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Should Brooklynites Protest the BROOKLYN firm doing the robocalls?

By Scott - Oct 18th, 2008 at 12:08 pm EDT

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I was absolutely HORRIFIED to read in the Huffington Post that the slanderous robocalls that accuse Barack Obama of working closely with terrorists that kill Americans are coming from Brooklyn.

This past week, Shoff, a Freeborn, Minnesota Democratic County Commissioner, received the Hollywood call while at work. Because state law dictates that any such calls be made by an actual human, Shoff demanded that he be connected to the supervisor. That official, who worked at the robocall shop King TeleServices in (Red Hook) Brooklyn, New York, said that they had been contracted out by FLS-Connect.

Officials with King TeleServices did not respond to messages seeking comment.

Asked about the connection to King TeleServices, a receptionist for FLS relayed a message from her supervisors that implicitly acknowledged that they have been working on behalf of the Arizona Republican: "If it is having to do with the McCain campaign or the RNC, you will have to direct your question to them."

Believe me, I know there's lots of other fronts, and important positive action to be taken. I have canvassed in PA, donate too much of my budget to Obama, and will soon be traveling to FL (after voting absentee) to get out the vote in that state. But hear me out.

We're in a blue state, and feel at times we're impotent to affect this election. What we can do is utilize our easy access to the media, and our sheer volume of numbers to make a point.

We could seize this as a chance to REINFORCE the message I'm gratefully hearing more and more; that McCain is running a slanderous and dishonorable campaign. Also that his negative and untrue attacks are backfiring, and offending reasonable people who want to discuss the issues and elevate the level of political discourse. I think we should. I think we should send out a message that "Brooklyn don't go for that! If you wanna tear the American electorate apart with your lies and racism, I do not want you to do it in my backyard!"

Post your interest, ideas, suggested date, time, here, or email me at clarknt67ATnycDOTrrDOTcom

Scott Wooledge

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