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Rep. Bill Jones Thinks Spam is "Innovative"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the when-is-election-year? dept.

GMontag writes "Wired is running this story:Candidate: Spam in Every Pot about candidate-for-governor Bill Jones' spam campaigning. The most telling quote: "Jones spokesman Darrel Ng said the e-mail wasn't spam, commonly defined as unsolicited commercial e-mail. Ng instead classified Jones' non-commercial mass-mailing as an "innovative way to use the Internet.'" Another interesting item: "An examination of the e-mail sent out by the Jones campaign revealed forged headers. The e-mail, purportedly sent from an MSN.com address, was actually routed through the server of an elementary school in Chonnam, Korea.""

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  1. it is innovative by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 1, Funny

    How else would I have enlarged my wiener and got back my hair and made my millions of dollars?

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  2. Interesting Stance... by I+Want+GNU! · · Score: 3, Funny

    He should make his campaign slogan "a spam in every mailbox." That will get him elected.

  3. Fast Forward to October by Tyler+Eaves · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a new state record, Candiate Bill Jones received only 1 vote. Many blame his poor showing on the fact the he hired his campaign spokesperson because he promised to "Get Vote$$ fa$$t"

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    1. Re:Fast Forward to October by dimator · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Hi! How are you? I send you this in order to have your vote.

      See you later. Thanks"

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  4. SPAM! by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't this be under the category "Its funny, laugh"?

    But many who received Jones' e-mail are not California residents. Some aren't even U.S. citizens. Evidently, the address harvester used by Jones' vendor assumed that all e-mail addresses containing ".ca," a suffix that identifies a Canadian domain, belong to California residents.

    Well, clearly if he could get the much coveted Canadian vote he'd win by a landslide..I bet the Canadians aren't voting for any other Californian Politicians. I don't know why no one has ever tried this before. How innovative!

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  5. I am glad to see the... by zubernerd · · Score: 2, Funny

    young getting in on politics... from the article "The e-mail, purportedly sent from an MSN.com address, was actually routed through the server of an _elementary school in Chonnam, Korea._ "

    But wait, I digress...

    However, ask yourself, why do you vote for a candidate; do ad campaigns effect how you vote? (really... do they)

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  6. Let me be the first to coin a new word... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 2, Funny

    Spampaign. As in, "in 2004, many candidates are expected to spampaign for president, but only one will win".

  7. Re:SPAM! by susano_otter · · Score: 2, Funny

    The hell? I though Canada was ".ca.uk", or possibly ".ca.fr". Everyone knows that ".ca" is California!

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  8. Lest we forget... by fobbman · · Score: 5, Funny

    A properly filled-out ballot is an innovate way to show your disgust of these practices.

  9. Since when is politics not commercial? by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not only do they run tons of commercials on TV and radio, I'd say the very nature of kickbacks, bribes, and fundraising makes it quite commercial.

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  10. Re:an idea to make him change his mind. by SydShamino · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or get copies of the California state code and email him 1-2 megs of it. This way you aren't sending him unsolicited commercial emails either. Your sending him non-commercial, political email, which is apparently legal under california law.

    Wonders how many slashdot users it takes to fill a mail server...

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  11. Spam Works! by Crispin+Cowan · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hey, spam really can increase your penis size. It has turned Bill Jones into a giant dick! :-)

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  12. i got this spam... by kevin+lyda · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and i live in galway ireland.

    and here i thought florida had the weirdest voting laws...

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  13. Who else will be "innovating" by gwernol · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's hope Mr. Jones doesn't set a precedent. The next article at Wired talked about how the Catholic church sees the Internet as a great opportunity for evangelism:

    Foley also quotes the Pope as saying, "Consider ... the positive capacities of the Internet to carry religious information and teaching beyond all barriers and frontiers. Such a wide audience would have been beyond the wildest imaginings of those who preached the Gospel before us.... Catholics should not be afraid to throw open the doors of social communications to Christ, so that his good news may be heard from the housetops of the world."

    I can see it now, hundreds of "Get Eternal Life FAST" and "Jesus and his horny college teen friends want to see you in church" from HotPope@blasphemy.nu all sent via open Korean servers. Sigh.

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  14. Hilarious by CleverNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    I got 4 of these spams in 2 days.

    The thing that I found equally offensive and hilarious, is that it said "Your email was selected off the Internet based on your voter demographics." My voter demographics?!

    Okay, anyone who knows me at all knows that I am about as far from Republican as you can get, and I am about as likely to vote for Bill Simon as I am to cut off my own leg.

    So what exactly were they going for, by targeting my "voter demographic"?