Thursday, January 26th, 2006...8:39 am
It Takes a Big Man
So, my mom got two calls this morning at 4:30. That’s right, 4:30 AM. You know, when most people don’t like to be awoken by phone calls.
The calls were both recordings of Howard Dean’s infamous “scream” speech. She called me up wondering if there was some sort of “robo-call” going out. Thinking about it later, I couldn’t imagine why anyone would send out robo-calls containing this speech. A Democratic organization wouldn’t have any good reason to do it. As much as the Republicans love tweaking Democratic voters, I doubt that they would have any reason to spend serious money doing it, especially before sunrise.
The only conclusion I can come to is that this was an individual calling up to harrass her. It could be because of me or my brother. Neither of us is listed in the phone book; we are Gen Xers without land lines. Although I have a pseudonym, anyone who knows anything about me knows exactly who I am. If you try to look up someone with my last name, you’ll find my Mom and Dad.
So, if this is one of my many Republican “fans” who think this is somehow funny. It ain’t. Not because it is particularly offensive (although Mom likes her sleep), but because it is just stupid. The Dean speech stopped beeing funny ’round about the three hundreth time CNN played it (or the seventieth time we played it at the Clark office). If you need to harrass me, write me an e-mail and I’ll give you a number so you can call me instead.
If you’re looking to harass my brother, there is an 800 number and you can leave a message with his assistant.
Of course, you’ll do neither one. You lack the cajones to do anything but anonymously call my mom.
6 Comments
January 26th, 2006 at 11:22 am
It’s bad enough when losers like this try to contact bloggers and harrass them (I once had some loser track me down to argue, and you might find this post about a problem that a blogger I read had), but to harrass your mother like this (and I know your mom, she is a classy lady who has done a lot of good work besides raising the two of you) is disgusting. And it’s also a crime, probably the first thing you mom should do is set her phone to not accept anonymous calls. If you catch the bastard, sue his pants off.
And you’re right, Ted. It takes a big man to call up and harrass somebody’s mother.
January 26th, 2006 at 11:43 am
on a lighter note, happy birthday to you and your brother and congratulations on becoming ‘old’ democrats.
January 26th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
D’oh! Soo Sorry, Ted… I asked Howard to call YOU in the morning and sing you the “mañanitas”..he must have gotten the numbers crossed! (hee)
Anywho, I guess the most insulting part about that call was the utter ignorance of the caller, not even knowing that you were a “Clarkite.”
January 26th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
Clarkies…we were called Clarkies…
January 27th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
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January 27th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
I never met a wingnut punk yet that you couldn’t straighten out with a gym bag full of cash … or a round from a .45 …
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