I just got a call from George W. Bush.

[Crunchy Frog]

Yes, I just got a recorded call from Bush*. I didn't hear much of what he had to say because I cussed out the recording, told him his ass was out, and then hung up.

I also got a recorded call earlier from Rudi Giuliani.:wtf:

In the past few days, I've also gotten calls from Colorado Right to Life, and from John Elway, urging me to vote Repuke.

Anyone else having similar experiences, or are they just picking on me for some reason?

[Eric J in MN]

1. Were you ever a registered Republican?

If not, are most of your neighbors?

[Crunchy Frog]

12. No, I've been registered as a Democrat

ever since I first registered in 1983 at age 20. My neigborhood I think is a bit more Dem than Repuke, with a huge number of unaffiliated voters.

[drdtroit]

2. Where are you? n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

14. I'm in Colorado

a traditionally red state that may go blue this time. We're being treated as a major battleground state this year. I live in the blue region of the state.

John Elway is a big football hero here. Good thing I'm not a fan.

[11 Bravo]

3. I must be a lucky guy.

I've received calls from Ed Harris and Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford). Both pro-Kerry.

[Iris]

4. I've been called by Ed Harris & Amy Madigan. But I liked those calls!

How'd you get on the neocon phone list?

[Philostopher]

5. Poor you!

We got the Big Dog calling to tell us to vote for our local Congressional candidate -- then her campaign called about an hour later. Of course, they wasted their money on us -- or, actually, my money, since I've donated to her campaign several times -- since we're voting for her anyway, but still. It was pretty cool to have the Big Dog on our answering machine.

[Crunchy Frog]

28. Almost all of the calls that I'm getting are from Dems.

I have a recording from Al Gore on my answering machine. I'm just surprised that I'm getting these Repuke calls at all.

Actually, I regularly get wrong number calls for a particular person, I've never known why. I wonder if she's a repuke and they think they're calling her.

[onecent]

6. My democratic neighbor got a call from Laura today.

I got one from Teamster Hoffa and one from the baseball Brett whatever wanting to pass the stuff in Kansas/Mo (which I am not voting for).

[Pepperbelly]

7. We got a call from Jesse Jackson today. Arkansas. nt

[Lorien]

8. Wanna mess with the GOP?

whenever you get one of those calls, just put the phone down and walk away. Their computer is stuck with one more line tied up.}(

[Crunchy Frog]

18. That's good information to have.

Thanks, I'll do it next time.:hi:

[Dark]

9. I got a call from this guy named Tucker,

or Pucker, or something. I don't really know. He's running for CORONER. I can't believe we have to vote for coroner. I can't believe that there is a DEMOCRAT and REPUBLICAN coroner. What are they supposed to do, determine who the deceased would have voted for?

Also, a bunch of little kids, couldn't have been older than six or seven, were waving big signs out side a church as I drove by, which said 'Vote Pro-Life'. I thought to myself, "I am voting pro-life, I'm voting against the Iraq war."

[Chimpanzee]

16. It's always convienient to be able to quietly cleanup

political killings and such. Of course most politicians have several layers of isolation from the actual acts.

[Chimpanzee]

20. If they tell you to vote pro-life, tell them then you'll also have to vote

pro-death, pro-poison, pro-poverty, pro-con...

[davhill]

10. Nobody important ever calls me

And I'm a Florida voter. Of course it might be because I'm never home to receive the call. I am out all day working to elect Kerry.

[tsuki]

27. Me too.

In Florida and no calls. Hmmm...maybe Bush has given up on us.

[Chimpanzee]

11. Did you wish Reagan a happy 90th birthday too?

Being a nice guy and seeing how he was dying from Alzheimers anyway, I signed an online Happy Birthday wish at an online web site. Ever since that day I guess I'm a republican because I get these recordings all the time. They are usually very offensive attacks (and mostly lies) against Kerry. Sometimes they are real people reading a script - I don't treat them very politely I'm afraid, but Goddamm when all you need to do to become a republican is wishing someone a happy 90th birthdy.... that's the last time I do something like that!!

[Crunchy Frog]

22. No way!

I despised Reagan and never would have gone out of my way to do something like that. (Not that I didn't feel compassion for his family, but I've got better ways to spend my time.)

Sorry you've had to pay a price like that, just for being nice.

I did send a get well email to Bill Clinton, but that would hardly put me on their list.

[Chimpanzee]

25. You're absolutely right ,as I've learned that lesson the hard way

it's too bad I'm such a decent human being. Maybe that's why I could never be a republican.

