No this doesn't sound like something the Chicago Machine would pull. This sounds exactly like something the GOP would pull. They hired a company to make the calls, the company is in San Francisco. What's so freaking hard to believe about that?
Why should they be exempt?
1. They make the laws.
2. They are exempt from EVERYTHING.
3. You work for them and not the other way around.
4. They really don't care about you exept for:
a. your vote.
b. your donation
c. your tax payments