Democratic Campaign Oopsie
A funny thing happened in my email last Friday. I received an email from a lady who I didn’t know. I clicked it open and what a surprise. It was from the campaign site of one of the lower tier Democratic candidates for president.
But this wasn’t just any campaign request for money, this was a personal note from the campaign manager to someone on their staff. Apparently the staffer had sent the campaign mgr. a first draft of a letter he intended to send everyone on their email campaign fundraising list. The campaign manager had made some changes in that letter and had attached a personal note to explain her changes. Trouble was that she didn’t just send it to her staffer, she apparently sent it to everyone on their campaign fundraising list.
Here’s a quote from her personal note.
“I know you're concerned about sending another fundraising email, but we're only $40,000 short of hitting our November goal, and that money will help keep us on the air and talking about ending the war in Iraq and the Constitution.”
The wording of that quote might lead some to believe the campaign wants to end the war in Iraq and end the Constitution as well. I am positive that isn’t the intended message and besides, the bush administration is well on their way to doing as much damage as they can to the constitution, aren’t they?
So as not to embarrass the hell out of the campaign or the sender of that email I will not identify her. I did send the entire email back to her with the subject heading. “Did you mean to send this out to everyone?” I don’t think she did.
But this wasn’t just any campaign request for money, this was a personal note from the campaign manager to someone on their staff. Apparently the staffer had sent the campaign mgr. a first draft of a letter he intended to send everyone on their email campaign fundraising list. The campaign manager had made some changes in that letter and had attached a personal note to explain her changes. Trouble was that she didn’t just send it to her staffer, she apparently sent it to everyone on their campaign fundraising list.
Here’s a quote from her personal note.
“I know you're concerned about sending another fundraising email, but we're only $40,000 short of hitting our November goal, and that money will help keep us on the air and talking about ending the war in Iraq and the Constitution.”
The wording of that quote might lead some to believe the campaign wants to end the war in Iraq and end the Constitution as well. I am positive that isn’t the intended message and besides, the bush administration is well on their way to doing as much damage as they can to the constitution, aren’t they?
So as not to embarrass the hell out of the campaign or the sender of that email I will not identify her. I did send the entire email back to her with the subject heading. “Did you mean to send this out to everyone?” I don’t think she did.
posted by pissed off patricia at 2:01 AM
28 Comments:
Very strange you would get this, and it is surprising someone else didn't get it and do something with it.
This was actually done on purpose and made to look like an accident: http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/14396/i_swear_dodd_s_team_is_just_taunting_me_with_this
I heard about this while I was in DC this past week. Very strange.
Could have been a LOT more embarrassing!! ;-)
PoP- I got the same thing and I did the same thing.
And I thought that it might not be a "real" mistake.
So when I did email her back, I indicated my anger at having received this "oops" email.
It was a cheap shot by the Dodd campaign staff.
POP, could you enumerate for me which of your constitutional rights hs been suspended?
Politics... *rolls eyes*
get it ...? got it...? want it?/// don't need it - hey!
politix is shite of the bull my dear i'm so very very very very afraid...
Ah well, twist of the wording, get ya every time. We do need to keep the conversation on the war, and on the constitution. I think it was just a simple mistake.
I got it, too. I think it was just a clever ploy. Which I found annoying.
Don't you just love being played for the fool? Why can't they just pretend to be adults and leave it at that.
Lower mack, in one word, taser.
sigh...
such nonsense.
help me, mister wizard!
I feel left out, I didn't get an e-mail. I don't see what the purpose of accidentally sending this out, it makes them sound disorganized and down right stupid. Very strange.
Classic Spam. Only in my case it is usually a young woman telling a friend that her boy friend doesn't quite measure up.
I agree with Mary Ellen. It does make them look disorganized and the campaign manager an idiot. To purposefully send this out shows their disbelief in the ability of the nets to determine its legitimacy.
How incredibly pathetic to use a "clever" ploy to ask for money. Just ask. The world is going to hell, we don't need theatrics, we need leadership.
sounds like yet another candidate who can't deal with mini level management.
you were kind. i imagine though that this will leak somewhere. you didn't and that's a good thing.
Interesting platform: ending the war in iraq and the constitution...
Bwahahahahaahha
Did it also say, "Send this to 10 friends within 7 days or you will have bad luck for 10 years"?
:)
I agree with robin andrea, "How incredibly pathetic to use a "clever" ploy to ask for money. Just ask."
I'm feeling left out too. I didn't get any such emails. Just the usual MegaDik ones that my work filters REFUSE to effing filter. Oh well. Guess I'm not a very good democrat.
How on earth do people manage to send emails out to everybody?
I go through my address book and click to that one person and check the top line "to:..." to make sure it is going to that person... what can be simpler than that?
And to think this person is vying for a job as a WhiteHouse staffer in the heart of the most powerful govt in the world if their selected person gets in... quite worrying!
Hi POP- Hope you don't mind, but if it's ok I'd like to invite you and all your fellow bloggers over to my blog tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 pm EST to do some Live Blogging during the NPR Democratic Debate in Iowa. Here's a post explaining the whole thing.
Thanks!
I got the same thing...replied as such: "WTF cares? You're all liars anyway, and you, Dodd, in particular, are the epitome of a loser!
in my coubtry, a presidential candidate called a reporter instead of the mayor and delved into major scheming. turns out that reporter was for the government paper.... did he win the election?
I got it too, and I wrote them that I thought it was one of two things, a Mistake or a Ploy, and either way that they should be more careful....if it was a mistake it should cause embarrassment, and if it was a way to fundraise ( that we would feel sorry for him? and immediately reach for our wallet ??)....I have heard nothing since...
I never get cool emails.
All I get are people in Nigeria asking for my "personal information" so they can give me 10 million dollars or offers for pills that will make my dick bigger.
Yeah, there are some things you just shouldn't outsource...
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