[smbolisnch]

13. I have

I've been getting the same calls ALL weekend. I actually got a real repub calling today. :puke:

[Crunchy Frog]

23. It would be kind of fun to get a call from a real one.

At least that way, I could tell them exactly what I think.:mad:

[Chimpanzee]

29. Everytime I get a call like that -

(I got a cll from someone on the 'WEST WING' (never have seen that show - political junkie don't ya know) andI got a call from some actress from some sho I'd never heard of. Although I know they are recordings - I try to stop them by saying - excuse me, I have a questions....' 'Please stop, I need to ask you something'. Thenas they keep talking I just hang up. But just incase anyone ever monitors these calls.... I'll fuck with them any way I can.

Goddamm Reagan! Although I think his son Ron is a pretty smart and well-spoken guy. A Kerry guy all the way! (I bet his mom is too).

[smbolisnch]

31. She was a nice one!

I told her that I would not be voting for pResident Bush* or any other repub for that matter, and that she should remove my number from her list. She apologized and thanked me for my time. Someone said she may have just been a paid worker. :shrug: Had she acted like a typical kool-aid drinker, I would have had more fun with the phone call, however!

[Warren DeMontague]

15. No One Has Called Me AT ALL!!!

Oh, woe is the uncourted Northern California voter.

Shit, everyone knows which way we're going.

Besides, I hate getting unsolicited phone calls. I don't care if it's Ed Asner, Ed Harris, or Mr. Ed.

[Chimpanzee]

21. If there were no unsolicited phone calls, no junk mail, and no spam

I could probably cut my meds in half!!

[uppityperson]

17. call the "republican negative ad" toll-free line and blast them

They left me a number to call in any "repugnant" negative ads, specifically from the democrats as they are the ones who keep sending these out (according to the recorded message they played when they called me), but you can use it for them too. 1-888-610-8170 to talk to a nice message machine.

[Chimpanzee]

24. I thank you for that - really I do

but if NOTHING happens when major election violations are occuring daily, I don't think placing that phone call is going to do too much.

I'm not saying you shouldn't do it though, I think it's responsible and important, but i guess I've run out of energy - oh dear god let this election go quickly!!

[kutastha]

19. Howard Dean

called me just a few days ago.

[Joefess]

26. My wife got the call from Giuliani.

She nearly threw up from how he was trying to scare a vote into her.



FEAR TERROR TERROR FEAR FEAR TERRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AARGH!!

[Crunchy Frog]

30. I've been hanging up on them

before I can even hear what they have to say, but now, as advised above, I'm going to try just letting the phone sit there off the hook, and screw with them.

[Chimpanzee]

34. I hate to tell you guys

But I have a strong computer background - asaoon aa their message is complete, they will automatically hangup. But by putting down the phone instead of hanging up you will tie up tha phone lie longer. Maybe that's what you meant, but it sounded like you may have thought that it wiould be permanently tied up if you didn't hang up.

[Chimpanzee]

33. I l ike that Bush picture

Is that what he needs to do for Cheney everynight to keep his job?

[54anickel]

32. Get 'em almost daily. Bart Starr called this evening - recorded of course

I've had Shrubby, Laura, that Michels fellow running here in WI, some no names, and tons of glossy ads. I didn't get one of those nice, signed, 8x10 glossy prints of Shrub and the Frump though. A friend of mine has gotten 2. Not sure how they got her name. I think they got mine from a request I made at Shrubs site for the transcript of a speech. Can't remember which one now, think it was from some Diversity meeting - it was one that he said something really stupid, and it wasn't in the speech archives.

[Chimpanzee]

36. I always knew Bart was a repub- but in this election

you'd thing 'good, honest (and informed) people would rather not vote at all rather than vote for the munkey.

[mtnester]

35. Today on our machine

Big Dawg, the guy from the NRA and Ghouliani

My hubby is an "I"

Shrub has been on our machine once already, as well as Pickles (hers was by far the weirdest and creepiest)

Also Hillary & Edwards

AND the 1.5 billion dollars worth of Repug mailers that line our trash can.

Livin in a swing state is fun (Ohio). We expect to hear from Kerry & Shrub (again) tomorrow.

[amandabeech]

37. I received a call from the Big Dog himself on Satuday.

Really, they wasted a call on me.

[idiosyncratic]

38. I got a call from JK a few months ago. He sounded so nice! n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

39. I did too, now that I think of it.

It's not that I'm not getting Democratic calls, it's just that I'm getting these Repuke calls as well.

Actually, I was just cleaning out my answering machine and found another call from Bush* urging me to vote absentee.

I'm wondering if one of the people that I get wrong number calls for is a repuke, and that's who they think they're calling. I don't know.:shrug: