Candidates apologize for Oregon 'robo' calls

[depakid]

Source: The Oregonian

No-call list - The Obama and Clinton campaigns admit violating state law on phoning blocked numbers

It's against state law for a political campaign to make automated phone calls to households on the federal no-call list. But somebody forgot to tell the candidates.

The campaigns for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fessed up this week to making "robo" calls to blocked Oregon numbers. Both campaigns say they have stopped. And, for the record, they're sorry.

"If someone who should not have been contacted received a call, then we deeply regret it and do apologize," says Nick Shapiro, spokesman for Obama's Oregon campaign. "We will make every effort to ensure that it does not happen again."

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1210913702217210.xml&coll=7

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I suspect that these calls are counterproductive much more often than not....

[Ian David]

1. And once the robots get their metal claws on you, you can't break free. n/t