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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Dear Connecticut Voters,

If you are receiving many annoying robo-calls that start out saying something like: I have a message about Diane Farrell, and you hang up and get mad at Diane Farrell and say to yourself: I’m not voting for her because of all these damned calls, please be advised, the numerous Diane Farrell calls are being generated by Republicans and are purposely annoying and plentiful to get you mad so you’ll vote for Chris Shays.

If you do stay on the line and listen, after the initial misleading statement, you’ll hear a laundry list of accusations against Farrell. These calls that come late at night and early in the morning are obviously not from her campaign.

Nothing but a dirty trick.

Lieberman, Lamont, Schlesinger?

If you have any confusion about who you want to vote for, I want to ask you this question: Are you happy with the Iraq war, think it’s going good and support the president’s “stay the course” philosophy?

If you say YES then you have a choice between the Republican candidate Alan Schlesinger and the “Independent” candidate Joe Lieberman.

If you say NO then you have no choice but to vote for Ned Lamont.

Having Washington stacked with Bush sycophants will certainly give you exactly what you’ve had from the Bush clique in the past and nothing new will occur.

We’ll watch the death toll rise, while our own country’s integrity is being undermined.

Having a senior senator from your state isn’t worth a fig if he’s voting for policies that you disagree with, actually it’s worse because he does have the power to challenge the president on Iraq but chose to “stay the course” at the expense of his constituents who have repeatedly said enough American soldiers dead for the benefit of a president who either lied about the war or was too stupid to ask the right questions before leading our young, people to slaughter.

Ned Lamont does not have to be a seasoned politician like Lieberman to do good for our country. His wealth gives him freedom from lobbyists, and special interest groups. It also gives his ego enough of a boost that he doesn’t have to be a senator to be someone.

He will be one voice out of a hundred; but it will be nice to have a new voice for a change.

I fear that Lieberman believes he’s nothing if he isn’t a senator and needs that job for his own sense of self. He’s desperate to stay a somebody.

But I dilute my point. It is pretty simple really and does come down to one issue mainly.

More war; more dead; more millions and millions spent in Iraq? Vote Lieberman or Schlesinger.

Bring our troops home? Vote Lamont.

6 Comments:

Blogger Ilanna said...

Here here!!! what a Dirty trick - cuz I usually hang up on the calls, but at the same time I dont' let the robot calls influence who i'm going to vote for.. never have never will. But i was IMPRESSED by a local dem candidate who had LIVE ppl calling to see if they could count on your vote... it was a live person, who was asking and prepared to answer questions and that I think is good. Mom btw is going to be a Technician at the polls to help if the electronic machines have problems... however she's voting ahead of time on a paper ballot.

5:54 PM  
Blogger mary bishop said...

Ilanna, when I was involved in local politics we always had two camps: those people that thought personal phone calls were a good idea and those who only wanted to call on election day and ask if you needed a ride.

Good for Mom for helping out at the polls...I'm proud of her as it isn't an easy job but boy is it important!

10:51 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

they are apparently still looking for poll workers in delaware - if i had known i would have applied awhile ago but you have to go to a 2 hour training course before the election and well this election i just dont have the time. but i will vote.
i dont listen to the phone calls all of the messages get deleted.
i know who i am voting for and i dont let those things influence me. thats what debates of the issues and platforms are supposed to do not phone calls.

9:48 AM  
Blogger paintergirl said...

Through all of these annoying bits, a person should still not be swayed by this crap. It's insane. I just hope everyone gets out and votes. I am going to drive my husband to vote in the morning that is how deternined I am.

And did you know, that married women vote republican? Why? I'll start my tirade about now.

2:26 PM  
Blogger mary bishop said...

MiniJ -- you'd need little training as you have brains... Up until recently I always was at the polls working for a candidate but now all I am is a voter, but I'll vote and I won't vote for anyone who supports the war.

PG - Why oh why are women so afraid that if they vote for a Democrat, terrorists are going to pop up from behind every bush? Oh I said a bad word: bush.

3:05 PM  
Blogger paintergirl said...

Not 2 seconds after I wrote my entry Bill Clinton called me. Can you be Bill called me? I said dude, you don't have to introduce yourself, I know you. Of course i hung up when he started talking about Connecticut and there is nothing I can do. I said I have my own problems here in the state he lives in too.

Tee hee, bush.

3:10 PM  

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