White House says it did send unwanted e-mails

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

After insisting no one was receiving unsolicited e-mails from the White House, officials reversed their story Monday night and blamed outside political groups for the unwanted messages from the tech-savvy operation.

White House online director Macon Phillips said in a blog posting that independent groups — he didn't name them — had signed up their members to receive regular White House updates about Obama's projects, priorities and speeches.

The White House had consistently denied that anyone who hadn't sought the e-mails had received them.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/0...

[Ian David]

1. Remember when the Bush Admin emailed something to gop.com instead of gop.org or something? n/t

[neverforget]

2. Calls for an investigation by Republicans in 3, 2, 1........

because this hugh and series!

[marshall]

10. I don't see how sending out emails is that big of a deal

I do think denying it over and over and then saying "Oops, we did do it" makes whoever is responsible for those things look incompetent. And image and reputation are very important.

[Cha]

3. Oh BIg BAd White HOuse..how

can I ever forgive them? Shite.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. All pols spam...and are totally unrepentant

[Cha]

5. Yeah, and I don't care..

But, I bet this White House stops mailing to stupid brainwashed assholes.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. I haven't checked, but with enough complaints the White House could have been RBL'd by Spamhaus

Which would have been very funny.

Some political campaigns have been RBL'd in the past. Caused all sorts of fireworks.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. AWWWWWWW!!!

I'm telling!

[aquart]

8. Oh, what's the fuss about now?

[Dave From Canada]

9. Looks like a lot of people here owe Major Garrett an apology. n/t

[No Elephants]

12. Nah. He owes us one for taking up anyone's time with this pisant stuff.

Had to google to find you who he was, too, so that's another minute out of my life for nothing.

[24601]

13. I'm not so sure - if openness and transpartency is a big deal, then

getting the story right and coming clean, about everything, is a big deal. Otherwise the next tinme you run, your word ain't shit.

I'm old enough to remember Watergate and young enough to recall Clinton-Lewinsky - it's never the 1st action, but always the aftermath. Tell the whole truth early and often and you'll get through almost anything.

[No Elephants]

11. Big deal. That's why God made "unsubscribe," which is at the bottom of every WH email.

Plus, I get a lot more crap from sources that have a lot less to say.

Someone needs a new hobby, like say, investigating where the millions from Saddam's palaces went.