Old Man and the E-mail

John McCain's campaign appears to be doing alright for itself. His adherence to the public money deal of campaigning is especially beneficial since Barack Obama flipped on the issue. Of course, this means that McCain will have considerably less money against Obama's corporate-funded juggernaut campaign; he'll have to rely on unconventional, grassroots campaigning to win the presidency. The biggest aspect of this grassroots effort is apparently e-mail.

I get the McCain Update just about every day, and it's annoying as hell. I don't recall ever signing up for this puffy newsletter, which details McCain's campaign stops aboard the "Straight-Talk Express." I can only assume that he purchased an e-mail list that I used to belong to back in the days of the Bush and Santorum campaigns. This is understandable, almost every political e-mail list can be bought or sold for a considerable amount of money, mainly because it's a lot easier than having folks stand in the street with clipboards. But that also means that supporters of a specific candidate or party randomly start receiving e-mails they didn't ask for. With me, it's John McCain.

This wouldn't be so bad if the Straight-Talk Express was only tooting its whistle once a month or so, but I literally am being spammed to death by the Arizona Maverick. Now, he's getting up there in age (everyone knows this), so I see him as the sort of elderly gent who just discovered how to e-mail people... and he's hooked. John's addicted to sending out e-mails just like parents or grandparents enjoy forwarding along stupid chain e-mails every chance they get. This new-fangled electronic mail is still very novel to John McCain, and I'm suffering the consequences every day.

I haven't read more than a couple of these e-mails, but I'm also afraid to unsubscribe for some reason. I guess it's the same reason why I put up with e-mails from Nestle, Eat n' Park, and Borders... I never know when I may want to read one.