The thing is, I don’t mind getting emails from the Obama campaign or transition team or whatever. Sometimes they have neat videos, or a heads-up about an upcoming event, or there’s a survey to get my completely valuable and interesting feedback. I dig all of those things.
I just would really like it if, for once, these emails didn’t end with – or revolve entirely around – a red “donate now” button.
I’m sure they have a lot of cool ideas they’d like to do if only they could get enough money. So do I. So does every single person, ever, in the history of money. But also like every single person, ever, in the history of money, I know that if I constantly hit up everyone who once did something nice for me, I’d quickly run out of people who’d associate with me.
No, he (or his campaign) can’t give any more than the same legal limit that applies to any contributor. That amount would hardly make a dent in the debt.
He can, as Sampiro said, suggest that others, like his supporters, contribute to her. Enough of them could indeed pay off the debt.
Hee hee. When I donated to the Obama campaign, I wrote them a check at their stand at the farmer’s market and blacked out my name, address and phone number. I did not give them an email address. I learned my lesson when I donated to the ACLU.
It’s annoying, but every email has an unsubscribe link on the bottom, pretty much like every other opt-in email out there. I often get these opt-in emails from other organizations I’ve done business with (so I can get their latest sales, special offers, etc.) and, when I get sick of them, I just click on the unsubscribe link. Without fail, I’ve been unsubscribed. It’s not that difficult.
Lots of spammers will include a fake unsubscribe link with their spam, which is really just a “confirm that this is an active e-mail address, keep sending spam” button.
Of course. But this is from an official organization you’ve done business with before, so it’s rather unlikely. If you knowingly gave them the email address to begin with, they would presumably already know it’s an active email address (or don’t particularly care), especially since they’re sending you email after email after email.
Some do, some don’t. It’s easy to find out for sure.
Only if both sides of the equation accept the plus sign as a valid part of an email address. It’s impossible to tell this a priori for the majority of people you might want to give an email address to.
