Obama’s cynical exploitation of Christmas
By Ken Falkenstein | Sunday, December 25th, 2011 | PoliticsCould you ever have imagined a political campaign so arrogant and cynical that it would seek to trick people into supplying their e-mail addresses for campaign use by inviting us to send the candidate well wishes for the holidays? Well, check out the Obama-Biden campaign ad that is now appearing on Facebook:
And here’s what you get if you click on the ad:
Note that Obama doesn’t wish us a Merry Christmas. (In fact, he doesn’t actually use the word “Christmas” at all, but he invokes it by showing Christmas trees at the White House, which I thought was illegal in a campaign solicitation.) The treat Obama offers is the opportunity to offer him holiday wishes, and in exchange for this honor, you get to be on his campaign e-mail list forever after. Happy Holidays everyone!
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Ken Falkenstein has been a staffer in the United States Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates. He has managed political campaigns. He was a military intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army in West Germany during the Cold War. He is currently the Vice President of the Down Syndrome Association of Hampton Roads and practices as a civil litigation attorney with the law firm of Poole Mahoney PC in Virginia Beach. His concern for his kids' future is what most informs his writing.
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4 Responses to "Obama’s cynical exploitation of Christmas"
I thought Bill Clinton was the ultimate narcissist, but this guy takes the cake.
How about this, “Merry Christmas, Mr. President!”
He can find my well wishes here. At BearingDrift.com.
J.R.,
I couldn’t find the direct link to send my Christmas wishes to President Obama (all of them led right back here) so I will just then add my Christmas wishes to him right here.
Merry Christmas Mr President. I hope you had a better Christmas then I did, my own was pretty awful.
Sorry about that, LittleDavid!
What went wrong?
My gosh, the guy is right! I got right back here too with a message:
“Please contribute $7 for our 7th”
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