Astonishing: Did Florida Dems outsource election robocalls to India?

This one’s going to be short and sweet.

As I mentioned last week, here in Central Florida, we’ve been assaulted by a never-ending stream of robocalls.

Today is Election Day and we just checked our voice mail messages. I’m telling you this because since the message was left on voice mail, it’s less likely to have been a robocall and more likely to have been an actual human calling.

The call went like this:

“Hello, this is Joe.”

He did not exactly sound like a “Joe”. The man had a thick, thick Indian accent.

“I need every Democrat to go vote today. Please to go to your polling place.”

Now, you need to understand that this is Florida, where we live below the Bible Belt. Wal-Mart workers wish you a “blessed day” and physicians try to pitch you on their churches. This part of Florida isn’t the most xenophobic place in America, but it’s not the most open-minded either.

And here we have, the Florida Dems calling Ma and Pa Florida asking them “please to go” to their polling place.

Now, certainly, it’s possible that they had a local volunteer with a thick Indian accent, but I’m kind of doubting it. What this sounded like was a call center based in India making dials on behalf of the Dems.

I’m also not saying the Republicans wouldn’t make such a stupid move in an economy desperate for jobs, but, well, the Republicans would never make this sort of stupid move. Other stupid moves, yes, but outsourcing election calls to India?

I’m not telling you this because I support one party or the other, but because, as a proponent of American jobs, I’m astonished.

Wow. Just, frickin’ wow.

See also: The Democrats deserve to lose, but do the Republicans deserve to win?