Fun trick to try at home!
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/barrington/news/120568,ba-chrobocalls68-110206-s1.article
1. Call offering information about a candidate
2. Keep calling
3. Don't stop
4. Start smearing candidate several minutes into the call
End result: receiver of the call hangs up before smear comes up, assumes the call is from supporters of the opponent you are trying to smear, I like the word "smear", your opponent loses a vote because people are pissed off by the endless phone calls and assume it is from your opponent's group.
Or that's the plan. Hopefully it won't actually work on too many people, but I'll be damned if this isn't an inventive new dirty trick.
I've read reports of this happening all over the U.S., but has it happened in Phoenix? I haven't received any calls, which might explain why I'm currently "bemused" and not "monumentally pissed".
1. Call offering information about a candidate
2. Keep calling
3. Don't stop
4. Start smearing candidate several minutes into the call
End result: receiver of the call hangs up before smear comes up, assumes the call is from supporters of the opponent you are trying to smear, I like the word "smear", your opponent loses a vote because people are pissed off by the endless phone calls and assume it is from your opponent's group.
Or that's the plan. Hopefully it won't actually work on too many people, but I'll be damned if this isn't an inventive new dirty trick.
I've read reports of this happening all over the U.S., but has it happened in Phoenix? I haven't received any calls, which might explain why I'm currently "bemused" and not "monumentally pissed".