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Obama Beats McCain In Spam Landslide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-unfortunate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times runs an article about the spammers' choice of presidential candidate. From the article: 'According to Secure Computing Corp., spammers were nearly seven times more likely to slap Obama's name in the subject line than McCain's during September. The bulk of Obama's lead in the spam wars came from a massive blitz early in the month.' Secure Computing released additonal numbers for the past weeks, and McCain was able to close the gap in the latest spammers' poll."

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  1. McCain email? by steve263 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Of COURSE the bulk of the emails would come with Obama's name in the subject line - everyone knows McCain is computer illiterate! Oh, and very few care to hear about McCain anyway.

  2. Re:This is stupid. by wclacy · · Score: 0, Troll

    This may be non-news. But I still think that Obama has more Spam coming out of his mouth than any other candidate.

    You have to be careful with those slick snake oil salesman.

  3. Re:This is stupid. by sumdumass · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not sure too many people know what a snake oil salesman is. Or at least not too many who would be voting for Obama. I'm afraid that your warnings will go unheard by the masses the matter most.

  4. Re:This is stupid. by wclacy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry, I should have said watch out for the Used Car Salesman. FYI...His name is Obama