November 7, 2000

8:13 AM

Bush Spams
Cam got it, I got it too. Did you get it? How many votes will Bush loose because long time netizens have always pledged to never ever support anyone who sends spam e-mail? Enough I hope.
posted by DragonBoy (10 comments total)

Yes, and hopefully long time netizens will be smart enough to look at that email and realise that there's no way of connecting it with the Bush campaign.
posted by Andrea at 8:58 AM on November 7, 2000

Long-time netizens, yes. Relative newbies, no.
posted by hijinx at 9:04 AM on November 7, 2000

Like I need any more excuses to not vote for Bush...
posted by schlomo at 9:38 AM on November 7, 2000

I got it.
posted by treebjen at 10:27 AM on November 7, 2000

they are all insipid idiots. though i have not received this spam, i can tell you that last night george bush, carl levin, and several others "phoned" me ala telemarketing droids and played thier pre-recorded spiels for the benefit of my answering machine. clueless schmucks, every one of them!
posted by quonsar at 10:32 AM on November 7, 2000

It is not that Dubya sent the spam, but that spammers want you to vote for him. That is the message that long time netizens will pick up. If it is good for spammers, then it is bad for the net.
posted by DragonBoy at 11:03 AM on November 7, 2000

Yes. Bush supports spammers and hates fluffy bunnies.

I think that most "long time netizens" will write off whatever message spammers are trying to send. I sincerely doubt that they were really trying to get people to vote Bush - the brief message is a big tip off.

In other news, Gore supporters hacked the GOP website! Hackers want you to support Gore! Good for hackers=good for net?
posted by Andrea at 11:46 AM on November 7, 2000

How many long time netizens even considered voting for Bush in the first place?

The demographic is too small to be significant, anyway.

-Mars
posted by Mars Saxman at 12:01 PM on November 7, 2000

Email: good for spammers; bad for net?
TCP/IP: good for spammers; bad for net?
WWW: good for spammers; bad for net?

posted by daveadams at 12:52 PM on November 7, 2000

Hmmmm...

Gore created internet.
Internet created spam.
Gore created spam!

;)
posted by john at 1:48 PM on November 7, 2000