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ooby writes "MSNBC reports that Bush and Kerry plan to shoot off a million or so emails to their closest friends. By using the Internet to distribute ads, presidential candidates believe they can reach more people using less money. I guess that's why they wrote that loophole in that awesome new spam law."
They're actually going to send spams advertising their opponent's campaigns.
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D'oh!
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
If kerry spams me -- i'll send an email to his campaign HQ speaking about the evils of spam
If bush spams me - i'll send an email back bitching him out for sending me an unsolicited email and continue on to bitching him out for being a complete retard
If you cannot keep politics out of your moderation remove yourself from the Mod Lottery.. NOW!
If I can devise a Lurch filter I might be able to avoid any messages from Kerry too.
I think you said why we like this guy.
"I'm not Bush!"
Guess politicians feel they have alienated the electorate enough. Wait until the spam starts propagating to your friends, installing zombies, etc.
Sure it's annoying but it sounds like a good strategy to me.... Hell maybe Kerry oughta send out "VOTE BUSH" E-mails. Sure would get people riled up at Bush
wow, in an e-voting scenario, this can-spam campaign will probably run some windows exploits and automatically vote on behalf of you.
Kodos: It's true, we are aliens, but what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system...you HAVE to vote for one of us!!
Man: He's right, this is a two-party system!
Second Man: Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate.
Kang: Go ahead, throw your vote away! (evil laugh)
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
Etiquette is etiquette. He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers.
Maybe not though. According to Dave Barry there's at least 14 or 15 people that are not on the internet yet. This type of campaigning would miss these people.
What happens when major providers start blacklisting their servers? Will they a) give up, b) resort to the same underhanded server-hopping techniques as the rest of the spammers or c) find a way to make blacklists illegal.
:-)
If they have the right to spam me, I reserve the right to spam them back. On to the game of 'how many religion and porn lists can I sign up their staff for?
Hint: it's scripted
Leave it to slashdot to have people completely overreact and blow things out of proportion.
WHAT!? I will do NO SUCH THING!
I will overreact AND blow things WAY out of proportion whenver I please!
I won't let a facist like YOu dictate how I am allowed to react! That is the absolute worst thing I have ever heard! You sir are a monster! I'm adding you to my enemies list and I urge all slashdotters to do the same! You won't get away with such OUTRAGEOUS controlling statements!
Our ancestors died to protect us from people like you, you MONSTER!
HOW DARE YOU?!?!?!?!!!!
You can't take the sky from me...
I can see it now: "Need a better preSIdeNTT!>???!? Our pills make your president 25% better in as litte as 3 months*. CLICK EHRE! GET FREEEEE congress reports**!!!!!! ANDD make MONEYY at home offff CONGRESS-BAY!" *never ** porn" I for one welcome it though. At least it will be spam that won't refer to my special member, the rack i don't have, or a cable descrambler. That and I imagine any spam GW sends out will fill my heart with laughter.
Matt
You have 1 Moderator Point! Use it or lose it! Is that a threat? -vapid
I wish I had a million "close friends".
People who react to this spam with profanity laced rants and/or death threats can now be jailed in federal pound-you-in-the-ass prison for threatning the President or a presidential candidate. Good way to stop the opposition.
Sorry. I know nothing.
I find it hard to believe that millions of people have opted in to receive political email.
Your faith in the intelligence and wisdom of your fellow humans is admirable, and I hope that someday I too will be capable of such strong belief in in the higher qualities of man, despite such overmounting evidence to the contrary.
Read, L
Get a webcam
Personally, I like bush.
Oh, you said "Bush." Sorry...
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
It'll probably even say something allong the lines of "Forward this to 10 friends or you'll be cursed with 4 years of bad govornment."
"You saved 1968." - Ms. Valerie Pringle to the crew of Apollo 8
After all the years we've spent bitching and moaning about SPAM sucking up the last vestiges of space in our inbox - these presidential candidates think they're going to win votes by emailing out a VIDEO attachment?
"The format is a Web video message e-mailed to millions of the Democratic and Republican rank-and-file."
You have GOT to be kidding me!
You have to wonder WHY are they DOING THIS?
"And unlike those TV ads, the videos that appear on the Internet face none of the content regulations of the 2002 campaign finance law"
No surprises here: Politicians find new ways in which The LAW does not apply to them. Details at 11.
Visit CryptoGnome in his home.
According to the headlines, only about a million emails will be sent, and only to "close friends."
Funny, know how many close friends want me to get body parts enhanced, house refinanced, visit this neat website,....
The truth shall set you free!
Otherwise, he would say, "Well thanks for your input. Be sure to get out and vote day after tomorrow!"
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This is exactly the reason why you should vote for Cthulhu on November 2. Why settle for a lesser evil?
"I would give my right hand to be ambidextrous."
Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your spam. As one of the many Americans who believe that spammers are a somewhat lower life form than pedophiles, you can rest assured that the only vote you will receive from me is as a jury member in the felony trial you so clearly deserve.
Regards,
That's impossible. Government would never act in self-interest. They represent us, not themselves. For the people, by the people.
"If I want to hear it, I'll go to their website. Saves the trees, and keeps my inbox clear."
Or go to their blog. I mean, all serious candidates have blogs, right?
...someone decides to spoof one (or both) of the candidates email addresses and begins sending out viruses. I'm sure that'll be a boon for their campaigns.