Post by sama on Feb 4, 2006 11:49:12 GMT -5
ABOVE THE LAW: As Florida's Attorney General, part of Charlie Crist's job
is to prosecute e-mail spammers. He even trumpeted in a press release
that spam is "an annoying, intrusive form of e-mail that almost all of
us receive but few of us want." When Crist decided to run for governor,
he bragged how he helped stiffen the law against unsolicited e-mail.
Then he started sending out campaign e-mails to drum up support for his
candidacy, gathering e-mail addresses from requests for official state
newsletters. "The irony and hypocrisy amazes me," said one angry voter.
"Do I need to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office?" But
Crist refused to back down. "It's not spam," said his political
director, Arlene DiBenigno. "It's political speech." Besides, she says,
"We're not selling anything." (St. Petersburg Times) ...In other news,
a Florida gubernatorial candidate's political director has no idea what
campaigns are about.
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is to prosecute e-mail spammers. He even trumpeted in a press release
that spam is "an annoying, intrusive form of e-mail that almost all of
us receive but few of us want." When Crist decided to run for governor,
he bragged how he helped stiffen the law against unsolicited e-mail.
Then he started sending out campaign e-mails to drum up support for his
candidacy, gathering e-mail addresses from requests for official state
newsletters. "The irony and hypocrisy amazes me," said one angry voter.
"Do I need to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office?" But
Crist refused to back down. "It's not spam," said his political
director, Arlene DiBenigno. "It's political speech." Besides, she says,
"We're not selling anything." (St. Petersburg Times) ...In other news,
a Florida gubernatorial candidate's political director has no idea what
campaigns are about.
www.thisistrue.com
