Slog - Comments on Robo Calls Were From Obama Campaign, Not Clinton. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not Hey, false alarm on the dirty tricks. I called Meyer Associates, the robo-call firm in Minnesota. Spokesperson Melony Sik tells me Meyer was in fact hired by Obama. It was a mess up there and not a Clinton dirty trick. "We got the date wrong. We're aware of it." Sik couldn't tell me how many screwy calls went out, but says their call list was in the thousands. She says correction calls are going out now. I called the Obama campaign and they said they were aware of Meyer's screw up. They guessed that Meyer's script confused the Washington caucus... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:40:06 -0800 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:56:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by oljb Clinton switched the scripts.

]]> oljb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930153 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:40:14 -0800 Comment by Undecided Thank you for doing that reporting, Josh.

I understand that SLOG is often more editorial than the print version of the paper, but some basic reporting seems in order, especially in a case like this.

]]> Undecided http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930154 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:40:43 -0800 Comment by unPC Oopsie.

Every Obamaton who blamed Clinton reflexively is going to write in to apologize for jumpting the gun, making slanderous accusations without proof, and engaging in old style dirty politics in ....

oh never mind.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930155 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:40:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You know, this was part of the discussion today at the Washington Post ... even they got confused and thought we were a Primary state ...

I always assumed it was McCain.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930160 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:42:50 -0800 Comment by Julie @3. Seriously. The comments on the last post on this mostly took it as a given that this was a Clinton dirty trick. Before the facts were actually brought to light. It was pretty ridiculous...

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930176 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:47:26 -0800 Comment by J.R. Obama's going to be a great president, if he remembers to show up for his inauguration.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930178 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930178 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:48:09 -0800 Comment by me I know this is just SLOG, but Dan's post was extremely damaging.

Let's say someone reads the post implying that someone is sabotaging Obama, then tells a bunch of people, maybe posts it on their blog, sends it to their 1,000-person mailing list, and doesn't check SLOG again to see the correction?

Let's say that person is a harried, blurry-eyed daily newspaper reporter (they rip off SLOG every week) and prints it on the damn front page of the paper? (They're sure the credit the Stranger in that case, of course.)

I know the Stranger is practically perfect in every way, but corrections should be avoided at all costs.

]]> me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930187 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:51:14 -0800 Comment by umvue Will the Clintons stop at NOTHING?!

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930194 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:52:25 -0800 Comment by Fnarf OK, Meyer's not going to jail. But I'll bet they're not going to get paid, either. And "we screwed up the date for our last client's very important caucuses" isn't exactly good advertising, either.

I assume they were robocalling Maine with the wrong date too?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930205 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:57:21 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Not Maine!

Dang, used to have fun at French House Island just off Jonesport every summer when I was a kid ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930222 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:02:49 -0800 Comment by Big Sven AMB, Reality Check, Bellevue Ave, linus, Cato the Younger, Lloyd Cooney? Do you have something you'd like to say to the class?

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930240 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:09:36 -0800 Comment by Babaloo How about a moratorium on posting crap like this? The truth is, there is no way either campaign would use dirty-trick robocalls. They are too easy to trace and too damaging when they are found out.

By posting this you were clearly insinuating that Clinton's campaign had something to do with it. Maybe the ones playing the "dirty tricks" are you guys?!

]]> Babaloo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930250 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:13:26 -0800 Comment by hmmm Boo to the Stranger. Just because you endorsed Obama doesn't mean you need to slander or imply untrue things about Clinton. Big fuck-up on Eli's part as well.
Will he apologize?

]]> hmmm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930256 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:19:03 -0800 Comment by notonthehill It's a conspiracy by the Obama campaign!!

They send out these robocalls with the wrong date and then say it was a dirty trick by the Clinton campaign.

]]> notonthehill http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930267 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:26:21 -0800 Comment by arduous @14, that's hillarious.

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930297 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:40:06 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Any more info on the primary robocall?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930299 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:40:51 -0800 Comment by exlied in LA yeah nice job guys...why don't we put away the tinfoil hats for the week and follow Jonah's friend's example...

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/seen_in_the_stranger_offices_1

...you'll be doing all of us a public service.

]]> exlied in LA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930367 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:13:34 -0800 Comment by MarcusAurelius OH MY GOD! The Stranger did some reporting! WOOOO!

]]> MarcusAurelius http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930408 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:31:41 -0800 Comment by w7ngman What about the first round of robocalls telling people to vote in the primary?

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930424 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:40:36 -0800 Comment by chi type @11: Funny how they all mysteriously disappeared huh?

]]> chi type http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930542 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:33:52 -0800 Comment by Sam Austin Jenkins explains it at Crosscut.com:

http://www.crosscut.com/2008-election/11379/What+Are+the+caucuses+on+Sunday/

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930546 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930546 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:35:32 -0800 Comment by lineout fan i'd like a fucking apology from the obamatons. like, fucking NOW!

good going guys you made obama fanatics look, well, stupid.

what a bunch of ass-hats and douche-nozzles.

]]> lineout fan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c930984 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:43:43 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I'm Robo-Caucusing for Kodos.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c931329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c931329 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:08:00 -0800 Comment by johnnie Is it just me, or is it odd that it's 'just a mess-up' if Obama's campaign is behind it and a ruthless attempt to surpress voter turnout and destroy democracy if it's assummed the Clinton campaign is? Not that this shows any bias or anything...

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c931478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/robo_calls_were_from_obama_campaign_not#c931478 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:56:49 -0800