aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Phone spam

I get that they are protected by the First Amendment, but I have to wonder how they could possibly be effective? I’ve only been push-polled once, but half the time I answer the phone it is a recorded voice from the state Republican party or the local Republican candidates. My voice-mail is littered with these repeated and typically despicable attack ads.

I gather they’re confident that this works. It may, but I don’t get it. I guess if you’re already planning to vote for these guys (and yes, they are all white males) it might work as a reminder; it certainly isn’t changing any minds. Why aren’t people downright offended to be interrupted and assaulted by a recorded message that in its effort to be quick is just plain rude? I certainly am.