Hey, I don't like to drop names, but I received calls from Bill Clinton, Bill Simon, Diane Feinstein, Sharon Davis, even George Bush, just to name a few. That's right, all on the home phone. And they were calling me personally.

The first call came from former President Clinton. "Hi, I'm Bill Clinton," said the very friendly voice on the other end of the line.

I recognized that Southern twang immediately. "Bill Clinton? President Bill Clinton, is that you?" I asked in amazement. But he didn't really answer; he just went on to say something like, "I'm calling tonight to try to get your support for ... "

So I asked how Hillary was doing and if he was seeing much of Monica these days, but he didn't stop talking long enough to answer me. So finally I just hung up.

The second call came from the president himself.

"Good evening, this is George Bush," he announced over the phone.

"Mr. President, what an honor," I exclaimed.

"I'm calling tonight to try to get your support for ... " Hmm, for the first time he sounded very much like Bill Clinton. I had to tell him, "I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I'm not a Repub ... " but he interrupted and just went on and on and on. So I hate to say it, but I hung up on the president of the United States.

When Sen. Feinstein called and said, "Hello, this is Diane Feinstein," I had to interrupt. "Senator, could you hold please—I'm on the other line with my mother." I guess she doesn't understand the whole concept of "call waiting" because she wasn't there when I got back.

The calls kept coming, right up to the Nov. 5 election. And then, for some reason, they all stopped.

But the interesting thing was how similar all the calls were from the different political figures who phoned me. It didn't matter what party they represented, they never seemed to listen to anything I had to say, and when I asked questions they were all unresponsive.

What's more, they all called right around dinnertime, which begs the question—how can an honest telemarketer be expected to pester me during dinner if the phone line is tied up by politicians?

I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I don't think I like the idea of my president stooping to the level of a telemarketer to try to get me to vote for his party's candidates in an election.

Heck, he'd have had a better chance of getting me to change my long-distance provider!