McCain Uses Firm That Robocalled on Him!

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Registered: 08-20-2008
McCain Uses Firm That Robocalled on Him!
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Fri, 10-17-2008 - 11:54pm

Now McCain is using the same firm that Bush used to slime McCain with robocalls and steal the Primary from McCain in South Carolina in 2000.

"At the time, McCain railed against the practice of robocalls, calling them "hate calls" and complaining that voters were "inundated" by them.
Larson is a major official within GOP circles. FLS Connect counts as its clients the last five Republican presidential campaigns and many of the major party institutions. The RNC, the National Republican Senate Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee also employ the firm's services. Larson has also been a volatile figure in this year's Minnesota Senate race, having rented a Washington D.C. apartment to incumbent Republican Norm Coleman for a highly discounted rate.
On Friday, even GOP Sen. Susan Collins condemned McCain's robocall campaign. "These kind of tactics have no place in Maine politics," her spokesman said. "Sen. Collins urges the McCain campaign to stop these calls immediately."
And as the New York Time's Michael Cooper noted, as recently as nine months ago, McCain and his campaign "were decrying a series of negative robo-calls that were being made to voters before the South Carolina primary accusing him of voting to 'use unborn babies in medical research.""

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/report-mccain-using-same_n_135699.html

It's not possible to get more hypocritical than this.

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Registered: 10-03-2005
Sat, 10-18-2008 - 12:01am
Yea, my mom lives in Missouri where apparently these calls are being used. And I'm watching a sotry about it right now on ABC Nightline. I guess there is only so much you can do when you can't attack the issues so you attack the person.
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