Well, that was strange.
I got a call from a (mumble-mumble-vaguely-political-sounding) firm here in Oregon (sorry, I didn't catch the name).
The young lady on the phone said they had a few questions for me, and I was happy to respond.
It went moderately well - with questions about how I felt about the deficit and tax increases on the wealthy, whether I supported the stimulus - until they started asking about Obamacare.
There were two follow-up questions:
- Would I still support Obamacare if I knew that it would result in a $2,000 tax increase for some middle class families?
- Would I still support Obamacare if I knew that it cut $750 billion from Medicare?
It went on like that... and then at the end, the girl said, "Okay, I just need to verify your name for our records".
I said, "What?"
She repeated... she wanted me to verify my name for their records.
I told her I didn't feel comfortable with that, and that was certainly NOT standard procedure with polling.
She got quiet. Didn't say anything.
For about half a minute.
I said "Is there anything else?"
She said "No." But still didn't hang up the phone. After another silent pause of another half minute or so, I hung up.
Weird. Anybody else experience anything like this?
UPDATE: The phone number was 541-823-5027, if anyone has access to a reverse phone book...