Hello Deepak and Everyone

I have noticed lately how the stock market reminds me of American's taste in politics and politicians.....their interest and support can steadly climb in support of say the repubicans and then a bad 3rd quarter report from one politician followed by another...the market starts to tumble, but, doesn't, then, more and more questionable reports appear...whoops, we are heading for the crash...and, now, gee those safe but not so profitable holdings are looking very good......yeah.....it is time to vote the other, the democrats.....

yeah, no, I don't agree, about the waking up aspect at all.....voters, the American public, the English public, the Israeli public, the French public...anywhere, where there are voters there is bound to be the rise and fall of either Party or Parties....we wake up when we are pinched and happy to fall back to sleep when we have done away with the scondrel who pinched us....

There are many times in our Nation's history, our World's history that would have been more of a stimulant to an awakening of any kind morally, spiritually, intellectually, than this presidential election...

the fact is there are many many different points of view, different beliefs, different perspectives in our world....

you are saying folks are awakening when they already feel and believe they are "the awakened" and you are the one asleep at the wheel....if Barak Obama is elected it will mean to them what it will mean to you if John McCain is elected...

Yes, I have dinner with folks who are staunch republicans....they believe in their McCain and Palin....they do not see what I see, feel what I feel, think what I think.....and I think....well, they are just "crazy" and of course, I'm sane(really, who could think otherwise, just listen to what I say, you get my sanity, anyone would, naturally)

anyway, Deepak you write a great essay, but it is just an essay, an interesting perspective, another one of the millions offered up in our little universe....

If Barak Obama is elected he will have his chance to give us his best, show us his genius, his morality, his integrity, his compassion, fairness, his truths, his vision for his Nation's future....just as Bush/Cheney/Rove......showed us theirs.....some people loved their vision and want more of it so they will vote to elect McCain/Palin.....just as my dinner companions will...

Last night I was watching a movie...the best foreign language film of 2007....it was about the Nazis and a counterfitter....

I didn't finish the film...it was hard watching the way the Jews were thougth of and treated by the Germans in power....yet I realized that from the moment the Germans started to turn on the Jews there was not strong opposition to that treatment, if any, in Germany, and little in the World at large meaning folks agreed, supported and were not really opposed to the perspective that the Jews were deserving of horrendous abuse....let us face it....it was no secret as to how they were treated in Germany and abroad....yet...it wasn't until the end of the war that they were rescued from this treatment...kind of like their fate was a lucky by prduct of the wars ending...

what I am getting at is this....we live in a very diverse world, where, sometimes, like, the stock market, a certain company or country, is on the rise and people buy into it...want a piece of the action and the profit and that company and country could be a Germany such as the Germany of the second world war with all it's brutality in plain sight and there will be people wanting to be a stockholder in that company....lots of them, in fact, buying stock....and people thinking they must be sick, crazy, awful, asleep, unconscious...

and so the world goes on....up and down, the rise and the fall, from one perspective to another.....

last night watching that movie I realized that if the animal brutality, the hateful, blaming prejudices of mankind were ever going to be taken to task, wiped out as accepted perspectives, behaviors, beliefs, actions, it would have been at then end of the second world war when it's handiwork was lying in piles full of skeletel dead bodies, standing emaciated in line waiting for piece of bread.....shown across the world on the front pages of every newspaper...

mankind has had many "opportunities" to awaken since that day....many...

Barak Obama will bring all of himself to the White House if he is elected his wisdom and his ignorance and just as with any other President we the people will bear the brunt of it.

I predict there will be plenty ups and downs...plenty of volatility....plenty of upset folks whose sleep has been disturbed and are very cranky because of it.....

have a great day everyone, ruth

"Why did the Republican smear machine work in the first place? The answer from many on the left is that the American electorate is stupid, malleable, covertly racist, easily frightened, and capable of falling for rich white Republicans who could care less about the common man. Let's say that all those things are valid."

