Re: Political ads with phone numbers

["Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

From: "Mark Laurence" <mlaurence@mindspring.com>


> A lot of political ads this year include a phone number, and I'm
> wondering why.  Until this year, it seemed most ads were content to
> pump up the candidate or blast the opponent.  This year, many of the
> ads include a quick message to "call Mitt Romney and tell him you don't
> want him to throw old people out in the street" or "call Shannon
> O'Brien and tell her to stop throwing away the pension money."

I wonder what they stock answer is at those campain headquarters when they
recieve these calls....  I would think this would be an opportunity for the
candidate to win back the vote....or to undo the (mis)information in the
spot.

JP