SPAM EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13824.html
Spam a friend for Dubya! Bush campaign mounts email assault
By: John Lettice
Posted: 08/10/2000 at 10:39 GMT
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"INVITE YOUR FRIENDS - It is also critical that you invite your 
conservative friends to become eChampions themselves. All they have to do 
is go to http://www.echampions2000.com and sign up. Takes about 30 seconds. 
That’s it! Feel free to send them an invitation now! Just copy and paste 
the following section of this email and send it to as many friends as 
possible!" (our emphasis)

There's an opt-out at the bottom of the message, which is signed by RNC 
chairman Jim Nicholson. According to the RNC eChampions privacy policy: 
"The RNC will not sell your email address or other personal information to 
an outside, un-affiliated organization or any unauthorized third parties... 
All signups for email communications and other features of our Web site are 
voluntary. We give you the opportunity to opt-in and we give you the power 
to opt-out of email communications." Ahem? ®