Pricelss Deepak, just priceless

Steve

Hi Steve,

Deepak writes, ""Why did the Republican smear machine work in the first place? The answer from many on the left..........

the important aspect of this is....The answer from many on the left.....

now, get off your high horse because we all know that folks ON THE RIGHT do not exactly feel and think the supporters of the liberals or Barak Obama are not all or one or two of the above mentioned descriptions of Deepak's too.....geeezzz

you sound like John McCain(he feigned insult) after he got a scolding from that Lewis fella...for trying to inject a bit of the old fashioned....fear and anger that nurtures the ole uprisings of yester-year in his losing campaign.....first, he subtly insinuates the fear and anger...Palin, the little pit bull, doesn't even bother to insinuate...she just bites the head...but John plays it subtle and then when his audience is ripe he plays all innocent and comes to Barak's defense....geee......Steve, it is all so blaringly emotionally retarded(to borrow a little Madonna)

feighned outrage is a bit old...it just doesn't sell this campaign.

now quit trying to make Deepak into an image that is more palatable to your taste by just picking out the parts that suit your image of him.

there is truth to the statement that some on the left do think that the American electorate is stupid, malleable, covertly racist, easily frightened, and capable of falling for rich white Republicans who could care less about the common man....just as there are those on the right who think the same about the Democrats......

have a great day....isn't this just the bomb of an election campaign :))) it looks like your side is eating it's own dirt though...oh, well, the Democrats have eaten their share so it is all in a Nation's political history....I find that if you sift the dirt a little before chewing it saves on your toothies....:))

have a great voting day...11-04-08....ruth

Who's Left?

Republicans don't like people who are Arab.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hanna-ingber-win/is-muslim-the-new-queer_b_133870.html

Republicans don't like people who drink wine.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55509-2002Aug23.html

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/NEWS/601260306/1264/NEWS01

Republicans don't like people who eat lettuce.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/mccain_campaign_response_obama.php

http://hollan.instablogs.com/entry/obama-the-elitist-eats-arugula-while-mccain-likes-american-cheese/

Republicans don't like people who live in cities or suburbs.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/10/17/19256/851

Republicans don't like people who now think that the Iraq war was a mistake.

http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm

Republicans don't like people who are Hispanic or speak Spanish, unless they are pro-torture.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801781.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26401-2004Jun8.html

Republicans don't like people who are gay, unless they STFU about wanting to marry the people they love.

http://www.alternet.org/sex/103041/conservatives_push_hard_for_gay_marriage_ban/?page=entire

http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=2547&MediaType=1&Category=26

Republicans don't like people who organize unions or want better treatment and more protection from their employers at work.

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/09/25/candidates-hold-firm-on-employee-free-choice-act-despite-attacks

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=C1D627E90A61A2D1CB47CDDAAE224B94?diaryId=9151

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/11/albatross.html

Republicans don't like people who are professionals or college educated, unless those people pretend to be 'folksy' latte-haters.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10brooks.html?em

http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/06/sarah-palin-and-the-incredible-disappearing-accent/

Republicans don't like people who take the extreme position that people who are women are just as good as people who are men.

http://www.feministing.com/archives/011664.html

http://www.renodiscontent.com/2008/10/16/why-some-women-support-mccain/

Republicans don't like people who are offended by the use of racist threats and stereotypes targeted towards people who are Black.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=12540

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/10/17/23501/510

Who's left over after all that? Republicans, I guess. Real Americans, some Republicans might say. Other people might call them 27-37% of American adults, depending on whether you count the leaners.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=12540

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/10/17/221356/12

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/773/fewer-voters-identify-as-republicans

Now probably a good few of the leaners don't pass the full 'real American' screen, but let's be generous, and say that Republicans like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann would consider about 30 percent of American citizens to be real, pro-American types.

Once again, with feeling, this is "inherently ridiculous."

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/10/farm-fetish-follow-up.html

Republicans don't like people who live in cities or suburbs.

Republicans don't like people who now think that the Iraq war was a mistake.

Republicans don't like people who are Hispanic or speak Spanish, unless they are pro-torture.

Republicans don't like people who are gay, unless they STFU about wanting to marry the people they love.

Republicans don't like people who organize unions or want better treatment and more protection from their employers at work.

