Call always seem to come at the worst time.

I hang up on automated calls. Now if it's a person, I usually listen for a while. If they want to ask me questions, I might wait and see.

Most calls are just political calls. I tend to hang up when I hear that static-free void at the beginning of a call, which is a sign of a predictive dialer, used by call centers.

I pick up the receiver, wait a few seconds for the computer at the other end to score a hook-up then hang-up.

Polls measure what they measure. I am never surprised that we make fun of Freepers when they agitate to unskew the numbers, but when our guy falls behind, we're quick to explain away and unskew the numbers.

You know what I think? I think there was probably more than one Obama voter polled after the debate who have no intention of ever voting for Mitt, but were so unhappy with Obama's performance that they registered their dissatisfaction via polls. I can't prove that, but my intuition tells me so.

Polls are snapshots. I am not surprised that the snapshots after the debate show what they show. I'm still confident of a win in November. That hasn't changed.

If they start by saying "I'm sure you'll agree that we need a strong leader like Newt Gingrich to move this country forward", I stay on the line. I asked them where they got my name. They said they didn't know but this was supposed to be a list of registered Republicans and those that have supported conservative causes in the past.

I told them I had never supported or contributed to Republican or conservative causes. In fact I said the only good Republican in my book is one that is dead and buried, period. I have no need for them.

They quickly hang up.

But if they call and want to ask me polling questions I wait to see how their questions will be asked....If they ask, "Do you approve with the President's plan to socialize our health care system? I hang up immediately.

But if they ask a more open question such as "Do you approve or disapprove of the Health Care Reform Law", I will answer yes and wait until they ask their next question. If their next question is, "Would your answer change if you understood that this law is the biggest takeover of health care in the nation's history that is the biggest tax increase?" I hang up...

It all depends on how the questions go.

if, by accident, I do answer--I inform them that I do not answer polls of any kind, especially when they cannot, or will not, tell me for whom they work.

or the kitchen counter.

to express themselves politically--especially now. They're the vast majority of letter writers, callers to radio shows, where I live.

I don't answer calls from pollsters, nor telemarketers.

except for the repukes...

or the idiotic phone calls..(only to live calls) Tell them ABSOLUTELY I AM VOTING FOR SO AND SO...and viola no phone calls or junk filling your mail box.

For recorded polls and such...I just hang up. I got one yesterday from the ROVE Crossroads..yada yada...Just hang up...Sorry Travis from the RNC and Jen....