I just got this letter from the Kerry/Edwards Campaign???? What do

[noclonyofthechimp]

you make of this???????

Dear ***,

Thank you very much for signing up at JohnKerry.com. Your support is instrumental to the success of our campaign -- and you've taken the first step by signing up today.

Our organizers have fanned out across the country, linking up with activists and volunteers like you who have been working in the field for months. Person-to-person communication is critical to spreading the Kerry-Edwards positive vision for a new America: stronger at home, respected in the world. With your assistance, we will create a field program whose size and reach are unmatched in the history of presidential elections.

We need your help in this tremendous effort. Please FORWARD THIS EMAIL to five friends and ask them to get involved in our field program by clicking here:

http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/profile/new

Face-to-face contact is the best way to get voters to the polls for the Kerry-Edwards ticket. We need a huge number of grassroots volunteers -- you are our #1 recruiter. Forwarding this email to just five of your friends will help grow our field program into an unstoppable force. Tell your friends to get involved here:

http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/profile/new

Again, thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Kerry-Edwards 2004





Paid for by Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.

[mzmolly]

1. I make of it that they haven't changed their standard registration reply.

Nuttin more, nuttin less. ;)

[trayfoot]

2. I know.....I got one, too! WTF??????????????

[complain jane]

3. er... day late & dollar short

[complain jane]

4. Did you just sign up today or was this out of the blue

[noclonyofthechimp]

6. No. I volunteered in FL for the election, etc. This is weird?

[complain jane]

15. Then that's weird. I would have thought it was just an old autoresponder

[zann725]

115. No, I got one too. Well actually TWO...one at each email address

Now that I know others got it as well, I do NOT think it was accidental. Look at the "time-stamp" on it. I got mine at least dated at roughly "Thurs-11:45 am." Wasn't this just about the time that the "news" of Kerry's entering the Ohio suit hit the press officially?

Not to sound too 'tin-foil,' but this is VERY Kerry-esque. He's saying exactly what he said in that video in Nov. "I'm going to need ALL your help." If the email was a computer glitch, then why would it tell us all that we had JUST joined the campaign, and that we need to contact 5 friends? I feel he's mobilizing his legal team, at the same time he's mobilizing his foot-soldiers.

I think THIS was a "safe, general, call-to-action" blanket-response to all our emails, which as you recall Kerry had NOT responded to yet.

Come on, we've been waiting for a 'sign'...for 'leadership.'

Let's start forwarding that email to 5 friends! At the very least, we're patriotic fools!

[bush_is_wacko]

5. This is the one they sent when you signed up at thier site!

You got this TODAY? Are you being serious?

[noclonyofthechimp]

8. For some reason it was just sent into my mailbox?? I find it strange

like it is a message. I signed up on their website over a year ago.

[Ellipsis]

10. Are you saying you smell a rat?

Is this a secure transaction?

[noclonyofthechimp]

13. No. I would like to believe they are rallying us? I am going to send

an email to them and see if I can get a reply.

[keepthemhonest]

55. yes i would agreee that they

are trying to get us going, motivated. I went to the site and i am going to send the email on to 5 friends, it looks the Kerru/edwards campaign is alive and well.
Just used their media thing too, to send out an editorial

[Emit]

39. I got the same e-mail, too

Just a bit ago, and I was wondering what the implications were.

[Clark2008]

104. I know some other people who got this today

as well.

I'll have to check my other e-mail and see if I got one...

This is interesting.


On edit: I got one, too. I used my son's e-mail addy - and, sure enough, when I checked it, the e-mail was there.

This is just strange.

[New Earth]

7. i just got that tooo!!! i got two of them in a row

and i haven't been to the site in at least a week.

[noclonyofthechimp]

11. I haven't either. What is going on? Why would they send this? It

doesn't make sense.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. methinks.....

It is a signal - to all the supporters....maybe like a commercial, to show us they are still there? or... testing their e-mail list, making sure it's current and in good shape for the mass message to be delivered later.... hmmm.

[noclonyofthechimp]

20. I hope their site wasn't hacked which resulted in a loss of our info.

[bush_is_wacko]

49. Well you are doing better than me, I haven't been there since about a week

after he conceeded! BTW I checked the site. Nothing new. I will keep watching it though!

