Posted by
RME KRNL on Friday, August 14, 2009 9:55:03 AM
(Subtitle: Anybody else getting unsolicited emails from the White House lately?)
Well, I am evidently one of the "chosen ones." Within the last month or so, I have received an unsolicited email from Barack Obama and two unsolicited emails from his senior advisor David Axelrod. (I'm secretly waiting and hoping for a personal billet-doux from Rahm Emanuel next. That would give me a trifecta.)
The emails are individually and singly (not one in a multiple listing) addressed to my email address, greet me with the salutation of "Good Morning" or "Dear Friend" and have the WH logo at the top and the standard 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue address info across the bottom.
Now, I can assure you that they didn't get my email address from any of their campaign supporter lists or from any nice letter I've sent the White House lately, but I'm not going to be paranoid about where they did get it -- just curious. It is a little Big Brother-ish, though.
So, it is just me being "targeted" because I'm already on Obama's "enemies list" and they're trying to persuade me to "come over," or have many -- any -- of you also received these emails? Are they sending them to some of us, or are they sending them to all of us? And if it's only some of us, how are those some being "chosen"?
I now know that at least some other people are receiving these, because Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett was recently alerted to it by some of his viewers and is now pursuing an answer from Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about how people are selected to receive them (and good luck to you with that, Major).
Finally, it all makes me wonder just how desperate the White House is to "get its message out." And why.
WH Email #1
Subj: My Supreme Court Nominee
Date: 7/14/2009 10:38:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: info@messages.whitehouse.gov
Salutation: Good Morning,
Subject: Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor
From: Barack Obama
WH Email #2
Subj: It's time for a reality check
Date: 8/10/2009 8:29:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: info@messages.whitehouse.gov
Salutation: Dear Friend,
Subject: The need for health care/insurance reform and sources to use for the "truth"
Encourages visiting the new www.WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck web site and helping to "spread the truth" to family, friends, etc.
From: David Axelrod
WH Email #3
Subj: Something worth forwarding
Date: 8/13/2009 7:56:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: info@messages.whitehouse.gov
Salutation: Dear Friend,
Subject: 8 ways reform provides security and stability to those with or without coverage, 8 common myths about health insurance reform, and 8 reasons we need health insurance reform now
Encourages visiting www.WhiteHouse.gov/realitycheck and forwarding email to friends, etc.
From: David Axelrod