Comments on: E-MAILING THE PREZ

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

IIRC many senators and congressmen have similar setups, although they are less elaborate.

And, while it may be bad PR, it will reduce organized spamming campaigns by interest groups; at least the "form letter spam" I had to deal with in the mid-90s as a senator's intern cost the sender something to produce.

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

This sucks. Don't they have assistants to filter out the spam? I gave this guy a job; I should be able to send him an e-mail when I feel like it.

By: Meezer

Meezer — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

When my mother was on a Reagan council, she said that a hand-written letter was considered to represent 25,000 other voters who felt the same way. Phone calls were given *much* less credence - almost a five-to-one ratio. Making e-mail a little harder may be intended to find out how many care enough about an issue to make a little extra effort.
If you really want someone in government to take you seriously, a hand written letter is still the way to go. They are kept in files and carefully scrutinized.

By: joy

joy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

A "me too" comment here. When I go to communicate with Jim Jeffords, for example, I have to fill out a form that is similar. If a web form is good for Jim, then it should be good enough for the president. Also, I don't have a problem verifying the legitimacy of an email address.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Little Miss Attila is anyone stopping you from mailing the Prez?

you said:

I gave this guy a job; I should be able to send him an e-mail when I feel like it.

That is quite a silly statement. You can mail him all you want the procedure is just different.

Am I the only one that sees this as a positive?

Think about it people.

He could set the mail server to just delete the mail!!!!

CLEARLY they are going to use the information they are asking for or they would not bother.

Even the "agree/disagree" is a valid metric. If the Prez gets 1 million disagree mails and 1000 agree, you don't think they will try to figure out why?

This is only a PR problem because of spin.

I would FAR rather the Prez pay attenion to mail vs just ignoring it.

geeze!

By: jen

jen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I'm always late to the party...what Paul said.

By: Confessions of a G33k

Confessions of a G33k — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

politicians using email by webform
James at OTB and others have been buzzing about the White House's new email via webform and address verification. Let...

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