Woman Writes Government to Complain – Is Put On Obama's Vote 2010 Campaign List
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, August 22, 2010, 1:35 PM
Well, this does not sound legal…
An Illinois woman wrote a government website to complain about the administration’s misinformation on health care and was put on Obama’s Vote 2010 campaign list.
Sally M. from Illinois sent me this email the other day.
Jim,
The question is, since I never signed up to be on Obama’s list of supporters—–do they have the right to track me down and try to recruit me into helping them? Since my only contact with Obama was to send an email to their office of mis-information—–where I said their propaganda was “fishy” do they have the right to take taxpayer resources to track me down and include me on a email list and send stuff like the email below?
Sally M. from Illinois
Here’s the letter Sally M. received after she wrote to the Obama Administration’s government website of misinformation.
From: “Barack Obama”
To: “Sally M”
Sent: Thursday, August –, 2010 -:–:– PM
Subject: Sally, it’s time to commit to voteSally –
Eighteen years ago, shortly after graduating from law school, I helped lead a voter registration campaign in Chicago that generated record turnout on Election Day.
That experience taught me one of the most important lessons I ever learned as a community organizer: When people promise that they’ll do something — like voting — they are far more likely to do it.
That’s why one key part of our Vote 2010 plan this year is to get folks like you from across the country to commit to vote, to make sure we get as many people as we can to cast their ballots this fall.
But getting the commitments we need starts with your own promise to make it to the polls and cast your ballot.
Will you please commit to vote in the 2010 elections?
Over the next 82 days, volunteers across the country will spend countless hours calling voters and knocking on their doors, asking them the same question.
And you can bet that I am counting on you to join them in talking to voters in your community.
This election offers a stark choice. We Democrats are hard at work trying to move America forward, repairing a decade of damage and growing an economy based on the Main Street values of hard work and responsibility.
We’ve fought for and won historic reforms to our health care system, a victory 100 years in the making, and to Wall Street, the most sweeping overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression.
But after years of policies that landed us in the worst recession since the 1930′s, the Republicans who got us there have not come up with anything different from the policies of George W. Bush.
We simply cannot afford to go backwards or let them repeal our reforms. And making sure we can continue moving forward starts with your own promise to cast your ballot in these elections.
Please commit to vote this fall:
http://my.barackobama.com/Commitment
Thank you,
President Barack Obama
Sally added:
The point is that IF the Obama White House can take any informal contact information or inquiry—–and then use government resources to save our contact information and then try to brainwash and recruit us………where does this end??????? Can they also take contact information from the IRS, housing, education—wherever—-and then do the same thing? Isn’t this a gross misuse of our private information and misuse of taxpayer funds?
The only way they got my contact information is when they had Linda Douglas asking for “fishy” information about their health care takeover—–and I sent them an email and said they needed to start with Obama’s speeches and other PR they were spewing………….because it was obviously very very FISHY!
This certainly does not sound legit.
Any suggestions?
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Robert commented:
I would say to report that it’s fishy that this lady reported that it was fishy and then got put on Obama’s spam-mail list.
Fishy business, that Obama.
ugh commented:
This is standard. It’s wrong, but it’s standard.
Every time I’ve sent an elected official a complaint letter, they just added me to their mailing list.
When I complained to the Obama campaign about material on their website, they just added me to their mailing list then, too. Has Gateway Pundit really just never experienced this first hand?
Bruce commented:
This is a non-story.
Stuff like this is only unlawful and/or unethical when Republicans do it.
Duh.
Beachbum commented:
Ugh #2 – “Every time I’ve sent an elected official a complaint letter, they just added me to their mailing list.”
Same here, I sent emails to Suzanne Cosmos and Bill Nelson regarding the Health Care bill and their supporting it and I got put on their list as well and have received their propaganda about how much the bill will help me and the country.
If this lady was me, I would have replied to OBambi’s email and stated that YES, I am committed to voting in 2010 but I WILL be voting for Republicans and doing all I can to stop this marxist / socialist / communist from doing any more damage to this country.
kate commented:
Chuckles Schumer has never contacted me to rally for him. So he’s done one thing right.
ugh commented:
Basically, when you send an email it autosubscribes you, and you get their generic “Thanks for your support”, or “Thanks for sharing your voice, I’ll ignore you anyway” email reply.
You will have to unsubscribe multiple times. They all hire the same companies to service emails, direct mailings, etc.
Opus #6 commented:
Standard procedure. Wrong. But standard.
neverends commented:
It is not standard procedure to get on a mailing list. I very frequently send emails and have never received anything like this story.