Republicans don't like people who are professionals or college educated, unless those people pretend to be 'folksy' latte-haters.

Republicans don't like people who take the extreme position that people who are women are just as good as people who are men.

Republicans don't like people who are offended by the use of racist threats and stereotypes targeted towards people who are Black.

Who's left over after all that? Republicans, I guess. Real Americans, some Republicans might say. Other people might call them 27-37% of American adults, depending on whether you count the leaners.

Now probably a good few of the leaners don't pass the full 'real American' screen, but let's be generous, and say that Republicans like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann would consider about 30 percent of American citizens to be real, pro-American types.

Once again, with feeling, this is "inherently ridiculous."

Stop making excuses.

The racism in this election is so clear. I'm sick and tired of the Muslim Smears, along with any other excuse people try to use for not voting for Obama.

Can anyone imagine how Arab-Americans felt to hear a questioner claim that Obama was an Arab, and then hear McCain denying it, in an effort to clear Obama's name or middle name. It was about as bad as the claim that Obama is a Muslim.

Xenophobia does have racism, in this case Islamophobia, as its core. All I can say is, welcome Arab-Americans to the Democratic party, if you were not already with us.

It goes beyond racism though. It's the villification of anyone who isn't "just like me". Black people, Muslims, atheists, liberals and educated people are all tossed into the un-patriotic cauldron.

When it gets to the point that Republican candidates have to continually reference the one or two moderate people left in the party to prove they aren't all far right lunatics (as they point out "my one black friend" to prove that they aren't racists) the party is doomed.

Re.4

They don't like people who are poor, most importantly.

wait a sec...

I'm so mistaken! They LOVE the poor. Without the poor they wouldn't have anyone to point the finger at while they rob you blind! i.e. "You think we swindled billions from you in the housing scandal? Hey look, there is a poor person with no political clout, it's their fault. Blame them so I can get back to swindling you!"

oops!

No! only CERTAIN poor people...

White poor people are the salt of the earth.

People of Color who are poor are some things else....

What if McCain was the Dem nominee?

What kind of Ads and robocalls do you think will GOP have on McCain.

What kind of 24 hr FOX commentary will he receive?

I bet GOP ads and robocalls will portray McCain as a traitor, Saddam Hussein links, Alaska seccessionist, manchurian candidate, extra-marital relationships, children out of wedlock, etc.

That is how bad GOP is ----they are really really so bad.

Democrats don't do that!

Preity, you are.

Re. Vanessa

They also don't like:

vegetarians
people who drink latte
people who listen to hip-hop

There is no one in America that dislikes more Americans than Republicans!

On Saturday, October 18, 2008 Nancy Pfotenhauer was on MSNBC and stated that only the south part of Virginia is "THE REAL VIRGINIA".

It appears that North Virginia is too close to Washington DC so does not count as Virginia.

This is how she explains why Virginia polls are showing the race so close and even a bit ahead for Senator Obama.

Thus, if you don't agree with the McCain Camp they just label you "unreal".

So we now have "Real Virginia" and "Pro American" Coummunities....

Way to go McCain Camp just divide everyone. And if you don't agree with them you are "UNREAL" or "UnAmerican"

NICE
Sandy

I guess that makes me Unreal in Missouri.

mini

Hello Deepak and Everyone,

One thing I do want to bring up as to this Presidential campaign between Barak Obama and his opponents....Clinton and McCain, is that race has played an important part as to how Barak Obama has been treated, especially, by the press and media. Today at CNN online there is a sentence that states....Late night jokes...McCain 286...Obama 42....

Barak Obama has been tread on by everyone as far as criticism and jokes being directed at him with more than just kid gloves and imo it is because of his race, people, are, being more than careful and really in many ways this is a dis-service to Barak Obama, his race, and everyone because it will end, if, he is elected, that is a guarantee.

