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Candidate Ads, Coming Soon To An Inbox Near You

Posted by timothy on from the spam-from-the-pork-peddlers dept.

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."

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  1. Re:if they spam me by Reverend528 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're actually going to send spams advertising their opponent's campaigns.

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  2. There is only one message I'll respond to: by Bendebecker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Na-na-na-na-na, Na-na-na-na-na, Leader!
    Na-na-na-na-na, Na-na-na-na-na, Leader!

    D'oh!

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  3. If they spam me.... by LordKazan · · Score: 4, Funny

    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

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  4. Adult content filter by Michael+Crutcher · · Score: 5, Funny
    Bush might try to send me some email to try to solicit a contribution but I'm reasonably sure that my adult content filter will delete it.

    If I can devise a Lurch filter I might be able to avoid any messages from Kerry too.

  5. Re:Email? What about phone?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you said why we like this guy.

    "I'm not Bush!"

  6. But you HAVE to vote for one of them... by calmdude · · Score: 5, Funny

    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)

  7. Re:The solution by c1ay · · Score: 5, Funny
    cc contact@ataconnect.org while you're at it to make sure they get enough copies to send to their friends. Everyone should probably forward their copy to darl@sco.com as well. He's hoping to have about $5 billion available that he could contribute to the campaign effort as well so I'm sure the candidates would really appreciate it.

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  8. And afterwards... by MikeXpop · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

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  9. Re:The solution by c1ay · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  10. proportions ;-) by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?!?!?!?!!!!

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  11. Re:The most interesting question . . . by qtp · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  12. Who is 'Them'? by Mateorabi · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article, it sounds like they are only sending out to party loyalists / people already on distribution lists in order to create a 'buzz'. So you probably won't get one directly but it will be forwarded from a 'friend'.

    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."

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  13. Re:The solution by Technician · · Score: 4, Funny

    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,....

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  14. Vote Cthulhu in '04 by Entropy+Unleashed · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is exactly the reason why you should vote for Cthulhu on November 2. Why settle for a lesser evil?

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