political spam

Our own Patrick Ruffini has taken perhaps the strongest and most earnest stand against political spam on the Right. Just today, he's twittered on the topic.

I agree with him, so I'd like to call out yet another shady right-of-center spammer.

I've never heard of AmericaSpeakOn.org. I don't know what they do, or with whom they're associated. For all I know, they're conservative. For all I know, they're a good group. Maybe my friends work there.

But I doubt any of that is true, because they're spammers. Like all great spammers, their Web site never truly defines who the group is, who backs them, or what they support, outside some generic statements about getting people to speak out. They also sell hats with their logo for $20.

I've received nearly a dozen e-mails form AmericaSpeakOn.org, starting with a launch message on February 4. That averages to almost one spam message per week. I never signed up for their mailing list, nor do I know how I got on their press list.

Of course, their messages leave no instructions about how to opt-out of the list.

Of all the messages I've received, only one had obvious instructions on how to leave the mailing list. I've tried to unsubscribe at least twice, once on February 8 and once on March 6. No acknowledge or response.

Yet still the messages come. Today I received a message at 3:07 p.m. -- a spam message about some blogger conference call. I may be a Next Right contributor, but since I'm not a frequent blogger and don't have my own blog, I typically don't seek out blogger conference calls. So this message certainly shouldn't have come to me.

So there you go. AmericaSpeakOn.org is on my blocked senders list. They're a great example of what's wrong with the Right's online activity. AmericanSpeakOn.org is a spammer.