I guess what I am saying is that this Presidential campaign has not been all that "real" all that "representative" of true views and perspectives.....a whole bunch of folks have been holding back...holding out....zipping their lips, and holding on tight to their pens....but if elected you can be sure at some point in time...that will all end and Barak Obama will be just as made fun of as any other politician....and I hope his supporters can handle that because they sure haven't had to handle that much this far along the route....

ponderings....ruth

Deepak,

As an observer of this amazing spectacle I just dont understand why you characterize Rebulicans the way you do and somehow see Democrats in the light you do. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves; he was a Rebublican. The infamous Mississippi civil rights workers murders in 1964 took place in a State and system Governed by a Democrat. Republican Teddy Roosevelt is widely regarded as Americas first great environmentalist and played a big part in establishing the National Park system. Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt entered the US into Wold War 2. Democrats Kennedy and Johnson started the Vietnam war and a Rebulican Nixon ended it. Democrat Truman entered the US into the Korean War. Is our current financial crisis really the results of the current child in the White House or is this a collective creation? The Democrats have controlled both the Senate and the House of Representatives for a majority of the last 40 years. America is in a mess right now but the Republicans are to blame? Do Democrats really play nice in Presidential elections? As far back as Kennedy's election in 1960, won fraudulantly at the hands of his Democrat friend Mayor Daley in Chicago, the Democrats have played as juvenile a game as the Rebulicans. Whether on a local or global level our current situation is a result of the misplaced belief in a seperate self. The proposition that there is a difference in a Republican and a Democrat is to further the seperation. We are all of this.

@12

Here's some news for you:

Republicans and the Republican party Deepak refers to is not the party of your fathers or grand fathers, let alone Lincoln's...

It's not just the Democrats who think that way. Several conservative thinkers do, who are coming out in open.

As is well known now, members off the reservation include the current Board member (and part owner) and ex-column writer Christopher Buckley, tossed off of National Review -- founded by his father, which was the center for conservative ideas and intellectual thought for decades, especially during the Reagan Era -- for endorsing Barack Obama for president.

"Dear Pup once said to me, "You know, I’ve spent my entire life time separating the Right from the kooks."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-10/the-conservative-case-for-obama

as well as Wick Allison, former National Review publisher, who had no connection to sever.

"This kind of conservatism, which is not conservative at all, has produced financial mismanagement, the waste of human lives, the loss of moral authority, and the wreckage of our economy that McCain now threatens to make worse."

http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp

Not every one is reacting well to honesty.

Kathleen Parker writes:

"Christopher Buckley’s endorsement of Barack Obama — followed by his abrupt departure from the back page of the magazine his father founded, National Review — has caused a ripple of contempt from the conservative Right.

Nay, make that a tsunami of hostility. An avalanche of venom. A cataclysm of ... well, you get the idea. People are mad. Good riddance, they say, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out."

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODA5YTBmYWQ0Y2EyMTdkYzhiMjFkMDA2MzA3NzQ1ZmU=

In addressing Parker (herself off the reservation over Palin) and Peggy Noonan, who had unkind things to say about Sarah Palin in the WSJ, National Review's editor Rich Lowry responded:

"We never imagined Chris would feel he’d been "fatwa-ed." In any case, Chris is still on NR's board, and is welcome to write pieces for us going forward, which I'm hoping he'll do after everyone, very much including the Noonans and Parkers of the world, takes a deep breath."

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGYyNDJmMTRkZDllOGY4NDIxMDA4NmRjZGFjMTYyMTQ=

All of this, mind you, before the election is concluded, prompting Frank Rich to write:

"Even Republicans are rapidly bailing on a McCain resuscitation. It’s a metaphor for the party’s collapse that on the day of the final debate both Nancy Reagan and Dick Cheney checked into hospitals. Conservatives have already moved past denial to anger on the Kubler-Ross scale of grief. They are not waiting for votes to be counted before carrying out their first round of Stalinist purges. William F. Buckley’s son Christopher was banished from National Review for endorsing Obama. Next thing you know, there will be a fatwa on that McCain-bashing lefty, George Will."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/opinion/19rich.html?ref=opinion

The problem for the conservative columnists is that the top-down "stay in line, stay on message" philosophy, the one that discourages comments and encourages conformity, is ill-suited to handle dissenting opinions.