It is just another example of the desperation of the current socialist administration and congress. Can you even imagine what their own internal polls are telling them considering that the published polls all over-sample dems based upon the results of the last election.
The instance reported on in this story just reinforces the irration and distrust the ordinary American feels towards the ruinous policies of Oblabla, Reid & Polosi.
No Man commented:
Additionally, unbeknownst to herself, she will made a $2,000.00 donation.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
kate
August 22nd, 2010 | 2:27 pm | #6
Chuckles Schumer has never contacted me to rally for him. So he’s done one thing right.
In some circles the term “SHTF” is translated as “The Schumer Hit the Fan”
Its a tribute to “Chuck You” Schumer
starboardhelm commented:
I contacted Brian Baird’s office through a web contact form on his official web page to urge him to vote no on the health care bill. The form claimed the contact info they required would only be used to verify that I was a constituent. Only one day later I was contacted via the phone number I left by Organizing for America. They used a version of of my name that was unique to that contact form, so I knew that was how they got my number. So, Baird didn’t only misuse the contact info, he gave my contact info to a third party who hassled me immediately. So — is that legal???
Viv commented:
I wrote to Obama a few months back about a foreign policy issue. I was automatically put on the mailing list and Michelle Obama’s also. Took two unsubscribe notices and an email to get it stopped.
Rock commented:
While I think this is more of the old style Chicago style politics, I find myself thinking maybe we should reply with a positive response. If enough conservatives follow this tactic we will throw off their campaign spending. While I still suspect that the fix is already in place any surprises we can serve up could be of help.
SM-Illinois commented:
God bless you Jim for posting this!!!! I still am getting emails from the whole Obama team, OFA, Biden, etc. I’ve tried sending them nasty responses, trying to remove myself from their email list to no avail. So, besides writing to Jim—-I also turned in all this to Rep Issa’s office. I’m hoping they’ll include this in their investigations of mis-use of taxpayer funds. Can you imagine if the Bush whitehouse would have done anything remotely related to this?
IOpian commented:
Same thing here. In fact I got almost the same email a while back when I responded to a mailer from David Pflouffe. I responded offering my services as a ‘Why that’s a stupid idea’ czar. Same delusional BS masking their bumbling stewardship of the economy. If what Bush did ( with Sen Obama’s approval ) was a fault then Obama still doubled down on it and entered the realm of stupid causing a bad situation to get even worse.
Kathy from Kansas commented:
This is why I have always resisted the temptation to ever click on whitehouse.gov. When I have a complaint, I call the White House comment line. I know they have caller i.d., so they know who I am and where I live, and if current trends continue, they’ll be coming after me one of these days–but at least, in the meantime, I’m not on their dadgum mailing list.
However, having given money to various conservative candidates and causes, I AM on a lot of Republican mailing lists. And this brings on another one of those depressing “Miss me yet?” moments: In the eight years that GWBush was in the White House, I NEVER got a letter with his signature on it trying to drum up donations for Republican candidates. That was just totally beneath the dignity of the office. Ah, yes, dignity of the office: A foreign concept to Don Corleone Obama!
MVH commented:
Make ‘em pay…
I made an online donation to a charity I trust after the Haitian Earthquake. On the donation form I opted not to receive emails from them. But, that didn’t stop me from receiving snail mail solicitations not only from them [a real dissapoinment], but from other charities as well.
Instead of writing or calling, I whipped out my trusty Sharpie, blotted out my address on the envelopes I received, wrote, “Return to Sender,” on them, and dropped them in the mail box.
Make ‘em pay…Return postage. They WILL NOT listen any other way.
SM-Illinois commented:
Living in Illinoisssssssssss……suburb of Chicago……..they do get a little ugly here. You all ever hear about people going missing….turning up in Lake Michigan with cement shoes sleeping with the fishies???? So, I’ve sometimes fired off a zippy response——but then re-thought about discretion being the better part of valor living so close to the action so to speak!
Ellen Lopez commented:
Same thing happened to me.
raincityjazz commented:
I emailed some letters of protest and in return was shanghied as a supporter for various Democratic officeholder idiots. Instead of insisting they take me off their lists, I volunteered – without giving my real address or phone number – for many lefty projects. Of course on the days, they have been and are going to be one helper short.
But of course I’m not recommending that other patriots do something like this, because subversion against our redistributist overlords is just WRONG.
Jim commented:
If she’s not careful, she may end up voting for him, if not now, then when she’s dead.
clarityrising commented:
I found this section hysterical in the Obama-The Amazing Bendocrat’s propaganda letter:
“We Democrats are hard at work trying to move America forward, repairing a decade of damage and growing an economy based on the Main Street values of hard work and responsibility.”
I nearly peed my pants.