Oh My God. Seriously. Why call me? Why?

[uppityperson]

I just a call from the Impreach Barack Hussein Obama who is releasing terrorists from Gitmo (closing Gitmo is against the constitution!!!!), taking away our gunz and WAS NOT EVEN BORN IN THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111


OMG OMGOM OMOGMOGMOGMOGMOMOGOGMOGMOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All in a very dramatic fast talking concerned voice.

I waited, laughing and rolling around, until I got a person (also fast talking concerned voice) and told him they were seriously insane and needed to get mental health help. Or jump off a cliff. But never ever call me again.

oh my god. These people are freaking insane.

"Conservative Majority Fund to expose Barack Obama and his mysterious past to the American people."

Good lord. HOW did they ever get my name and WHY would they think I was remotely interested?

[MrScorpio]

1. I got the same call today

202 area code, which I knew it would be BS, because I don't know anyone in DC who has this number.

Blah-blah, fucking blah. Five seconds of that and I hung up.

Assholes.

[uppityperson]

4. I usually hang up but this one started soooooo OMG!!!!!ish I decided to listen and tell them to go

away. The guy was very polite, told me thank after I called him fucking insane.

[alarimer]

12. Someone called me from a 202 area code today too.

I didn't answer and they didn't leave a message.

Is there a cell phone "do not call list"? Lately I've been getting a lot of telemarketing calls on my cell.

[Mnemosyne]

16. I got a text earlier, telling me I WON an ipad or $1000! I tried to call Gophone service yesterday

and somehow ended up with a guy on the line telling me I had won a Carnival cruise! Only needed to pay $59.95 dock fee, iirc.

I told him what I thought of their ships, knowing it was a scam. Did that scam have bad timing or what?

[WCGreen]

35. Just stay away from the poop deck...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Oh, NOT the poop deck again!

[WCGreen]

37. Milkin' it!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. You certainly are, you bad boy!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

40. If he hadn't said it...

I would have

[Mnemosyne]

46. ...

Wait, wasn't that the entire ship?

[Voice for Peace]

17. the do not call registry takes landlines and mobile

https://www.donotcall.gov/

[markpkessinger]

19. Yes, but political/lobbying groups have been exempted from it n/t

[Voice for Peace]

30. well that needs to be fixed...

[markpkessinger]

56. Agreed! n/t

[dgibby]

52. Thanks for the link! n/t

[Callmecrazy]

27. Yes. It's called the do not call registry

Call 1-888-382-1222. It takes less than a minute to register your cell phone number for 10 years, I think.

[Frustratedlady]

2. If they weren't so crazy, you'd think it was a joke.

They are serious, however.


Speaking of calls, I have been getting 4 calls/day/7 from 5 different places...most either "out of area" or the group/company name, but a different number each day. Since the "person" is a recording, there is nothing I could do to stop them...I thought. THEN, I remembered the Do Not Call list, reentered my number and you would not believe how nice and quiet it is around here...almost instantly.

I never liked Bush, but I do have to thank him for that DNC list.

[uppityperson]

5. I was trying to figure out how closing Gitmo is against the constitution & they segued into birther

bs and I knew I had to wait and talk to them. I think I need to redo the dnc list also, thanks.

[Curmudgeoness]

22. I thought that we did not have to reenter our numbers on the DNC list.

But it sounds like it worked for you.

I have been getting a lot of calls to "clean up my credit", which I don't need. And I just figured that these people didn't give a shit about the law and figured no one would turn them in.

[unblock]

3. no no no! don't tell them not to call you! why help them out?

just calmly place the receiver on the table, keeping the line open, and go about your business.

let them waste their time and effort and money.

[sad-cafe]

57. haha

love it

[frazzled]

6. Get a loud fog horn and set it off into the receiver

Gee, I only get robocalls from something to do with the FBI and seniors and crime (I hang up before I hear the message), and to change my electricity provider. Rachel seems to have finally disappeared, along with her credit card calls. I hope she's dead. Deader than a doornail. I hope she suffered.

[uppityperson]

7. Rachel called you too? That slut. How dare she? I thought she was mine, all mine!!!!!1111111

I am glad Rachel got shut down also, read that there was some legal action taken to get rid of her. Yay.

