On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:44:03 -0500, wrote:

My landline phone is on the "Do Not Call" (DNC) list. That has stopped
most of the phone spam. However, I know that the DNC list does not
block political calls. With election time getting close, I'm getting
more of these. I dont want them. Particularly those that want my
opinion about candidates. This annoys me to no end.

1. I hate politics, and want no part of any of it. It's bad enough
seeing all the TV commercials that make every candidate look bad. I
wont vote for any *major party* candidate for any reason.

2. My choice of candidate is no one's business except my own, and I
refuse to tell anyone other than family members who I choose.

3. They are flooding my answering machine with this garbage, which is
causing me to lose important calls when the machine gets filled.

My phone is PRIVATE, and I dont want *anyone* calling it except persons
to whom I give my phone number.

Must I allow political calls on my phone, or is there some way to stop
them?

Until I do find a way to stop them, I will continue to be as rude and
nasty as I can to those who do call. Doing that just makes me hope they
get the message that I dont want them calling me.

A couple possibilities.

Move to maryland or one of the other states where it's certain who
will win. We don't get calls, we don't get tv or radio commercials,
or more than a couple mailings. We barely know what's going on.
When a famous political commercial is discussed, we don't know what it
says.

You have to pay for this, but there are phone company options that
only let some callers through. Wait, that's email. Maybe it's that
you can get a second number that will ring the same phones but ring it
differently. Then you have to give that number to people you like.
Of course that takes time, and maybe the political callers just call
phone numbers in numeric order, so they'll get you anyhow. (I don't
thinkit's because you registered to vote. At least in Md. Ididnt'
give them my phone number. )

So I guess I have no good ideas. Sorry.