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

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

  4. 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! :-)

    Crispin
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