Hello again, folks.

A couple of evenings ago I was BCCed on an e-mail that was sent to Rep. Charles Taylor's campaign headquarters. I asked him if he would mind my sharing it with the online community, and this morning he agreed, on the stipulation that his name be withheld. The following is quoted verbatim; I added superscript for footnoting purposes:

To whom it may concern:

My wife and I are helping take care of my nephew, and he was awakened by our telephone at approximately 9:03 PM this evening.¹ The "caller" was, in fact, an automated message from your campaign. This is upsetting because not only is it extremely difficult for my nephew to get back to sleep, but this call came up "Unknown" on my Caller ID. This is ironic, because if I recall correctly earlier this year, in June, Congressman Taylor was opposed to these exact kinds of phone calls, according to his "Capitol Connection" e-mail newsletter.²

Just so you are aware, I am planning on filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. In the meantime, you might want to consider adjusting the time that your automated phone messages harass the  Congressman's constituents.

Thanks for ruining our evening.

I wish that I, or any of my collaborators, could take credit for this; we can't, but this is too good to leave sitting in my inbox until I can find the time to update my site. We got word today that someone here in NC-11 has anonymously (well, he wanted to remain anonymous, and I respect that) launched a DIY campaign of negative attack ads, beginning with this one that criticizes Rep. Charles Taylor for his initial blocking of funds to build the Flight 93 Memorial and for a 2005 vote against increasing funding for veteran's benefits: - - - - Lyle C. Rashorta Webmaster, TaylorSucks.org