The hot topic on the local community email list is the proliferation of Gabrieli robocalls. Some woman about stem cells, people are complaining. All they know is that their phone, or voicemail, was locked up for 60 seconds for a Gabrieli commercial.
The commercial, of course, references the Healey ads. Nobody was bashing Healey, but people really don’t like robocalls. So, the Healey ad had no impact on these voters, but the automated phone calls in response to the Healey ad sure had a negative impact.
I can’t say that I blame them. I got the same stem cell ad TWICE. On my cell phone! Within 90 minutes of each other.
With apologies to Rube Goldberg. Healey (a) launches negative ad (b) attacking Gabrieli (c) on Friday before Democratic Primary (d). Gabrieli, offended (e), spends money (f) on a phone service (g) that calls every enrolled Democrat (h) or unenrolled voter (i) in the state. Voters (h and i) become offended (j) and move toward Deval Patrick (k), Tom Reilly (l), or stay home on Tuesday (m). Gabrieli (c) has nothing (n) to show for the effort.
d) until the votes e) are counted…
it’s not Healey that did the damage. Gabs seems to have taken care of that himself.
Don’t tell anyone that the robocalls are infuriating voters! They are highly effective. The more the better, espectially the ones that attack the other candidates. Ssshhh…
Is that Deb’s brother? 😉
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As you walk past cobbler shop, hook (A) strikes suspended boot (B), causing it to kick football (C) through goal posts (D). Football drops into basket (E) and string (F) tilts sprinkling can, (G) causing water to soak coat tails (H). As coat shrinks, cord (I) opens door (J) of cage, allowing bird (K) to walk out on perch (L) and grab worm (M) which is attached to string (N). This pulls down window shade (O) on which is written, “YOU SAP, MAIL THAT LETTER.” A simple way to avoid all this trouble is to marry a wife who can’t write.