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Republicanspam? O.o
Jun. 19th, 2007 12:47 pmThere are two possibilities, and I'm not sure which one is more disturbing. 1. Someone has submitted my yahoo account to the RNC, along with my zip code or similar to let them know who to spam me about. 2. The RNC is randomly spamming, or perhaps spamming *@yahoo.com.
In the last few weeks I've been getting so much Republicanspam that it's edging out mortgage offers, cheap prescription drugs and penile enhancers as my top spam categories. Many messages appear to be legit newsletter type stuff - very similar, in fact, to the stuff I get from the DNC, the Green Party, etc (only I've deliberately signed up for that). I have asked my right-leaning relatives if they've given someone my address out of some misguided desire to conservativize me, but everyone swears they have not. It's really very strange. So, I keep unsubscribing myself from newsletters and mailing lists, and new ones keep emailing me.
The strangest I've gotten, though, is this:
WTF?
I think someone told the Republicans they needed to be more active in online campaigning, but they misunderstood the advice. The dozen emails I've received from them in the last two days have done nothing but galvanize me to get out the vote - for the other side.
In the last few weeks I've been getting so much Republicanspam that it's edging out mortgage offers, cheap prescription drugs and penile enhancers as my top spam categories. Many messages appear to be legit newsletter type stuff - very similar, in fact, to the stuff I get from the DNC, the Green Party, etc (only I've deliberately signed up for that). I have asked my right-leaning relatives if they've given someone my address out of some misguided desire to conservativize me, but everyone swears they have not. It's really very strange. So, I keep unsubscribing myself from newsletters and mailing lists, and new ones keep emailing me.
The strangest I've gotten, though, is this:
WTF?
I think someone told the Republicans they needed to be more active in online campaigning, but they misunderstood the advice. The dozen emails I've received from them in the last two days have done nothing but galvanize me to get out the vote - for the other side.