But the failed conservative philosophy (see Wall Street) and inept Bush Administration have conspired to hand conservatives a spanking at the polls, and the Republican party will be in a full scale civl war because of it.

If they talk about it, they expose their factionalism. If they don't they'll never address their weaknesses. As Peggy Noonan wrote in writing about the Disasta from Alaska, Sarah Palin:

"For conservatives in general, but certainly for writers, the answer is a variation on Edmund Burke: You owe your readers not your industry only but your judgment, and you betray instead of serve them if you sacrifice it to what may or may not be their opinion."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122419210832542317.html

So, we know sooner or later, this will all be out in the open. If I were them, I'd start getting used to telling the truth, instead of trying to shore up their side. They've got some foundational work to do, and a new coat of paint won't make the house stand up longer.

It'll be hard, because they're not used to it. Further, they won't have a central authority telling them what to do. But if principled conservatives can get their act together, I'm certain they'll have something to contribute – after they're through purging their ranks of apostates.

Its All Colin Powell's Fault.
by JeffLieber
Daily Kos

Don't blame conservatism.

We did everything right, with the exception of ever trusting Colin Powell, who we never REALLY liked because we knew from the beginning that he wasn't one of us and therefore absolutely shouldn't be listened to.

He was the one who screwed up that whole Katrina fiasco and he suggested the "Mission Accomplished" banner and if you check the video of Dick Cheney saying, "last" throes" you'll realize that Colin Powell had his hand in the Vice President's "puppet hole" and was manipulating what he sent.

See, Colin Powell created ACORN and was in charge of the FEC (or SEC, whichever it actually is) and thought up No Child Left Under-Educated and lost the congress in 2006 and used the "Bin Laden determined to strike in the U.S." memo to wrap his used gum up, which is why we never read it, and told George Allen that "Makaka" meant "peace, love and understanding" and promised to meet Larry Craig in stall three at the Minneapolis airport and crashed the Hindenberg and caused the Bubonic plague and kicked over the lantern that started the Great Chicago fire and won't let bees mate and was the brain-child behind the Spice Girls and was the master-mind behind NEW Coke and convinced YOUR significant other not to give head anymore and HE, ALONE, PERSONALLY gave (black) sub-prime (black) loans to a (black) million (black) poor (black) people, but NOT Joe The Plummer (very, very, totally, to the core, wonderfully, pasty white).

We, as Conservatives, have a perfect track record EXCEPT for that hateful, racist, awful, idiot Colin Powell who we never used a symbol that we could be tolerant to non-whites in the Republican party!

Well, and former press secretary Scott McClellan, who we said from the beginning couldn't be trusted...

...and Chuck Hagel, who can only get reelected because he's from such a liberal state as Nebraska...

...and former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, who is probably gay... and George Will, who, along with Peggy Noonan and that worthless Buckley whipersnapper, we always thought was an elitist...

...and President George W. Bush, who we tried as hard as possible, from the beginning to warn you about.

Re-elect the Republican Party Of America: We Don't Make Mitsakes!

It is kinda funny, right? Joe the Plumber gets a full rectal exam from the media with in 24 hours of his appearance on the national stage....unpaid taxes, unlicensed plumber...yadayada...

But dare ask...Just who is Obama? why is it OK for him to 'pal around' with a US terrorist... all of a sudden...you're a republican smear merchant!!

Of course you could say, with a great deal of validity, that I'm stupid, racist, easily frightened....and so on....and so forth.....

Of course the issue really wasn't Joe the Plumber...it was the wealth redistribution the 'annointed one' was speaking of...that's the issue.... But Joe's rectal exam made the front pages....and we slept on thru the biggest issue of this campaign... a socialist agenda...

You know....bust your hump, mortgage your home, work 80 hours a week....go above that magical 250K per year.....and there's our buddy Craig, in the basement...waiting for the handout....grateful that Jesusian politics have arrived in the good ole US....

and on and on we go......

Looks like BO will probably pull it out....

Wait'll you see what the market does on November 5!

Just the ramblings of a big guy who lives in Deepaks 'racist south'.....

y'all have a wunnerful day! Better get to work, need to make as much money as i can this year...next year I won't get to keep very much of it!

