Dirty Tricks In Wisconsin: Secret Group Shuts Down Phones Of Scott Walker’s Democratic Challenger
Source: Think Progress
Dirty Tricks In Wisconsin: Secret Group Shuts Down Phones Of Scott Walkers Democratic Challenger With Spam Texts
By Scott Keyes posted from ThinkProgress Election on May 29, 2012 at 3:26 pm
One week before Wisconsinites vote on whether or not to recall Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI), a conservative group is engaged in dirty tricks that have shut down the Democratic challengers campaign phones.
According to multiple reports, independently verified by ThinkProgress, the following spam text message is being blasted out to many Wisconsin cell phones:
FRM:WI@obamasaliar.com
SUBJ:Union Puppet
MSG:Tom Barrett is a Union Puppet who will give Union Thugs everything they want.
Call & ask why 414-271-8050
The phone number is that of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barretts campaign headquarters. The influx of calls following this spam text message has shut down phones at Barretts campaign, just seven days before Election Day and right as get-out-the-vote efforts are ramping up.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/05/29/491616/wisconsin-dirty-tricks/
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sakabatou
(42,152 posts)But exceptionally troubled. The people out there worked so hard for this, and now these bastards resort to this kind of crap. Scared to death Walker will lose, no doubt.
EC
(12,287 posts)plus for us...since we all support unions...so how did they think that would work? Do they think many repubs call Barrett's campaign office?
goclark
(30,404 posts)and the beat goes on.
Wake Up Democrats -- the plan is in, they are testing the water.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Trace the texts and prosecute.
DFW
(54,403 posts)Honestly, WHO is surprised he is trying to win it illegitimately?
if Barret wins by a few thousand votes, WHO will be surprised when Walker's lady friend once again "discovers" a bag full of thousands of votes, just enough to put Walker over the top?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)In fact I bet its the Koch brothers or one of the many PACs they or other republicans are funding.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)No.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)Is there a district attorney that is worth a shit in Wisconsin?
SWTORFanatic
(385 posts)byeya
(2,842 posts)The media, such as it is, needs to call an attack what it is; and what it isn't, is a dirty trick: It's a crime.
Blue Owl
(50,397 posts)Eat shit and die, Focker.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)taking over - LOL
This sounds desperate. Barrett needs to win by a sizeable amount of votes cause like true repug they will cheat and steal and they have 5 justices in their pockets.
I'm watching Rev Al who says he's got good news from WI - yippeeeee
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)They are getting so many calls that the phone system shut down? I'd be more concerned about so many people taking the bait.
How many calls are coming in? What kind of cheap ass phone system do they have?
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)you would most likely have them is a hunt group so that if line 1 is busy it goes to lines 2 which is busy goes to line 3 etc etc.
10 calls combined going out and coming in will tie up the lines.
that damn simple
the key would be to drag the conversation on for as long as possible to tie things up.
the logical coarse of putting the lines in hunt makes them vulnerable
SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)If this works in Wisconsin, watch for the Republicans to do it nation wide.