The Sloppiest McCain Campaign Call You've Heard Yet

Over the past few weeks, we've heard a lot about these phone calls that powerful and inhuman robots have sent screaming through the phonelines into our very home, interrupting our rapt contemplation of how Joe The Plumber's existential dilemmas speak to our own lives, in order to talk about the secrets and lies our presidential candidates are keeping from us. I hate getting these robocalls worse than I hate getting them from creditors, but, as it turns out, using the robots does have its advantages. At least until they turn on us.

Shaun Dakin, who runs the National Political Do Not Contact Registry - Stop Political Calls Blog, and who provided us with this awesomely bad phone-sex robocall from yesterday, transports us today to the state of Minnesota, where robocalls are illegal. This forces candidates to employ real life human beings to make these calls and read from scripts. And that places the McCain campaign at a significant disadvantage, since his campaign ceased generating wide-spread, general enthusiasm at some point after the New Hampshire primary. Listen for yourself at this McCain call, in which boredom and illiteracy get in the way of the salesmanship.

Once more with feeling, or the ROBOTS WIN!

Comments

[NuOrigin]

Did the McCain camp actually pay for that? It sounded like he was calling from a phone booth.

[Hare]

For those of us who normally vote "Straight Democratic", please pay close attention!!!!!

Confirmed this weekend by a group of Obama volunteers that when voting for the presidential candidate this November, you have to make sure you punch Barack's name first, then proceed to punch "Straight Democratic" or else the vote for the president won't count.

[judyc]

THIS IS INCORRECT INFO GIVEN BY A TRO//

read the instructions where you vote.

[Papago12]

Ignore that top statement its crap, I have a sample ballot and its not on there.

[crankiyanki]

Actually you have to check the ballot for your state. Here in NC the above statement is true. You do have to vote first for President/Vice-President then you can vote a straight party ticket for the down ballot races. No matter what state you live in you should always read the instructions and make sure you understand them before proceeding.

[sundbunz]

True!! See the Huffpo story here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/confusing-north-carolina_b_138073.html

[19iowa62]

Just who in the hell is the target audience for this call? I'ts retarded.

[UKlondongal]

Poor guy - he must really need the money. That has got to be a terrible job for an O bama supporter, yet he did the best he could to support his preferred candidate under the circumstances!

[aussiegal77]

I think the call was for the McCain campaign..

[The Lorax]

The call was for the McCain campaign.

[Gizmology]

The call may have originated at McCain HQ, but I think UKlondongal might've meant what she said -- if the caller IS an Obama supporter so desperate for a job that he took this one, then maybe this is his way of (as UKl said) doing "the best he could to support his preferred candidate under the circumstances!"

[The Lorax]

Could be.

[derrickhoyle]

I can't believe you elitists are making fun of this poor, hard working American. Not everyone can graduate from Harvard! Not everyone is a Hollywood movie star who can read lines, or read, for that matter. This call is proof that the No Child Left Behind Act works! See, this person has a JOB and is contributing to society. He's not a pinko liberal nutcase or an arugula-eating pointy headed socialist. p.s. this is a joke. Seriously, I was amused by his delivery. I couldn't read the lines that poorly if I tried.

[Star2000dancer]

Twaching people how to make calls was part of my job as area director of puplic relations for Bally Matrix. I even hired didabled people, You have to make a friend immediately, use their 1st name, introduce yourself, keep it simple & smile. People can see you over the phone, If McCain has callers like this, he has no one training them right,

[11907281]

I think he was trying to read them poorly because he needs that job but hates what they make him do. I have been a call center monkey for the last 9 years, sometimes the best way to get back at a horrible employer (after you find a reference from someone who hates it too) is to do a horrible job, the bare minimum without getting fired and occasionally a little worse. Only do this when you are forced to do unethical work and have other possible opportunities out there or have a nice saving account.

[hooger158]

Hello, my name is [guy who needed the job] and I am a lifelong [guy who needs money to feed my family], but today I am calling on behalf of [that old man who is paying the man who pays me so I can feed my family] to let you know [a bunch of stuff I don't believe] about Barack Obama [which I will read in the most unconvincing way possible].

[The Lorax]

absolutely the way I heard it.

[moonflowerjewelry]

pretty funny. don't get lazy and complacent, encourage everyone you know that can vote TO vote. this isn't over until it's over.

[BrianMac]

And volunteer! Go to http://www.barackobama.com/index.php. I'm sure YOU could do a much better job!

[The Lorax]

I am signing up for canvassing this weekend.

Oregon voters remember thursday is the last day to mail ballots in, after that you have to drive it in. Look on the Obama site for drop off locations!

[honestpolitician]

I love that pic!!!

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[La Negra Senorita]

Wow thats pathetic! The way he sounds, lol lol how unenthusiastic can one be about there perspectavie candidate. I think hes going to back slide and vote for Obama if he keeps going the way he does..lol

[deliziosa]

wow. this is one time that i'm happy to hear people who speak poor English! lmao!

[CaliTLC]

Listen again. He is not speaking "poor English." Rather, he is reading the text verbatim with little to no conviction in his voice. While he has a southern accent, his English is fine.

[aussiegal77]

Actually he doesn't speak poor english. He is reading from a script - just not with very much enthusiasm at all.

[muypolitico]

I like the fact that he begins by saying he is an independent but today is working for McCain. Very funny.

[Foucek]

Well with Obama this guy will get a good tax refund.....

[sf girl]

Wow, this guy sounds really enthusiastic about the call he's making. You can tell he really believes the words in the script. Geez, that's just sad.

[ahedlund]

I am in MN and had a similar phone call, from a woman. I interrupted her script reading (which was about Barack Obama being soft on crime) to ask 'Do you really believe that?' She paused and whispered 'No...I'm not really for McCain. I just really needed a job. I really needed the money.'

I told her to have a good day, and remember to vote.

But if the McCain campaign workers aren't even for McCain, who is?

[pablopcasso]

The caller is obviously in it for the money, otherwise there would have been more emotion and effort on his part to get the point across. As it sounded, there was a lack thereof and the message falls way flat. As Mr. Burns on The Simpsons always says, "Egg cellent."