http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/The First:
Group robocalling on Obama's aunt
The independent conservative group Americans in Contact has been placing recorded calls to swing state voters informing them that Barack Obama's aunt is an illegal alien.
A Politico reader in Cincinnati e-mailed this morning that he got a robocall "asking if I knew Barack's aunt was an illegal alien, etc."
And an Ambinder reader in Virginia reported a similar call.
A third source reported two calls coming from Americans in Contact, a group that had been primarily engaged in building a list of Republican voters.
And The Second:
Hillary calling
The latest McCain robocall features ... Hillary Clinton.
The RNC sends over the script:
FEMALE VOICE: I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC. Listen to what Hillary Clinton had to say about John McCain and Barack Obama:
HILLARY CLINTON: In the White House, there is no time for speeches and on-the-job training. Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, and Senator Obama will bring a speech that he gave in 2002. I think that is a significant difference.
FEMALE VOICE: This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee at 866-558-5591, and authorized by McCain/Palin 2008.
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Both of these are just so fundamentally vial, but par for the course for Republicans.