Robo Calls

The "robo call" disinformation campaign against Republican Congressman Mike Ferguson began more then ten months ago. The calls basically came in two forms - blame the congressman for whatever was in the news and push polling. The calls against Ferguson were frequent and clearly designed to mislead voters. The Dump Mike folks even wrote a post about the lack of identification of the group(s) behind these “robos”.

We previously pointed out a post from Roll Call exposing one Democrat front group behind the “robo” disinformation campaign:

The calls are funded by American Family Voices (AFV), a nonprofit group led by Clinton administration veteran Mike Lux and allied with Lux’s firm Progressive Strategies.

Apparently Republicans are now making use of “robo calls” and Democrats are crying foul, calling them unethical and designed to confuse voters. John Conyers and John Dingell are calling for a federal investigation, limited of course to the Republican calls. The usual suspects in the mainstream media are all over the story, but not one word about the “robo calls” from Democrats or their front groups that have been relentless for nearly a year.

Robo calls are annoying, but the hypocrisy even more so.