Why I hate election season

I was sitting at my computer, minding my own business, when the phone rang. No, it wasn't a robo-call! It was a real live person, claiming to be from "Governor Quinn's office". First red flag: it's a no-no to make campaign calls on the state's dime, and one would expect "I'm calling from the Pat Quinn for Governor campaign". He asks me if I know about early voting, and I say "yes", but that I haven't voted yet. Then he asks me if I'm going to vote for Governor Quinn. Another red flag. That's not how campaigns usually phrase the question. I say, "I haven't decided yet who I'm going to vote for." And he says "Fantastic!" and hangs up.

How much does anyone want to bet that this call was from Quinn's Republican opponent?

Too bad he didn't stay on the phone long enough for me to tell him that I couldn't decide between Quinn and the Green Party candidate, and that the Republican wouldn't get my vote if he were the only candidate in the race!

Had to laugh, though, because when I called Quinn's campaign office to tell them I though someone was pulling dirty tricks, they asked me "what number did the call come from?" How startled were they when I said that I don't have caller ID!

Why I hate election season

I was sitting at my computer, minding my own business, when the phone rang. No, it wasn't a robo-call! It was a real live person, claiming to be from "Governor Quinn's office". First red flag: it's a no-no to make campaign calls on the state's dime, and one would expect "I'm calling from the Pat Quinn for Governor campaign". He asks me if I know about early voting, and I say "yes", but that I haven't voted yet. Then he asks me if I'm going to vote for Governor Quinn. Another red flag. That's not how campaigns usually phrase the question. I say, "I haven't decided yet who I'm going to vote for." And he says "Fantastic!" and hangs up.

How much does anyone want to bet that this call was from Quinn's Republican opponent?

Too bad he didn't stay on the phone long enough for me to tell him that I couldn't decide between Quinn and the Green Party candidate, and that the Republican wouldn't get my vote if he were the only candidate in the race!

Had to laugh, though, because when I called Quinn's campaign office to tell them I though someone was pulling dirty tricks, they asked me "what number did the call come from?" How startled were they when I said that I don't have caller ID!