Hey McCain! The 70s Called. They Want their Robo-Calls Back.

With less than 3 weeks til the election, McCain is bringing out the big guns. Across the battleground states, McCain has decided that Robo-Calls are a good way to smear his opponent get out his message. TPM has a collection of all of these calls, but here's one so you can get the flavor:

I'm calling on behalf of John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama and his Democrat allies in the Illinois Senate opposed a bill requiring doctors to care for babies born alive after surviving attempted abortions -- a position at odds even with John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama and his liberal Democrats are too extreme for America. Please vote -- vote for the candidates who share our values. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee at 202 863 8500.

Forget about the content of these messages. Here's what I don't get. When a robot calls your house, I can think of two outcomes: 1) You say "hello," realize you're talking to a robot, and then immediately hang up. Or 2) You stay on the line to find out which idiot paid money for a robot to call your house.

On the other hand, maybe not liking robo-calls is just a young person thing? Maybe old people love robo-calls? If so, this plan is genius. With robo-calls going only to landlines, this campaign is perfectly targeted. Young people only own cell phones.

-Law Dude