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Call from Clay County GOP: Obama is a Muslim who'll take away Medicare

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TALLAHASSEE - In audio picked up by an answering machine, a volunteer for the Republican Party of Clay County can be heard calling President Barack Obama “a Muslim” and saying he wants to “get rid of your Medicare” while reaching out to voters in support of Mitt Romney’s campaign.

The call was made as part of a statewide phone bank for Romney’s campaign being conducted by the Clay County GOP. The volunteer, who was not identified, did not hang up before moving onto her next call.

Her pitch to the next person was picked up on the first person’s answering machine.

Listen to the recorded phone call

“I don’t know if you have done any research on Obama or not, but he is a Muslim,” the woman said during the roughly 90-second call.

Leslie Dougher, head of the Clay GOP, said the party does not support the volunteer’s statements.

“It was off-script completely. We have everything scripted,” Dougher said. “Those are clearly not the views of the Republican Party of Clay County or the Mitt Romney campaign.”

The voicemail message was given to WMNF, a Tampa-area radio station that describes itself as “independent, progressive news and public affairs.” The station did not identify the source of the audio but said the person identified the Clay GOP’s number from caller ID.

“I received the call from a Polk County listener who said the recording was left on his answering machine,” said Rob Lorei, who aired the audio Wednesday on a show he hosts.

The volunteer also told the person on the other end of the line that Obama wants to turn the United States into “a socialistic country” and that he would end the federal program that provides health insurance for people older than 65.

“Y’all sound like y’all are seniors citizens, right?” the volunteer said. “You really don’t want Obama because he will get rid of your Medicare … say goodbye to it.”

Dougher said the volunteer was counseled about that call, but she wasn’t sure if the woman was still making calls. Dougher also questioned the legality of playing audio after the volunteer was unaware they were being recorded.

“Can you air a recording like that?” she asked. “If not, I would question a station playing something like that illegally.”

Lorei said the decision to play the audio was an easy one to make.

“This listener tells me that he frequently gets calls from the GOP,” he said. “His answering machine did what answering machines do when a person is not there to pick up the phone, it recorded the phone call.”

stupid people on both sides, right?

Yep.

I didn't read the essay... it was waaay too long, but Thank You, finehoe! For bringing up the real truth no one seems to want to talk about. Obama is a Muslim and he want's to take away your Medicare. Who would ever fall for the old "wants to take away your Medicare" line?

Oh... and he's a muslim.
(At least he isn't some wacky mormon)

I don't see how anything in that story justifies a "stupid people on both sides" comment.

Dang it Clay County, can't take you no where. 

I had trouble with the top link, so here's the idiotic call below, too bad it had to be in our metro area.

www.morallowground.com/2012/09/29/clay-county-florida-gop-phone-volunteer-caught-telling-voters-obama-is-a-muslim

Quote from: Adam W on October 03, 2012, 01:55:02 AM
I don't see how anything in that story justifies a "stupid people on both sides" comment.

That's the latest trick. The tactics of the Republican party and many of its lunatic fringe candidates have become so odious that the best they can do is try to paint the opposition with the same brush. Blame-spreading.

Maybe the Clay County GOP should watch this clip LOL!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qv7k2_lc0M

Quote from: ChriswUfGator on October 03, 2012, 08:37:06 AM

Quote from: Adam W on October 03, 2012, 01:55:02 AM
I don't see how anything in that story justifies a "stupid people on both sides" comment.

That's the latest trick. The tactics of the Republican party and many of its lunatic fringe candidates have become so odious that the best they can do is try to paint the opposition with the same brush. Blame-spreading.

Yeah. While there may indeed be idiots on both sides of the aisle, so to speak, I don't think that's the issue here. It's like excusing the behavior of this woman by saying, "Well, she did something bad, but Obama supporters do bad stuff too."

So? You can talk about the bad Obama supporters on the threads that you start which deal with bad Obama supporters. Let's stay on-topic here and address the issue at hand.

Fooking Obamabots and Romneybots are cut from the same cloth, no matter how vehemently they deny it.
:)

(Smiley faces make any insult palatable)