ETA, "Rachel" is "this is Rachel at card holder service. There is nothing wrong with your credit card but..." robocall thing, not a real person. In case someone takes offense at my "slut" joke, it isn't against a real person but a robocall.

[Curmudgeoness]

24. With all the calls I have gotten from "Rachel",

I guarantee you that I would not take offense at your calling her a slut....or worse.

[rgbecker]

8. I've got to tell you this one....

We too have been getting "Rachel" calls for the last year or so. We tried different things...hang up or push one and tell the guy never to call again etc.

Then my wife takes a call from our daughter-in-law, who seldom calls. "Hi, this is Rachel" (yes my dil is named Rachel) ....There's a long pause, My wife, realizing that its not the recording says "REALLY?" "Oh..... Rachel...Hi!"

Odd thing was, she sounded exactly the same!

[frazzled]

11. LOL!

She's lucky she didn't scream into the phone, "Go to hell, Rachel, you ignorant s....!"

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Rachel had her ass sued off and court entered cease and desist order.

She was from Fla and Tex mostly.
Read about it the other day.

The muffler warrenty robot has (knock on wood) stopped calling.

We still get real person sales calls, because Mr.Dixie just had to go ahead and put his damn name in the phone book!
I TOLD him to list our number under a fake name..I always used J. doofus McGillacutty.....
so when the phone rings at dinner time and they ask for "Mrs. Dixie" I know it is a sales call
( we have different last names).

The answering machine does a good screening tho.
I HATES answering the phone, hates it!!!!

[Silver Swan]

53. I thought Rachel was gone

But yesterday I got a call with the same script and voice as Rachel, but using a different name.

[frazzled]

55. Rachel resides in the land of the undead

She obviously has come back, in disguise, to haunt you. I expect she will be ringing my phone soon with her unctuous, seemingly unthreatening voice. But I know her vacant, staring eyes shine in the dark and that she is trying to take over my mind and soul. I will use garlic, crosses, and any other means available to ward off her evil.

[Notafraidtoo]

10. I think they do good for us.

The more crazy Conservatives behave and overreach the more they become social pariahs pushing independents and moderate republicans into our camp. These cold calls are not a threat but a gift to liberals.

If he called me i would laugh first wouldn't be able to contain myself and thank him for the fine work they are doing in pushing the country left.

This is why i don't mind people like Sarah Palin or Glen Beck. Sure they are crazy and annoying but By being so openly insane and stupid they destroy the GOP brand so in the end we win.

[judesedit]

13. That's funny. The war criminals are right here. They are Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Ashcroft, etc

That's who the poor illiterate caller needs to be afraid of.

[Revanchist]

14. I personally like Henry Rollins' idea

[link:

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[NRaleighLiberal]

15. Ah, so this is the sort of thing I miss! We no longer answer the phone unless we know who it is.

Got rid of landlines 5 years ago, and started screening all calls even before that.

Thanks for reporting on what sorts of stuff I could be subject to!

[RebelOne]

21. I never answer my phone unless I know the number.

I still have a landline, but I have Comcast caller alert, which flashes the incoming call number across my TV screen. If I do not recognize the number, I do not answer. I also have voice mail, so if the call is urgent the caller can leave a message.

[Curmudgeoness]

26. So that is why my calls don't get through to you!

I don't know how you do it.....my curiousity gets the best of me every time.

[Beartracks]

18. Was there ominous music, too?

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[krispos42]

34. Can't go wrong with...

"Carmina Burma"!

[zeemike]

20. Crazy like a fox.

Or should I say a scam artist.
You would be surprised how many people will send them money to get that black man out of that white house.

[starroute]

23. Conservative Majority Fund

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/impeach-obama-robocall-campaign_n_2132682.html

The movement to impeach President Barack Obama has been launched, just days after he won a second term in the White House.

The Conservative Majority Fund, a conservative group known primarily for its birther conspiracy spreading, has launched a robocall campaign to gin up support for the president's impeachment.


http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/racist-reagan-operatives-behind-new-robocal

Racist Reagan Operatives Behind New Robocall Calling for Obama's Impeachment

By karoli

The minute I heard this ad I could tell it was the product of old-time Reagan-era operatives. ... Yeah, it's the old birther nonsense, but don't shrug it off as the fringe of the Republican party, because it's not. The ad is paid for by the Conservative Majority Fund, champions of Joe Arpaio and birthers to this day. ...

