Ardent Supporter or Campaign Menace?

Last night, while checking out the Mike Huckabee website, I came across a sign up sheet for volunteers to make phone calls to the Sunshine state on his behalf. Immediately I signed up. I figured this was a great way to help out the campaign without having to actually give money (something a little in short supply at the moment). We have a skype account where we can make long distance calls from our computer for like $3 a month, so we're not out the cost of the call. Unfortunately, the call quality isn't as good as a phone and you have to use the microphone. Nonetheless, I'm all excited to be able to help the cause and get all signed up and have my list of names to call. The first phone call is an elderly gentleman who absolutely cannot hear me. It goes something like this.

Me : Hello, My name is Dixie and I'm a volunteer for the
Him : Hello
Me: My name is Dixie and
Him: HELLO
Me: I said my name
Him: HELLO!!
Me: Excuse me, can you hear
Him: Stupid telemarketers... *slam* hangs up the phone.

Okay - so not totally discouraged, I go on to the next name. I'm rolling through my list, leaving messages, doing my patriotic duty, but every time I get a live caller (and they are all elderly folks - everyone must retire to FL, except my grandparents who actually left FL and retired to southern IL) the same little shouting and hang up scenario repeats itself. After about five of these, I am convinced that everyone in Florida is deaf. That's when I notice a little graphic in my call screen - a microphone with a slash through it. Curious, I clicked on it and the following appeared "Microphone is muted. Skype cannot hear you." Oops. For 45 minutes, I have been leaving messages and calling folks all with my microphone turned off. And thus ended my glorious political advocate career. If Huck loses by less than 15 votes, I will feel very personally responsible.