Monday, June 08, 2009
Excessive Telephone Calls in Virginia Gubernatorial Primary
It seems that Virginia's politicians don't get the message that computer calls and excessive telephone calls do not earn them votes. That's the case with Virginia's gubernatorial primary on 2009 June 9. Republican Bob McDonnell is unopposed so there is no Republican primary. There are three candidates for the Democrat's race, namely Terry McAuliffe, Brian Moran, and Creigh Deeds. Here is the score for telephone calls for the candidates:
Terry McAuliffe, 3 voice calls and 4 computer calls
Creigh Deeds, 1 computer call
Brian Moran, none.
The McAuliffe camp does not evidently see fit to leave our phones alone, it seems. They have made 4 computer calls, which are the absolute worst of all. You can't respond to them, and they seem to go on and on. Voice calls are better because you can talk with the campaign's representative. But three of them is too much, especially in two days. I consider that harassment. For that reason, there is absolutely no chance I will vote for Terry McAuliffe, no matter what his other credentials are.
I thought Creigh Deeds would be my choice, until he threw a computer call at me. But I was reticent to vote for the third candidate Brian Moran, because he wanted to ban ads solely on the basis of the mention of sex in them (Viagra commercials). I figure that if you are going to ban ads, ban all ads, not just Viagra ones.
That reticence vanished when I found out that Brian Moran wasn't the one with the ad ban. That was Jim Moran, a member of Virginia's Congress and the brother of Brian. It's a bit of confusion which did not help things as much. I was leaning towards Deeds, but I will now probably vote for Brian Moran, and I urge voters to do so, and in fact I urge voters not to vote for Terry McAuliffe, unless you want to put telephone harassment into standard operating procedure of the Governor's office.
Terry McAuliffe, 3 voice calls and 4 computer calls
Creigh Deeds, 1 computer call
Brian Moran, none.
The McAuliffe camp does not evidently see fit to leave our phones alone, it seems. They have made 4 computer calls, which are the absolute worst of all. You can't respond to them, and they seem to go on and on. Voice calls are better because you can talk with the campaign's representative. But three of them is too much, especially in two days. I consider that harassment. For that reason, there is absolutely no chance I will vote for Terry McAuliffe, no matter what his other credentials are.
I thought Creigh Deeds would be my choice, until he threw a computer call at me. But I was reticent to vote for the third candidate Brian Moran, because he wanted to ban ads solely on the basis of the mention of sex in them (Viagra commercials). I figure that if you are going to ban ads, ban all ads, not just Viagra ones.
That reticence vanished when I found out that Brian Moran wasn't the one with the ad ban. That was Jim Moran, a member of Virginia's Congress and the brother of Brian. It's a bit of confusion which did not help things as much. I was leaning towards Deeds, but I will now probably vote for Brian Moran, and I urge voters to do so, and in fact I urge voters not to vote for Terry McAuliffe, unless you want to put telephone harassment into standard operating procedure of the Governor's office.
