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Brad Linzy
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Re: [Spam] Presidential election spam?
This is just SABOTAGE, plain and simple.
Nobody is this damned stupid to think that spam emails are an effective or acceptible way of promoting a national presidential campaign, especially at a time when the campaign is making its greatest inroads legitimately!!!
It's an old tactic, it's tired, and sadly, it will probably be effective on some people who don't have the mental capacity to see through it. Take some of the respondants to this article already, who rush to judgment without really thinking about this in depth.
The most important thing to ask oneself when wanting to work out who is behind any action is: who benefits? Who stands to gain from sending out Ron Paul spam? Any person with half a brain will know that this only hurts Ron Paul, and no supporter I have ever met personally is this unintelligent to think it's a good idea to send out actual email spam.
Sure, as Paul supporters we have grown used to be accused of 'spamming' polls, both online and text polls (even those in which voters are restricted to one vote), so it comes as no surprise that this tactic is being used to somehow discredit Ron Paul.
We can't help it if the other candidates' supporters are too lazy to keep up with our activism. We can't help it if we're still the only presidential signs in neighborhood yards in states with late primaries, or that we're the only ones standing on roadsides holding signs for a man we think is America's last best hope for a true return to Constitutional government in Washington. But all of these things should stand as good evidence why we wouldn't want to sabotage our own candidate by breaking the law and pissing people off by sending out spam email. It just doesn't add up, and I hope more of you wake up and realize that.
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nwrickert
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| I suspect you too are rushing to judgement in declaring it sabotage.
You might be right. Then again, somebody might have arranged for some email marketing without realizing that they were dealing with a spammer. It happens.
It will probably have negligible effects on the Ron Paul campaign.
And no, I'm not a member of the Ron Paul fan club. | |
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1 edit | said by nwrickert  :I suspect you too are rushing to judgement in declaring it sabotage. You might be right. Then again, somebody might have arranged for some email marketing without realizing that they were dealing with a spammer. It happens. It will probably have negligible effects on the Ron Paul campaign. And no, I'm not a member of the Ron Paul fan club. OMG , I have no further comment on this forum topic ! 
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