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Home Front: Politix
White House suggests third-party groups are to blame for unsolicited health care e-mails.
2009-08-18
The White House for the first time Sunday seemed to acknowledge that people across the country received unsolicited e-mails from the administration last week about health care reform, suggesting the problem is with third-party groups that placed the recipients' names on the distribution list.

In a written statement released exclusively to FOX News, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said the White House hopes those who received the e-mails without signing up for them were not "inconvenienced" by the messages.
Because only FOX News watchers would not want emails from the White House? An interesting assumptionion.
"The White House e-mail list is made up of e-mail addresses obtained solely through the White House Web site. The White House doesn't purchase, upload or merge from any other list, again, all e-mails come from the White House Web site as we have no interest in e-mailing anyone who does not want to receive an e-mail," the statement said. "If an individual received the e-mail because someone else or a group signed them up or forwarded the e-mail, we hope they were not too inconvenienced."

The White House previously would not answer questions on how the e-mails landed unsolicited in so many inboxes. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Thursday said he couldn't give an answer until he saw who received the e-mails because he doesn't have "omnipotent clarity."
Posted by:Fred

#11  "I haven't seen Obama say something that wasn't a lie."

Including "a," "and," and "the," Darth. :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-08-18 22:53  

#10  "The White House must keep all e-mails until the end of office and then turned over to National Archives"
No, that's just the law--nothing they need to concern themselves with.
Posted by: James   2009-08-18 21:13  

#9  The White House must keep all e-mails until the end of office and then turned over to National Archives. Whether sent in response to the fishing expedition for erroneous mail circulating re: health care or on a mass online petition, this tends to stifle any dissent or debate. Maybe the ACLU or someone will sue Axelrod? I heard Jeanene Pirro was one of those on the receiving end.;)
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2009-08-18 12:19  

#8  Yeah sure! Maybe it was the Chinese or the Mormons or the Amish. OJ approach: I'll find the real killer once I'm done with the trial.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-08-18 11:30  

#7  I haven't seen Obama say something that wasn't a lie.

And that is a real achievement for most politicians!
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-08-18 09:46  

#6  Damned Nigerians!
Posted by: Mike   2009-08-18 09:25  

#5  because he doesn't have "omnipotent clarity"

That's a 'keeper'.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2009-08-18 08:32  

#4  What? Are they sure it's not Bush's fault???
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-08-18 08:29  

#3  Lies and damn lies. The White House has them both.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-08-18 07:20  

#2  My four years old (well, almost, Sept 22) gives better excuses when asked who put toy cars in Dada's bed.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-08-18 03:11  

#1  White House suggests third-party groups are to blame for unsolicited health care e-mails.


Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure they are.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2009-08-18 02:41  

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