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Bill Jones is a Republican candidate for governor of California. An AP article on Wednesday said Jones is polling a mere nine percent in advance of Tuesday's GOP primary: http://www.billjones.org/ http://www.ss.ca.gov/shrt_bio.htm http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-california-governor0227feb27.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dpolitics%2Dheadlines Kevin Poulsen sends email asking the real question: "Is this indiscriminate spamming actually the work of candidate Jones, or a wily opponent?" I invite Bill Jones to reply. See the end of this message for John Gilmore's comments on his Terry McAuliffe spam. -Declan --- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:49:48 -0600 (CST) From: "Scully@cipherwar.com" <scully@cipherwar.com> To: <declan@well.com> Cc: <scully@cipherwar.com> Subject: Re: Bill Jones for California Governor 22l2 Declan, I was sort of shocked to find TWo emails in my box from two different "spamming" email addresses in regards to Bill Jones for governor. First, I don't live in California. Second, I hate spam. Third, I hate getting the same spam more than once. And fourth, whatever my political affiliations, I wouldn't like ANY politician spamming me. Call me crazy, but don't we all get enough unsolicited email? Perhaps Mr. Jones needs to have a chat with his campaign managers in regards to this new way of harassing voters? Cheers, Scully << Cipherwar: Information Warfare << http://www.cipherwar.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX V ORIGINAL MESSAGE V XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:48:58 -0600 (CST) From: Katie6478s71@msn.com Subject: Bill Jones for California Governor 22l2 [topper.jpg] This is a new and unique experiment. For the first time in history I am trying to make the Internet the vehicle to provide information to the people of California - NOT 30 second TV ads. [jones.jpg] I believe that Democracy is enhanced when the voter has factual information instead of propaganda and that the Internet has the power to transform politics and political campaigning. So while other candidates for Governor are spending over $10,000,000 dollars on 30 second TV ads, I am trying something new. What's new is this I am only going to provide you with the facts on my record. Please go to my web site and check it out for yourself. Check the Facts: THE BILL JONES RECORD OF LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE 1) Served for 12 years in the State Assembly and have twice been elected Secretary of State, receiving almost 12 million votes. 2) Authored and passed California's "3 Strikes" law, which has reduced crime by over twice the national average. 3) Strongly supported Prop 73, the first successful campaign finance reform law to limit campaign contributions to candidates. 4) Successfully co-authored Prop 204, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act. 5) Reformed California's election process, registering or re-registering over 9 million voters while removing over 3 million ineligible voters to prevent voter fraud. 6) Aggressively fought and won a lawsuit to retain legislative term limits. 7) Set up an Internet campaign contribution disclosure system which forces candidates to report contributions over $1,000 within 24 hours on a website that is accessible to every citizen. www.cal-access.ss.ca.gov 8) I am a third generation farmer and rancher from the Central Valley. I have been married for 30 years. My wife Maurine and I have 2 daughters, and one granddaughter. I am grateful to have the endorsement of former Republican Governor George Deukmejian. He knows what it takes to be Governor and he made the following statement in support of my candidacy: "I support Bill Jones for Governor because he has proven that he is not afraid to make tough decisions even if they're politically unpopular. His experience in state government makes him uniquely qualified to lead our state and I know that he is a steady hand in a crisis. In my heart and mind, I believe Secretary of State Bill Jones is our best hope for victory. He can defeat Gray Davis without sacrificing our principles or abandoning our Republican values. Most importantly, Bill Jones is a leader you can trust." ON MARCH 5th, I WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR. REGARDLESS OF YOUR CHOICE, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE GO OUT AND VOTE! THANK YOU! [signature.gif] Bill Jones California Secretary of State _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your email was selected off the Internet based on your voter demographics. If you would like to be removed from future mailings, please click here. 8199whww9-851all14 --- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:48:18 -0500 To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> From: Stephen Cobb <scobb@cobb.com> Subject: Political spam from Bill Jones for California Declan Thought you might find this interesting. This message is turning up at various email addresses that I own, including one business address that has never been spammed before. I am not the least bit interested in the California governor's race and can't think why they would send to me (I live in Florida). Note there is little attempt to disguise the fact that the addresses