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McCain Offers Prizes for Spam Comments
Political Wire ^
| 8/7/08
| Taegan Goddard
Posted on 08/07/2008 8:13:51 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
Sen. John McCain's campaign is urging supporters to spam blogs and forums with official talking points, according to the Washington Post. If you do a good job, you can even win prizes.
"That, in essence, is the McCain campaign's pitch to supporters to join its new online effort, one that combines the features of 'AstroTurf' campaigning with the sort of customer-loyalty programs offered by airlines, hotel chains, restaurants and the occasional daily newspaper."
"People who sign up for McCain's program receive reward points each time they place a favorable comment on one of the listed Web sites (subject to verification by McCain's webmasters). The points can be traded for prizes, such as books autographed by McCain, preferred seating at campaign events, even a ride with the candidate on his bus, known as the Straight Talk Express."
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To: Alter Kaker
The mug collectors strike again.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:15:26 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
To: Alter Kaker
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:16:42 AM PDT
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile/ Romans 10.10/Eze 11.2)
To: Alter Kaker
Hillary Clinton once had such a contest. First Prize was a day with Hillary on her campaign bus. Second Prize was two days.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:17:18 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(I am voting for McCain because he is white.)
To: Alter Kaker
John McCain is the best Democrat that ever ran as a Republican.
Do I get a mug now?
5
posted on
08/07/2008 8:17:18 AM PDT
by
dforest
(I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
To: Alter Kaker
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:17:24 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: Alter Kaker
To: Alter Kaker
Sen. John McCain's campaign is urging supporters to spam blogs and forums with official talking points, according to the Washington Post. If you do a good job, you can even win prizes. The difference is Obama has full time staffers who do the same.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:18:15 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: Alter Kaker
Odd that this is being reported now. Didn’t this program start 2 months ago?
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:18:45 AM PDT
by
kc8ukw
To: indylindy
I’m posting for gas cards and discounted drilling rights. Can’t believe there are still a few suckers doing this for free!
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:20:24 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Alter Kaker
how does this fit in with the “can spam” law? cfr?
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:21:03 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Alter Kaker
Well, you go big or stay at home. LOL
Come on now, they get a mug or a keychain.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:22:42 AM PDT
by
dforest
(I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
To: Alter Kaker
This is such BS. It’s not SPAM. He is asking people to post relavent posts that they agree with.
He is then rewarding people for being active.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:24:05 AM PDT
by
GulfBreeze
(Vote for John McCain along with Tom DeLay, John Cornyn and the majority of conservatives.)
To: kc8ukw
it worked so well for Giuliani
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:24:59 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Alter Kaker
Further despite the post from the liberal blog that is the theme of this thread, not even The Washington Post refers to the requested posts as spam. The article is flawed, opinion and not news.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:26:27 AM PDT
by
GulfBreeze
(Vote for John McCain along with Tom DeLay, John Cornyn and the majority of conservatives.)
To: Jeff Chandler
The Grand Prize was a night with Hillary!?.....................
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:27:28 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(All that carbon in all that oil and coal was once in the atmosphere. We're just putting it back.....)
To: GulfBreeze
Do they count posts with misspellings?
To: GulfBreeze
This is such BS. It’s not SPAM. He is asking people to post relavent posts that they agree with.
It's spam when I get force fed a steady diet of pro McCain pings and it's spam when I get an email box full of the garbage every day.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:36:58 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
To: Alter Kaker
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:38:41 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
To: GulfBreeze
Spam by any other name is still the same.
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:38:42 AM PDT
by
dforest
(I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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