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‘Robo-Call Candidate’ Pulls ‘a Lieberman’

August 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Two days after learning Michael E. Carter had lost his Democratic Party primary bid for Missouri’s lieutenant governor position, I thoroughly enjoyed writing the headline, Missouri Robo-Call Candidate Loses in Landslide. Today, however, my post-primary bliss turned to disappointment upon learning the “robo-call candidate” has reinvented himself and pulled “a Lieberman.” Remember Lieberman?  Sen. Joe [...]

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Missouri ‘Robo-Call’ Candidate Loses in Landslide

August 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I hate to say, “I told you so,” but that’s exactly what I must do today when it comes to assessing the unsuccessful outcome of Democrat Michael E. Carter’s campaign to become lieutenant governor of Missouri. In yesterday’s primary, the lawyer-turned-politician lost in a landslide. I became aware of Carter and his campaign almost four [...]

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No-Call-List Candidate Calls Blogger for Third Time!

June 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments

About two months ago, I began receiving robo-calls from Michael E. Carter, a candidate for Missouri’s lieutenant governor post who is exploiting the average Joe’s immense dislike of automated phone calls (a.k.a., “robo-calls”) by — you guessed it — using the very tactic he purports to dislike. Below is a chronological review of my communications [...]

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