they are using are "harvested" as in "Your email was selected off the Internet based on your voter demographics." Stephen >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 21:55:54 -0500 (EST) >From: Katie7378w73@msn.com >Reply-To: <Katie7378w73@msn.com> >To: >Subject: Bill Jones for California Governor 3593RdJw2-335cgl14 >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 >Importance: Normal >42c2dc3c.jpg > >This is a new and unique experiment. For the first time in history I am >trying to make the Internet the vehicle to provide information to the >people of California - NOT 30 second TV ads. > >42c2dca0.jpg >I believe that Democracy is enhanced when the voter has factual >information instead of propaganda and that the Internet has the power to >transform politics and political campaigning. > >So while other candidates for Governor are spending over $10,000,000 >dollars on 30 second TV ads, I am trying something new. What's new is this > I am only going to provide you with the facts on my record. Please go to >my <http://195.235.97.200/personal8/inacct48/>web site and check it out >for yourself. > >Check the Facts: THE BILL JONES RECORD OF LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE >1) Served for 12 years in the State Assembly and have twice been elected >Secretary of State, receiving almost 12 million votes. > >2) Authored and passed California's "3 Strikes" law, which has reduced >crime by over twice the national average. > >3) Strongly supported Prop 73, the first successful campaign finance >reform law to limit campaign contributions to candidates. > >4) Successfully co-authored Prop 204, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water >Supply Act. > >5) Reformed California's election process, registering or re-registering >over 9 million voters while removing over 3 million ineligible voters to >prevent voter fraud. > >6) Aggressively fought and won a lawsuit to retain legislative term limits. > >7) Set up an Internet campaign contribution disclosure system which forces >candidates to report contributions over $1,000 within 24 hours on a >website that is accessible to every citizen. www.cal-access.ss.ca.gov > >8) I am a third generation farmer and rancher from the Central Valley. I >have been married for 30 years. My wife Maurine and I have 2 daughters, >and one granddaughter. > >I am grateful to have the endorsement of former Republican Governor George >Deukmejian. He knows what it takes to be Governor and he made the >following statement in support of my candidacy: >"I support Bill Jones for Governor because he has proven that he is not >afraid to make tough decisions even if they're politically unpopular. His >experience in state government makes him uniquely qualified to lead our >state and I know that he is a steady hand in a crisis. > >In my heart and mind, I believe Secretary of State Bill Jones is our best >hope for victory. He can defeat Gray Davis without sacrificing our >principles or abandoning our Republican values. Most importantly, Bill >Jones is a leader you can trust." > >ON MARCH 5th, I WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE REPUBLICAN >NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR. REGARDLESS OF YOUR CHOICE, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE GO >OUT AND VOTE! THANK YOU! > >Bill Jones >California Secretary of State > >---------- > >Your email was selected off the Internet based on your voter demographics. >If you would like to be removed from future mailings, please ><http://195.235.97.200/personal8/inacct48/remove.html>click here. >3438jBxn4-668QrmU0475XIAS6-190LsoN1275yToS0-594GEpP1789iSLl0-297jftm5490ilhJ0-6l74 > --- To: declan@well.com, gnu@toad.com Subject: Democratic Party spams for contributions Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:36:04 -0800 From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> This seems to be the year of receiving spam from supposedly respectable organizations. The New York Times sent me one a few months ago, too. I wonder if in response, rabid anti-spammers will refuse to ever vote for another Democrat. Or will they program their mail systems to censor and refuse to deliver any email from every staff member or politician at a major political party? They do that to anybody else who's even peripherally accused of spamming (such as my own site). But consistency has never been the hobgoblin of small anti-spammer minds. John Gilmore Return-Path: bouncer-gnu=cygnus.com@bounce.cheetahmail.com Delivery-Date: Wed Feb 27 15:23:17 2002 Received: from cygnus.com (runyon.sfbay.redhat.com [205.180.230.5]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA01514 for <gnu@toad.com>; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:23:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta101.cheetahmail.com (mta101.cheetahmail.com [216.15.189.35]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA01101 for <gnu@cygnus.com>; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:23:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:23:28 -0000 Message-ID: <apc67gka3qq9jpbq9x9wvb1vbt2z9u.133505482.5681@mta101.cheetahmail.com> From: "DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe" <dnc_support@cheetahmail.com> To: gnu@cygnus.com Subject: Countdown to Victory! 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