"The recorded message left on voice mail or
answering machines can not be discerned as anything less than an actual
call."
Whatever else you can say about it, this hasn't been my experience. I got
calls from the DFL, AFSCME, and VP Al Gore himself over the past week. The
Gore one was the best quality, though obviously recorded. Even given that
my answering machine isn't the best around, the other 2 were unintelligible,
mostly because the speaker spoke fast and quietly. Truly a waste of time
and, if these were paid workers, of money.