Scott B. MacKenzie is the treasurer for the Conservative Majority Fund. Scott has a long history as a mid-level operative. He ran Pat Buchanan's PAC for his failed 1996 presidential bid, and has a long history of FEC complaints made against him. These days, he is not only treasurer of the PAC that bought the robocall, but also the treasurer of The Conservative Strikeforce. That group's chairman is also a former Reaganite. Here's his description from their website:

Dennis Whitfield is former Deputy Secretary of Labor for President Ronald Reagan. He was Executive Vice President of The American Conservative Union and Senior Vice President of the National Federation of Independent Business.

As for the NFIB, they are a US Chamber of Commerce clone. This is the same group that Mitt Romney spoke to and suggested they threaten their employees with lost jobs if Barack Obama were elected. The NFIB was also the lead litigant in the effort to overturn Obamacare and plays an active role in ALEC. These are the Reagan stalwarts, and they are funding robocalls with racist, nativist undertones.

[OldDem2012]

25. Ever hear of a guy by the name of Tom Mabe? Here's how he deals with telemarketers....

[rdharma]

41. Tom Mabe

Have you heard the one where the carpet cleaning solicitor calls and Mabe goes into his murderer character? He's real interested to know if they can get over right away and clean up blood stains.

[treestar]

42. That was a good one!

[uppityperson]

47. That is too good. Thank you. hahahahaha. Now I need to go see if he has others too.

[rdharma]

28. Thread I posted this AM with soundcloud link to Conservative Majority robocall

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2393961

[uppityperson]

31. Thank you, that was it. When they got to the "not a us citizen" I was laughing and stamping my feet

in a circle. OMG, they are nuts. The guy I talked with kept thanking me when I asked if he was "fucking insane". Thanks for the link, it is just as bad the second time through. Barack. Hussein. Obama. Not a us citizen and going against the Constitution by releasing terrorists from a military base in a foreign country. omg omg omg om gom g.

Batshit crazy.

[rdharma]

45. Batshit crazy.

Where I live....... that call sounds just like a "normal" conversation you would hear in the barber shop!

[sad-cafe]

58. he must read oily ts website

she gets more crazy each day

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. Thanks...I will get one of these

I am n Michelle Bachman's list...the joy f political reporting.

[one_voice]

32. That's funny....

I wish they would call me. I would have so much fun with them.

[krispos42]

33. Did he talk about how Obama is a...

Jewish atheist who follows Fascist Communist ideas and eats jumbo shrimp?

[lost-in-nj]

38. I got this call also

to be honest I laughed through the whole thing

my ex is a Repub and I guess thats why they have my number ugh



lost

[dionysus]

43. i once got what i thought was a robocall from a rethug campaign...

after listening for a minute, thinking it was a recording.. I was like "fuuuuuck you republicans, you lying pieces of shit!"

then I heard a gasp.. "oh my god! what did you just say?"

I hung up, felt bad, for a minute or two at least...

[NaturalHigh]

44. Never got that one.

Of course, I rarely answer the home phone these days. It's usually a telemarketer anyway.

[MiniMe]

48. Did you tell them that mental health is covered by Obamacare?

That would have been my last line, if they stuck around that long.

[sad-cafe]

49. must be because of oily taintz

looking at her web page today she has a new theory that Obama is actually Harry someone

[Thav]

50. Troll unto them

as they troll unto you. Seriously, troll the heck out of them. "I'm frightened about all of that. Republicans seem to have an answer, but their last presidential candidate was a ROBOT! I read that on the internet, it must be true! Why haven't we bombed the Chinese? They're scary and want to take away our guns too!"

Also, did they actually say "impReach?" If so, that's icing and sprinkles on that little cupcake.

[lonestarnot]

51. Good advise! You should have charged them for it!

[n2doc]

54. Scammers trolling for bucks

They probably call every number they can and hope to run across the random propaganda-fueled idiot. I would be willing to bet 90% of the funds raised go to the person running the scam. The rest to paying for the phone and people.

[winter is coming]

59. Best typo of the day: "Impreach".

It beautifully conveys the "I'm getting messages directly from Gawd" intensity your caller displayed.