Telemarketing: The Worst Attack Ad of All?

[Ivan Seeking]

This one takes the cake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAjGXFJw3s&mode=related&search=

 

[theCandyman]

That was funny!

 

[Astronuc]

These are funny:

Free candy in every pot
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/11/06/PM200611068.html

NICE LADY: I'm a Mom, and I'm voting "yes" on Prop. 111. Prop. 111 provides free candy for every child in our state.

NICE LADY: And the candy won't hurt their teeth, because Prop. 111 will fund the development of a high-tech polymer that protects kids' teeth from decay. The polymer also makes kids 200 percent smarter and wealthier, and it makes them hate illegal drugs. And Prop. 111 does all this without raising taxes, by floating a series of magic astrological wizard bonds that incur zero debt while generating billions of dollars in revenue. If you believe in unicorns, vote yes on Prop. 111.

FAST MALE VOICE: Paid for by Citizens for Realism in Voting.

SCARY VOICE: Supporters of Prop. 111 say it gives candy to children. But thanks to special-interest loopholes, Prop. 111 will actually seal children in wooden barrels and roll them off the tops of skyscrapers.

The plummeting child-stuffed barrels will destroy our roads — 10 percent of state revenue will go towards repaving the streets and burying the dead. And Prop. 111 has provisions for 900 new taxes, including one on the air you breathe. Prop. 111 was crafted in a cave full of vampire bats by demons with wings of fire. It hates you. If you are a human being, vote NO on 111.

FAST MALE VOICE: Paid for by Voters United Against Fearmongering.

 

[Moonbear]

This one takes the cake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAjGXFJw3s&mode=related&search=

"Do Not Eat the Ballot"

Astronuc, those are great too!

I'm so looking forward to tomorrow when the political ads will be gone from the TV and radio again, and my phone will stop ringing with automated dialers and recordings from campaigns...geez, if they're just going to play a recording, couldn't the candidate at least take 5 min to record their own message instead of having some campaign worker do it for them? Have all the out-of-work telemarketers joined political campaigns?

 

[BobG]

"Do Not Eat the Ballot"

And you thought the Florida recount was bad.

 

[Astronuc]

I want a ballot issue to make phone-spam illegal.

Telemarketing is a crime against humanity.

 

[Moonbear]

I want a ballot issue to make phone-spam illegal.

Telemarketing is a crime against humanity.

I agree! At the very least, if they're going to allow calls from political campaigns, they should require they be from live people who have to dial their own phones...then I can at least have the joy of annoying them back. And, in the age of caller ID, I could even have fun with my greeting as I answered the phone if I knew they were calling...it's just no fun if it's just a computer.

"Hello, Tony's Crematorium, subsidiary of Genco Olive Oil Company: You kill 'em, we grill 'em."