:)

hey there, Skinny
(Norm :-)
I have just come back from a Rally where Barack Obama spoke and - he is not just inspiring - and great with words and feelings of change ...

He speaks with pride in the American people, and wants everyone to continue to believe in the dream of possibilities and opportunities for all.

He spoke about the future and the children who will inherit a Nation that they can be proud of and appreciate the diversity of culture ( we are a country of amazing immigrants that have achieved so much).

He would like to see all children in America have the means to education, especially on the college level.

He does want to offer tax breaks to families that make less than $250,000. per year, and have each family (and individuals too) insured with health care that is affordable, and does not deny anyone coverage, due to pre-existing conditions.

He made the crowd laugh, when he spoke of this excitement for the Tampa Bay Rays making it to the world series (and that says alot from a die-hard Cubs fan :)

Just wanted to let you know what I heard today, and hope you are having a great day!

love,
~ Kate

looks like a fat dude got scared of his own rectal gases in that big burrow he was holdin' out in...that gas can get to a guy after a while....when it becomes sorta toxicky..eeuuhh...

flabs talks about the distribution of wealth..

well dude...i guess if we don't distribute wealth, u'll neva get paved roads in the country...forever plyin' on dirt roads huh...

and talkin' about spreadin' wealth...i suppose it dont bother u one bit that bushnut is spreading it all over iraq...in hundreds of billions...

dude...i hear kentucky is becomin' a toss-up state...i guess many there are seeing the light ...at last...except a few loyal amigos.

My brother Norm, ya'all just gotta give me a chance to work; I'll take care of the rest: but the bad guy stays the bad guy if we have zero opportunity. Believe me, we got this crazy Gregoire democratic governor here in Washington who is all too happy to build more prisons and buy more cops and guns, yet this state offers nothing in regards to actually trying to rehabilitate us prison and basement dwellers.

She is simply another aristocratic lawyer towing her party’s line, and her republican opponent is simply evil.

But it would be nice if my hardworking mother could at least have the peace of mind knowing she could at least die in her 460 square foot “house” of a dungeon rather than on the streets alone b/c she cannot afford these ever rising property taxes. She can barely afford to eat at this point.

There is nothing Jesus-like about either political party in this nation, let alone your economic system!

Socialist please!!!!!! If I was smart enough I would straight-out be Robin Hood, but your government and Wall Street already have that covered! You guys refuse to aid the widowed and poor but you have no problem bailing out multi-millionaires. Who is the sucker . . .

peace

Over at John Cole's place:

"Socialist: raising the top tax rate from 35% to 39%.

Free-Market: nationalizing the banks, massive investment in insurance agencies, limiting certain types of trades, raising the debt ceiling, and promoting government investment into stocks and bonds. And an emphasis on Red States.

It’s all so clear now!"

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=12612

Conservatives are hilarious, especially now that they're headed toward an epic defeat.

Robo Hate
by Devilstower

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/20/19556/424/855/636806

"You always knew the robot takeover was coming. You just didn't expect it from a guy who doesn't even know to manage The Google."

...

"At a fraction of a cent per call, robocalls have become the preferred means for the McCain campaign to spread malicious false information. John McCain 'has' to do this because Obama is 'forcing' him to... you know, by being ahead in the polls, winning the debates, drawing huge crowds, and basically kicking his butt. McCain had no choice but to use telephone terminators."

...

"Perhaps more interesting is the speculation over just why McCain is using robocalls so extensively in the last weeks of the campaign. Sure, they're cheap, but they're also ineffective. Why not put a live person on the phone?

"David Magleby is a political scientist at Brigham Young University who studies political communication strategies. He has two possible interpretations of McCain's big push with robocalls. It could be that McCain's campaign is using them instead of far more costly TV ads. Or it could be "that they may not have the volunteer base that the Bush campaign had in 2000 or 2004, and so they're going to robocalls rather than having volunteers call," he added."

...

"If you ever suspected that GOP campaigns had to be staffed by immoral robots, now it's literally true."