Ridgefield Press
...When Ms. Kilbride asked the caller why she was making these statements, Ms. Kilbride said the caller “kind of giggled. It was a young girl’s voice.”
The caller then went on to tell Ms. Kilbride that Mr. Himes wanted to build a superhighway from Greenwich to Hartford by way of Route 7. His campaign has strongly denied he favored such a project and found this point to be a tell-tale sign that the so-called push polling claims were suspicious.
“By this time I’m getting mad and hot under the collar,” said Ms. Kilbride. She said the call ended shortly thereafter, with the caller asking for her name and phone number for verification. At no point in the conversation did the caller identify herself, she said.
Ms. Lavielle said the Boucher campaign was releasing this information to alert voters.
“Voters should be aware when a tactic like this is used, it is not what it pretends to be. It is not a political survey. It is somewhat covert to try and manipulate their opinion,” she said.
Mr. Sachse said this was the first the Himes campaign was hearing of push polls in the district, and added that in the past, it wasn’t the Democrats engaging in these questionable tactics.
“In the last election, people should remember that the phone tricks were all found to be on the Republican side,” said Mr. Sachse.
“Two years ago, the Republicans used automated phone calls that sounded like they were from the Diane Farrell campaign to generate ill will against Farrell among voters,” said Mr. Hoffstatter. “This is a move straight out of the Republicans’ 2006 playbook — don’t fall for it this time.” ...
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