Palin Admits Voters Irritated By Campaign Robocalls

CNN reports that Palin has admitted her campaign's robocalls have irritated voters, another instance of Palin going off-message:

Wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and standing on a breezy tarmac, Palin said that if she had her way, the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee would not be flooding battleground states with automated phone calls tying Barack Obama to former radical William Ayers, as they have done over the last week...

"If I called all the shots, and if I could wave a magic wand," Palin said, "I would be sitting at a kitchen table with more and more Americans, talking to them about our plan to get the economy back on track and winning the war, and not having to rely on the old conventional ways of campaigning that includes those robocalls, and includes spending so much money on the television ads that, I think, is kind of draining out there in terms of Americans' attention span.

"[Voters] get a bit irritated with just being inundated," she continued, "and you're seeing a lot of that of course with the huge amounts of money that Barack Obama is able to spend on his ads and his robocalls also."

The Huffington Post's Sam Stein reported on the wave of McCain campaign robocalls on October 16th.

Comments

[AnalyzeIT]

Palin, we want to see your medical records.

McCain's medical records are being called into question - so, why will you not release yours?

You're would be working for the American people, should you be elected, into office, we need to know if you are physically and mentally able to handle this job.

RELEASE YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS - IT'S KNOWN THAT YOU REFUSE TO DO SO. WHY?

OBAMA-BIDEN

[LynnW49]

The Palin process of distancing herself (and her 2012 campaign) from the RNC and McCain begins in earnest. What a maverick!

[pjburns11]

Ms. Palin it's not so much the Robocalls as it is you.

Look here!
Can you Name a Palin?

http://thetruthburns.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/could-her-emails-be-hiding-secret-palin-baby-names/

[bob8788]

WHAT, SHE SAID THIS , REALLY? GET THE FREAKING VIDEO MY GOD THIS IS GOLD

WHERES THE VIDEO?

http://www.barackobamacans.blogspot.com/

[tm68]

I read another post where it said we should be fearful of Palin's "separate agenda" and I have to say, I've noticed this quite often recently. Her "breaking with policy" of McCain in stump speeches- are they mistakes, or does she really disagree with him? Her challegning campaign decisions, and now agreeing that those robocalls are annoying voters. Are McPalin on the same page or not? Are they running together or not? Even when McCain is asked to defend her (I'm thinking the Letterman show here) he seems pretty underwhelmed about doing it. No doubt he's probably sick of having to defend his choice, but I just don't here any sincerity there. I don't think he believes what he's saying about her.

The whole thing is strange and suspcious. Palin would be VERY VERY dangerous in the WH.

[Za786]

Sarah Palin for President 2012 .. results in Obama 2008 - 2016

[Formeralaskangal]

Here's what I think Palin is sayin': We're the underdogs. Real Americans love rootin' for the underdogs. People are tired of Obama's campaign because he has so much more money than ours to spend on ads and robocalls. See we're the underdogs. We are pitiful. Please feel sorry for us and vote for us, so I can call the shots.

Yes, Americans love rootin' for underdogs when it comes to football or baseball, but this is the future of our country. This is not a game and McCain/Palin are not the underdogs they claim to be.

The real underdogs in this scenario are the everyday American people who don't have health insurance, those who have lost their jobs, those who have lost their homes and those who are struggling to feed their families. We are the underdogs and it's time for us to root for ourselves by getting out the vote for change. Obama/Biden 08'

[67yrolfe]

Oh please! It’s difficult to tell who is more full of bulls**t here – Palin or CNN? Palin for playing the good cop, bad cop game and lying about being irritated over the Robo calls while the campaign continues to make them or CNN for not calling her on it and suggesting the poor dear is just “going off message” again. I guess they can’t be too hard on her or she won’t continue to grace them with interviews so they can help her appear presentable and allow her to pursue their Obama socialist dig! Just another example of CNN's sneaky corporate neo-con propaganda campaign to help McCain get to the White House. Does it bother CNN that the McCain campaign is tearing this country apart while they play footsie with Palin?

[LarryDS]

obviously Ms Palin didn't hear McCain's interview this morning on Fox where he was asked if he would suspend the robocalls and he said, "OF COURSE NOT".

[meede]

You can tell they don't think ideas out or care. My sister got a call but her 7 year old daughter answered the phone after 3 rings, so answering machine picked it up too fortunately..

Her daughter heard the word 'bombing' and let out a blood curdling scream. Everybody in house went running in panic. My niece was unconsolable. Almost half hour to settle her down to understand what she was trying to say. No one figured out what she was talking about other than a prank. By fluke someone saw light flashing on answering machine. Now we knew.

If they wanted respect and votes -- they sure as h.e.l.l. have corrupt ways to do it.

We've hit telephone numbers for friends, business associates, club members and between 14 of us, made about 5000 calls so far. Took time off work until election to do this.

Dear McCain -- We've cost you votes. You're stupid play -- We stepped up as I'm more a pit-bull than that b.i.t.c.h. running with you.

You said in debate you didn't care about Ayres -- that's added to long running list of lies. Combining our telephone lists. More calls we make, more people giving us their telephone lists or helping us. We'll keep this up to election day. We live all across the Country..

Karma's a b.i.t.c.h. isn't it

[Rhia]

Maybe what really Sarah Palin wants is to stop the robocalls. Let her do the talking and insinuate Obama and Ayers during her stump speeches.

[planetjeffy]

Palin is such a liar. She does have the choice to not say that Obama pals around with terrorists and call out her audience when they yell - kill him - but she won't.

[JamesInDenver]

Another Rat abandoning McCain's sinking ship.

But don't believe for a minute that she cares whether voters are "irritated" by robo-calls. This (opportunistic) jab at McCain, fits her MO perfectly. She did the same thing to her boss on the Alaska State Oil and Gas Commission, when she accused him of ethics violations for using his office to run a political campaign. (A violation she committed herself when she ran for Lieutenant Governor.) She's just lining up her ducks for the day her VP bid comes to an end. Palin is truly a completely worthless human being.

[TNFarmer]

She should be the poster child of the century for the condition known as: diarrhea mouth.

[RobinSeattle]

She continues to emasculate McCain. God, he gets more pathetic with every passing hour.