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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Jimmy Rollins Robo-Calling For Obama
Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins

This close to election day, voters can never tell who is calling on the phone.  Maybe it's Gov. Rendell or U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton or Mayor Nutter, urging Philadelphians to get out and vote.  But Jimmy Rollins?   The Phillies shortstop has recorded a robo-call with the attention-grabbing intro:  "Hi, this is Jimmy Rollins of the World Championship Philadelphia Phillies."

Rollins goes on to say he's calling for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and invites everyone on the other end of the line to a Monday evening rally in South Philly's Marconi Plaza.  U.S. Sen. Joe Biden and his wife are scheduled to attend.  The robo-call ends with a notice that it was paid for by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
Posted by Chris Brennan @ 9:09 PM  Permalink | 28 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:32 PM, 11/02/2008
    If I get another robo call I will become ill. Meanwhile, as a coal miner's daughter, I am hysterical to see that my own paper has known for months that Barack Obama has a scheme to intentionally bankrupt our coal industry all over the country. This is unbelievable. Someone needs to ask him some very tough questions. He will destroy the American economy.
    — joinsf
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:33 PM, 11/02/2008
    Barry Obama. Barry Effin Obama. I would like to see TV commercial version...where Rollins asks people to vote for Obama...then points both fingers to the sky...
    — rbpeeple
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:49 PM, 11/02/2008
    John McCain wants to give a $5,000 medical benefit only to people that can afford healthcare and then he will tax them on that free money. Jinsf should ask McCain why he would do that? Pleas etell me how McCain is going to help this economy, please.
    — PhillyIam
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:51 PM, 11/02/2008
    scooter - worst call ever?
    — main liner
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:25 PM, 11/02/2008
    Chase Utley was actually the first choice to robo for Barack but they wanted someone who could endorse without using the f bomb.
    — commissioner_gordon
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:33 PM, 11/02/2008
    First they bash the McCain campaign for robo-calling, then Obama's campaign does the same thing. My husband and I voted early and we voted third-party, so those two nutjobs who want to be our next president can go ahead and waste money on it all they want.
    — heatherc
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:37 PM, 11/02/2008
    joinsf, you are either a liar or a dupe for the Bush-McCain-Rove line of attack. Obama has actually taken heat from the left because he supports "clean coal" and wants to invest more in that technology and build more plants. From Factcheck.com: ||"Obama-Biden energy plan: Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology. Carbon capture and storage technologies hold enormous potential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we power our economy with domestically produced and secure energy."|| Link: http://www.newsweek.com/id/161679/page/2 People, let's not let the politics of destruction win this time. Let's show the Rove-Bush-McCain style of dirty politics don't work and elect Senator Obama to bring a real change to America. We need someone who is going to help create jobs and help America back on the right track. If you like the way things are going the last 8 years, vote McCain. He's just like Bush. If you want to bring the economy back to help the working and middle class, vote Obama.
    — Dave Dial
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:54 PM, 11/02/2008
    Dave Dial, you are either a liar or a dupe for the Clinton-Kerry-Alexrod-Ayres-Rezko-Wright- line of attack. Obama has actually taken no heat from the left because he supports "no domestic energy production" and wants to invest more in failed research for his supporters at the expense of others. From American Solutions.com: ||"Obama-Biden energy plan: Restrict the developement of domestic oil produstion claiming that doing so will not make energy available for years yet spend taxpayer dollars on unproven alternative energy. Carbon capture and storage technologies hold enormous potential yet are unproven. We will reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we allow China and other nations to pollute the world, and drill for oil. to power our economy with domestically produced and secure energy. People, let's not let the politics of personal destruction win this time. Let's show the Obama-Biden-Ayres-Wright-Rezko-Farrakahn-Acorn style of dirty politics don't work and deny Senator Obama to chance to create change from your tax dollars. We need someone who is going to help create jobs and help America back on the right track. If you like the way things are going the last 8 years, vote McCain. If you prefer the energy shortages and inflation of the Carter Years vote for Obama.
    — Taxpayer
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:54 PM, 11/02/2008
    Dave Dial, you are either a liar or a dupe for the Clinton-Kerry-Alexrod-Ayres-Rezko-Wright- line of attack. Obama has actually taken no heat from the left because he supports "no domestic energy production" and wants to invest more in failed research for his supporters at the expense of others. From American Solutions.com: ||"Obama-Biden energy plan: Restrict the developement of domestic oil produstion claiming that doing so will not make energy available for years yet spend taxpayer dollars on unproven alternative energy. Carbon capture and storage technologies hold enormous potential yet are unproven. We will reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we allow China and other nations to pollute the world, and drill for oil. to power our economy with domestically produced and secure energy. People, let's not let the politics of personal destruction win this time. Let's show the Obama-Biden-Ayres-Wright-Rezko-Farrakahn-Acorn style of dirty politics don't work and deny Senator Obama to chance to create change from your tax dollars. We need someone who is going to help create jobs and help America back on the right track. If you like the way things are going the last 8 years, vote McCain. If you prefer the energy shortages and inflation of the Carter Years vote for Obama.
    — Taxpayer
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:20 AM, 11/03/2008
    Taxpayer, you cite American Solutions in your post (first tip-off was "American blahblahblah" in the name)...it's General Chairman is Newt Gingrich. How about trying to cite a non-Republican, non-partial source in your quote-unquote facts there. I see Newt involved and I have no need to follow up on anything you say, it's already spun out of control. Keep follwing the spin like a dryer, you moron.
    — th
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:46 AM, 11/03/2008
    Wednesday morning you will see TV footage from Obama’s coronation event in Chicago’s Grant Park showing hysterical, weeping, cavorting, fighting, swearing Obama Kool-Aid kids who are angry and confused that The Marxist One and his merry band of America-haters, terrorists, racists and felons lost the election. Beginning Wednesday, when Americans talk about colossal failures they will mention the movies Ishtar and Heaven's Gate -- and they will mention Obama. Obama is bad, bad, bad news for America
    — Denwa


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