pranksters.

[IBCoupe]

It's okay. He's still wrong.

[wingFeather]

voter turnout for the 2008

Are you counting the Obama Reich's fraudulent votes in that figure? Votes from the deceased were up 80%

[IBCoupe]

Link or it's a lie.

I'll help:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008 ... tions.html

[JimmyMethod]

I think what Aud was getting at, IL, was that opening it up to the internet invites pranksters.

Not really. I mean, anyone can use a phonebook and 'prank call' anyone else and fake campaign for any candidate. This is just a way to organize volunteers inexpensively.

[IBCoupe]

I agree with you, Johnny; I was just trying to clarify what Aud was arguing, as far as I could tell.

[audtatious]

Yes, an inexpensive way to organize volunteers for sure. A "get out the vote" drive but with targeted names and numbers posted for all to see on a website. I have no issue with them calling potential voters or supplying a call list to registered volunteers, I do find it extremely tacky to do so as an open call with the names and contact information publicly displayed in such a way. If the GOP or some other party posted my information in such a manner I would be most displeased and would react harshly against the group.

[audtatious]

I think what Aud was getting at, IL, was that opening it up to the internet invites pranksters.

Not really. I mean, anyone can use a phonebook and 'prank call' anyone else and fake campaign for any candidate. This is just a way to organize volunteers inexpensively.

Yet there is not a section in the phonebook marked "potential democrat voters to target".

Maybe I'm just more protective of my name, location and phone number being distributed to a large group with suspect members.

[IBCoupe]

Given that the picture you provided had an "I" for their voter identification, I'm not sure that there's anything particular about this listing, either. And a visit to the site just now produced someone who had none of that additional information - name, gender, town, and phone number.

I don't think this is the list you're looking for.