Laura Ingraham(R) Tells listeners to jam voter protection hotline
Writing by burn on Tuesday, 7 of November , 2006 at 6:31 pm
right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham today urged her listeners to obstruct efforts to protect voting rights by jamming a free voter protection hotline.
After playing a recording of DNC Chairman Howard Dean promoting the line to voters, Ingraham suggested her listeners call en masse:
INGRAHAM: “Wait a second! So — (Laughter) you call 1 888 DEM VOTE — otherwise ‘Dim Bulb Vote’ or ‘Dumb Vote’ — and all you do is get tranferred to muzak, then they cut you off. This is what I’m thinking. Tell me if you think I’m crazy. This is what I’m thinking. I think we all need to call 1 888 DEM VOTE all at the same time. And, by the way, when you call, when you call the number — and remember, it’s ‘Dem Vote’ not ‘Dumb Vote’ — when you call the number, as we did, and we got transferred, transferred, then we just got hung up upon. You know, we’re supposed to have these election teams within a matter of minutes, they’re supposed to be coming to the polls. Can you imagine what those people look like? Halloween all over again. So if you have trouble with the poll, you’re supposed to call, via 1 888 ‘Dumb Vote,’ and this is what you get.”
OPERATOR: Thank you for calling 1 888 DEM VOTE. To continue in English, press 1. Para continuar in Espanol, oprima el dos.
INGRAHAM: “Oh, and if you’re Saddam Hussein, no problem. Vote absentee, in Maryland or Ohio.”
I’m amazed the right wing always has to have some dirty trick to thwart any attempts at protecting voter’s rights.
The worst part is the complete willingness to destroy the rules that allow our democracy to function for the sake of gaining power.
Let’s just say it once and for all:
The Right hates Democracy.
“Tell me if you think I’m crazy.” - Laura Ingraham
You’re crazy.
click here to listen to one of the prank calls
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