His campaign began a $70 million dollar last ditch effort to turn the tide today. It includes hundreds of thousands of phone calls - both robocalls and live volunteers - following this script:
"Hello. I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC (Republican National Committee) because you need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayres, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge's home and killed Americans. And Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington. Barack Obama and his Democratic allies lack the judgment to lead our country. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee at 202-863-8500."
Hey John!
"Hello, I'm calling you back on behalf of the people in this country who have a brain, investigate your lies, half truths, and smears, and are sickened and insulted by your choice of a woefully ill equipped VP candidate who enjoys inciting crowds with hatespeak and abusing the power of her office. We know you are in bed with religious leaders who have called for a second holocaust and blamed New Orleans for pissing off God and sending Katrina to spank them. We know you consort with criminals named Keating and Liddy. And we know your running mate sleeps with a man who for years belonged to a group of folks whose mission is to have Alaska secede from the United States. In fact, we have all seen the video of her telling them to "keep up the good fight" in her video greeting to them this year. Republicans, such as yourself, are responsible for a war with no end that should have never had a beginning, the complete mortgaging of our children's futures, and the fact that the world views our country as a punchline. John McCain, even if we only go by your picking of Palin, you do not have the judgment to lead our country into anything but continued strife, danger, and financial ruin. This call was paid for by People Who Have Got You Figured Out And Wouldn't Piss On You If You Were On Fire. Thank you."
We've got early voting now in Evansville, Indiana, and I have to say, I VOTED today! This is great; I don't have to worry about the lines on Election Day....my vote is already firmly in the Obama side of the ballot! I can't speak for the rest of my 'swing' state of Indiana, but judging from the amount of people at the polls today, and judging from the conversation among them, Obama's going to be happy come Election night!
Posted by: Diane in Evansville | October 16, 2008 at 09:09 PM
Testify, Sister Linda, testify!
Posted by: Susan from PA | October 16, 2008 at 09:31 PM
LMAO Linda, that recording leaves a phone number at the end of it. I'm tempted to call it and recite what you've just written!! Maybe we all should....they would be terribly confused if they got the same words from a number of people around the country...*gleeful chuckle* That would be fun.
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 09:36 PM
I say we go for it.
Posted by: Linda Sharp to Carrie | October 16, 2008 at 09:38 PM
Works for me, let's do it.
Posted by: Jean in MI | October 16, 2008 at 09:39 PM
202 863 8500...
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 09:41 PM
GRRRRR
"This mailbox cannot accept messages because it is full."
I hope it's full of pissed off people!
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 09:45 PM
We can always email it to the campaign...
Posted by: Linda Sharp to Carrie | October 16, 2008 at 09:48 PM
This is interestig too, and underscores what Linda and others have said about Obama's tax plan...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seery/joe-the-plumber-meets-sam_b_135399.html
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 09:55 PM
lol All of us?
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Why not? Preface it with, I tried to call you back, John, but your inbox was full...
Posted by: Linda Sharp to Carrie | October 16, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Call 'em, e-mail 'em, flood 'em with responses. And using Linda's response is brilliant.
Posted by: Lori in Texas | October 16, 2008 at 09:58 PM
Wish you could have heard Culley laugh when she got to the very last line. :O)
Posted by: Linda Sharp to Lori | October 16, 2008 at 09:59 PM
She probably sounded just like ME, when I got to the last line. LOL
Posted by: Lori in Texas | October 16, 2008 at 10:04 PM
LMAO
Wish you guys could hear me giggling maniacally...I think I've had too much caffeine...
SENT, though.
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 10:04 PM
And here's a big surprise - nowhere on McCain's site can I find anything about glbt issues. I've tried searching every way I know how.
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I am starting to think he wants to lose with tactics like that.
McCain is battling and cranky with David Letterman now. He has not been hammered this hard by anyone.
God bless, Letterman.
They will never let Sarah on.
Posted by: Nikki | October 16, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Here is an interesting read that might explain John McCain's facial expressions and tongue thrusting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardive_dyskinesia
Posted by: Pat | October 16, 2008 at 11:50 PM
I just can't resist.
http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/View.aspx?ciid=2303262
WARNING: may make you spit coffee, soda, etc.
Posted by: Carrie / Quik | October 16, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Ok just copied and pasted to 'info@johnmccain.com', didn't know where else to send it. Did add what you said about trying to call back....
And thanks for the warning Carrie!! LMAO
Posted by: Valerie | October 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Just sent mine, too. Thanks for allowing us to use your words, Linda.
Posted by: Jackie in GA | October 17, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Linda, hope you don't mind, but I also left a comment on Obama's website inviting readers to check out your blog, read this entry and join us in sending this e-mail to McCain. Would love to see the reaction to thousands of these same e-mails.
Posted by: Jackie in GA | October 17, 2008 at 01:30 AM
Bravo, Linda!!!!
And, yes David Letterman is now my hero. He spanked Johnny HARD last night and I'm sure
we have not heard the end of this.
I read this in a comment section:
"Has anyone noticed that the Comedians are asking the tough questions and the Press is the joke?"
Posted by: rj to Linda | October 17, 2008 at 03:31 AM
When you call, hit Zero, then 3 for the Campaign manager's office - I just left the message - woo hoo that was fun!!!
Posted by: ChickyChick (Kathy) to All who tried to call | October 17, 2008 at 07:02 AM
I copied and pasted Linda's response and sent it to his campaign this morning. I prefaced it with "This is in response to your robo-call...".
I hope they get buried. And Linda's response is priceless...especially that last line!
Posted by: Liz in CT To Natala and your brother | October 17, 2008 at 07:26 AM