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| Obama Healthcare Spam Confirmed |
| 2009-08-17 |
| The White House for the first time Sunday seemed to acknowledge that people across the country received unsolicited e-mails from the administration last week about health care reform, suggesting the problem is with third-party groups that placed the recipients' names on the distribution list. In a written statement released exclusively to FOX News, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said the White House hopes those who received the e-mails without signing up for them were not "inconvenienced" by the messages. I got one from The One a couple of months back, then another from The Angry One. I unsubscribed from both, since I was not impressed by the Presidential Seal. "The White House e-mail list is made up of e-mail addresses obtained solely through the White House Web site. The White House doesn't purchase, upload or merge from any other list, again, all e-mails come from the White House Web site as we have no interest in e-mailing anyone who does not want to receive an e-mail," the statement said. "If an individual received the e-mail because someone else or a group signed them up or forwarded the e-mail, we hope they were not too inconvenienced." Like Barneys and Amazon, which you can block, but they still keep coming... The White House previously would not answer questions on how the e-mails landed unsolicited in so many inboxes. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Thursday said he couldn't give an answer until he saw who received the e-mails because he Yet the White House ignored repeated offers from FOX News to share with the administration such e-mail addresses, to help determine how the recipients ended up on the White House distribution list. We're formulating our response and polishing our omipotence to complete clarity. Shapiro said Sunday that those recipients can unsubscribe if they want, "by clicking the link at the bottom of the e-mail or (telling) whomever forwarded it to them not to forward such information anymore." He said the White House is trying to correct the problem. But we never said it WAS a problem! No, never! "We are implementing measures to make subscribing to e-mails clearer, including preventing advocacy organizations from signing people up to our lists without their permission when they deliver petition signatures and other messages on individuals' behalf," he said. One possible reason for the confusion is that advocacy groups, when dealing with online petitions, are sending in their membership lists whenever they make contact with the White House - the e-mail addresses affiliated with those members could then become embedded in the White House distribution list. The White House indicated its Web site managers are going to seek out and block online petitions so that people can only sign up for information individually. Must've had the Acorn Option turned on. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 Yeah right, not very believable. A least the White House "Lame Excuse Generator" seems to be fully functional. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-08-17 18:47 |
| #2 Has the White House done a maleware check on their servers? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-08-17 09:44 |
| #1 One possible reason for the confusion is that advocacy groups, when dealing with online petitions, are sending in their membership lists whenever they make contact with the White House -the e-mail addresses affiliated with those members could then become embedded in the White House distribution list. Or then again, it could have been mischievous lepricons. NEXT please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-17 08:20 |