Is this legal? Didn't they specifically write exemptions into the do-not-call list legislation exempting political parties?

Well if they do what other robo-companies do and host it outside of the US, then no laws will be broken

not quite the same..

this calls the politician's offices (which are staffed by people other than them)

they call your home and cell phones

Until the politiican adds you to the US government's kill file and a misile comes flying in your window.

Turnabout is fair play.

Or, it might get you into trouble.

The politicians who wrote the laws about such things game themselves an exemption to call you. It is entirely possible that if you turn around it do it to them, you could be doing something illegal.

Remember, the deck is stacked, and not in your favor.

The point is showing politicians how crass and condescending it is to call someone on the phone with a pre-recorded message.

If they realize you're a robot, start ignoring you, and no one draws any parallels to their own campaign tactics then it probably can't be saved - both the politicians' intelligence and that of voters who respond positively to robocalls - but at least you tried.

My first thought for using the system was harassing corrupt and ignorant jerks, with an ironic twist; I don't think anyone really expects much more from this than a symbolic gesture or some pranks/harassment.

...you're just making the staffers' lives miserable. The ones that sometimes struggle to survive in the DC area due to the cost of living if they're new. The ones with 4 roommates and 2 other jobs. You won't affect your representative, but you will be a jerk. Congratulations.

I'd like to see a politician sue someone for robocalling them, see if that works out in their favor.

I'd like to see a politician sue someone for robocalling them, see if that works out in their favor.

They wrote the laws, gave themselves an exemption, and have better access to law enforcement and legal advice than you or I.

You're more than welcome to test your theory and see how it turns out.

I'm just pointing out that they've stacked the deck in their favor, and that if you or I did the same thing they'd probably find some other laws they can abuse to make us go away.

Me, I'd expect you'd get a visit from the local police or from a Federal Agency. Neither is likely to turn out like you might hope.

you might as well say the protesters in a dictactorship shouldn't protest because they will not affect the dictator, they will just make the life of police and military
miserable because they are the ones that have to shoot them

Except that judges usually don't tell the ignorant masses which compose a jury about jury nullification, and if they do, they instruct the jury to follow the law and not allow sympathy towards a party to sway their decision. Further, one attorney or the other, or the court itself, depending on jurisdiction will weed out jury members who might be emotionally swayed, or have the intelligence to understand the concept behind jury nullification.

It's a great idea in theory, but in practice, people are usually too stupid, or biased, or whatever.

Asking a stupid person to not vote is like asking a dog to not fart.

Hyperbole doesn't help your argument. If everyone that spoke out against the Obama administration were to be "accidentally" killed, the news would notice.

Outliers can be silenced. A critical mass cannot. Shit, look at the Middle East protests for evidence.

LOL. Instead of just being very vague to try and sound insightful, please specifically lay out for me which policies or actions by the "Obama government" makes you believe it is feasible that someone would be killed by the government for reverse robocalling politicians.

Really? I think you greatly underestimate those within our intelligence agencies and their ability to cover their own tracks, IF they even found they had to(see below). I would offer supporting evidence, but ah...well, you get the drift.

You also greatly underestimate the ability of the general populace to turn off reality TV or step away from Facebook to actually watch or read the news, much less remember it. Can you recall how many deaths you read or heard about in the last two weeks? Yeah, me neither. Sad, but true.

Any mentally competent American can see there is no Constitution, Bill of Rights, or Amendments being afforded any level of respect anywhere, in this post 9/11, PATRIOTic era we live in.

Spare me the history lesson until you can prove we actually still have a justice system, and not a legal system that does nothing but cater to the 1% who in this case, also happen to be the same 1% charging you with a crime. Good luck.

No, not really. In fact, if YOU believe they'd kill someone over a phone call, then they'd probably feel more threatened by you. If you are unstable enough to believe in such craziness, there no predicting what sort of action you might take to protect yourself from those delusions.

"They" have killed quite a few people for being a "dangerous terrorist". The only difference is this guy also had American citizenship. If you were going to be worried about this you should have started worrying when they started killing people. It shouldn't suddenly change everything because this time, the bad guy who was assassinated was an American.

I'm simultaneously amused and disgusted by your delusional belief that the nationality of the victim is more important than the murder. You've reminded me of the reason you're on my list of idiots and fools.