Tag Archives: robocalling

COMMENT OF THE DAY: This Redneck Albertan blames the Reds for robocalling–no, not the Liberals… those dirty Commies!

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From: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120301/ontario-election-robocalls-120301/20120301/?hub=CalgaryHome

The latest twist in the ongoing robocalls scandal saw Stephen Harper go back into his bag of (dirty) tricks and pull out the tried-and-true Conservative tactic of blaming the Liberals.  ”I wonder if the reason the honourable leader of the Liberal party will not in fact show us his evidence is it will point in fact that it was the Liberal party that made these calls,” Our Fearless Leader proclaimed in question period, referring to the harassing phone calls that originated from the United States.  On the CTV comment sections, this Redneck Albertan takes things a step further.  He’s not blaming the docile Liberal red, but the most heinous Reds of all—the Commies!

 

And if you call within the next 10 minutes, because we can’t do this all day, we’ll throw in this astounding comment at no extra charge:

 

(This would hafta be the first time I’ve seen the Bachar al-Assad dictatorship referred to as liberal—sorry, fiberal—and I have no prior knowledge of them making robocalls.  Why do I get the feeling that the above commentor has never been to Syria?)

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Dirty tricks!? Robocalls!? Gee, where I have I seen this before?

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One common complaint about the Conservatives’ robocalling campaign is that they’re borrowing tactics from the Republican Party.  A quick look at this Guardian article about the Republican primary in Michigan would appear to validate this concern.  Here are a few choice snippets for your perusal:

“Romney used a rare press conference to take a swipe at Santorum, describing him as ‘desperate’ for resorting to what he called dirty tricks in the Michigan primary, where voters are flooding to the polls on Tuesday.”

“Santorum, in an effort to bridge the gap with Romney, has resorted to robocalls pleading with Democrats to come out to vote against Romney because he had opposed Barack Obama’s 2008 bailout of the car industry on which Michigan depends.”

“If Romney was to lose Michigan, the robocalls offer him an opportunity to claim he won among Republicans but lost because of mischief by Democrats, encouraged by Santorum.”

All that’s missing is a reference to Nixon, eh Bob Rae?

COMMENT OF THE DAY: How not to vote for the Conservative party…

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From: http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/guelph-and-everything-after/

The latest on the robocall scandal is that the phone used to call RackNine was registered to a Pierre Poutine of Separatist Street in Joliette, Quebec.  Yeah, that’s not a fake name or anything.  Did I mention there’s a Pierre’s Poutine in Guelph?  The Ottawa Citizen does here.  And Restaurantica gives it 3.5 stars!

That said, the most interesting conversation I’ve read on the topic today comes from a Macleans Magazine blog that does little more than provide a couple links to other stories.  I like how the respondent misconstrued the question here.  Gee, the CPC wouldn’t know anything about that, would they?

 

(What happens if you go to vote after work, though?)

FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY: Fourbir ses armes

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Fourbir ses armes: To prepare for war, a battle or confrontation.

As seen in: « Les partis d’opposition à Ottawa ont fourbi leurs armes contre le gouvernement conservateur lors de la période de question pour des appels frauduleux durant les élections en mai dernier. »

(Translation: “The federal opposition parties came prepared for war against the Conservative government during Question Period over the fraudulent calls during the election last May.”)

http://www.branchez-vous.com/info/opinions/evenement/2012/02/le_parti_conservateur_a_triche.html

COMMENT OF THE DAY: Keep the potential parade marshalls out of politics!

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From: http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120223/robocalls-tories-politics-elections-120223/20120223/?hub=OttawaHome

On the latest episode of As the World Turns around Stephen Harper, it was revealed today that the misleading automated message informing voters of a fictional polling-station change in a handful of hotly-contested ridings was done through a voice-broadcast company called Racknine Inc. that has previously been employed for several Conservative campaigns… including Herr Harper’s, himself!  OMGz!

Naturally, Pat “Pitbull” Martin was quick to respond, eschewing the Nazi rhetoric this time for references to Black Ops and the Deep South.  But y’know, when I started seeing headlines mentioning “robocalling” and the NDP, I couldn’t help but think back a couple weeks to when they “harassed” Lise St-Denis by redirecting constituents to her busy phone line via automated message.  Then again, she committed the grievous sin of crossing the opposition side of the floor to the Liberals!

Man, no matter which party flag they fly, these politicos are all a buncha crooks, eh Rich?

 

I must concur.  If you can’t run a parade, you can’t run a country!

 

UPDATE 4:33 PM: The latest from the Prime Minister is that his party had no knowledge of the calls.  He’s not fooling this guy, however:

 

 

I gotta say, his comment made me laugh so hard I almost “urintated,” myself… ;)