Amway Dick's robocalls pissing off voters!!

Calls bashing governor infuriate Calls bashing governor infuriate DeVos (R- liar)camp says it's not involved October 20, 2006 BY DAWSON BELL FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Some Michiganders were angry Thursday about recorded phone messages slamming Gov. Jennifer Granholm. One, which appears to have been mostly received on Wednesday, used slightly vulgar language and triggered dozens of angry follow-up phone calls to the campaign of Granholm's challenger, Dick DeVos, and the Michigan Republican Party. Both said they had nothing to do with it and don't know who did. The offending recording is of a woman's voice criticizing Granholm for "empty promises" and ends with the woman exclaiming, "Frankly, I'm pissed." The message closes with: "This message is brought to you by Michigan Working Families." Mike Essenmacher of Walled Lake said the message, along with six other political robocalls, was on his home phone when he and his wife returned after three days away. "I was very annoyed by the whole thing. That kind of language is inexcusable," he said. Essenmacher said his wife spent several hours on the phone Thursday trying to track down the culprit but has been unsuccessful so far. DeVos spokesman John Truscott said the campaign has distributed automated recordings of DeVos family members, Lt. Gov. candidate Ruth Johnson and Lee Iacocca in recent days. But all are readily recognized as DeVos-sponsored messages, he said. Truscott said there is no reason for the campaign to send out phone messages that will annoy voters. GOP spokeswoman Sarah Anderson, who said party headquarters got about 100 complaints in the last two days about the calls, said the party was not involved. It was not immediately clear whether Michigan Working Families is a real entity. The Michigan AFL-CIO has used the phrase in some of its promotions, but AFL President Mark Gaffney said Thursday "it's stupid to think we're going to attack Granholm" and said he was preparing to file a lawsuit against Republicans, who he believes are behind the campaign