Robots: friend or foe?

Robocalls are becoming a nuisance to voters in the swing states. Some people are receiving over ten, thats right TEN, robocalls per day! McCain has launched twelve robocalls in the past six weeks and Obama has launched four in the past four weeks. A voter who has been receiving these calls says the phone calls from the McCain campaign are "sleazy due to falsely accusing Obama." He said, "I used to support John McCain because he honorably served our country, but this year he's running a dishonorable campaign." The fact is that voters are upset about these robocalls. The question is: Are the candidates actually benefitting from the robocalls? The candidates may be doing more harm than good with voters who don't like the robocalls. It may even cause them to switch the candidate whom they support. It seems Obama and McCain need to do a cost/benefit analysis on these calls to see if it really is worth losing voters over. Is there any good news for the voters who are getting these annoying phone calls five or ten times a day? Yes: voters can block these calls by registering at: stoppoliticalcalls.org.

Author: Carol Costello

Article: Robocalls flood phone lines in battleground states