I think my plans to get out today are on hold for a while. The snow is COLD and I have to work up to getting out there in below zero weather just for a cup of coffee that I can easily make here!

[satori]

9. I got one to

I just received the same letter from the Kerry campaign.

[noclonyofthechimp]

14. OK. Something is going on.

[noclonyofthechimp]

16. Notice that they want you to check what issues are most important

and fill in your contact info. Do you think their sight was hacked and they may have lost our info?????????

[complain jane]

17. Maybe a virus too.

[seito]

18. Ok, I'm jealous

Where's mine?

[noclonyofthechimp]

22. It's on it's way. I am sure!

[ChicanoPwr]

27. Yeah

Where is mine too.

[uppityperson]

30. me too, nobody loves me or sends me virus ridden emails.

[seito]

31. LMAO

I have a new computer, can't wait for that first infection. :silly:

[Der Blaue Engel]

43. I didn't get one either :(

Waaaahhhhh!!!

It's a secret club and y'all are talking about me behind my back. :tinfoilhat: :P

[Clark2008]

105. No virus in this e-mail

My ISP uses Postini to protect against viruses (and I work for the ISP, therefore, I trust it - LOL)!
This one's clean as a whistle. ;)

[New Earth]

19. it's one of three things

1) it's another 'secret' message to tell us that they are still there - or to test their email list for new updates to come

2) some Freep got a hold of all our email addresses and signed us all up on the volunteer page so that we would get emails to get us all excited

3) there was a serious malfunction in their database and it accidentally sent out emails.


:shrug:

[HEAVYHEART]

24. Hmm

Well I hope it's #1. :beer:

[noclonyofthechimp]

25. I am going to fill in the form again. What do we have to lose. Your not

sending money.

[vanboggie]

108. Just emailed Kerry back to support OUR troops

I'm feeling rather humbug today. I responded to Kerry with this:

Well, you know what Senator? Perhaps cards should also be sent to the brave soldiers fighting for freedom and democracy not only in Ohio, but also in the other states where election fraud occurred. People have left their homes and families to fight this war for justice - for the right to vote and to have votes counted. Those around the country who cannot travel to states like Ohio are voluteering time and effort from their homes.

These are brave soldiers, without a leader, making a last-ditch effort to save America. Yes, the soldiers sent to Iraq to die by BushCo are deserving of our support, but so are the people in the US who are sacrificing for freedom as well.

[elizm]

75. Did any of you...

Give out your email to the person who was asking for them a week or so ago...remember everyone was a little suspicious of it?

[NVMojo]

99. remember William Pitt's cryptic message last night about Kerry?

hmmmmmm....

[saracat]

123. We know what that was!

[Catamount]

118. I'll go with option one

I got a the same letter, as did my son.
He's telling us to hang in!

[rumpel]

21. I was signed up, too but have not received it. It seems strange.

[NotNInch]

23. Just check my mail . . . I received two too!

I have no clue . . . haven't been to Kerry's website in over a month.

Is someone playing with us? (And I don't mean Kerry.)

[Laurab]

26. I got it too

I signed up for the child program a couple of days ago and I thought it was related to that, but seeing that other people got it as well, I think it is to rally us. The "Kerry-Edwards ticket" is alive - that's the message I get, and I'm sticking with it!

[proudbluestater]

28. Maybe they are testing their email addresses to see if we are

still out there and willing to support their efforts? Those emails that bounce back undeliverable will probably be deleted from their list of contacts. It seems like in the future they might activate their mail system again since Kerry has decided to get on board.

I got SIX of the same letter! Somebody got carried away!

[noclonyofthechimp]

35. LoL SEND, SEND, SEND, SEND, SEND, SEND

[bush_is_wacko]

36. Well, I haven't got one yet but

it sure sounds like a rally cry to me! I hope it isn't some idiot freeper hacker! Anything up on the site that we might like to read? I haven't checked, but I think I will!

[latteromden]

42. Okay, now THAT'S weird. I thought that maybe some of them might have been

delayed letters, sent out early on and not getting to the recipient for (QUITE) a few months, but six (or even TWO) makes no sense.

Don't know what to make of it.

[NVMojo]

101. just got this one from Wes Clark!!

Weird to hear from the Kerry site and the Clark site on the same day.

Holiday Greetings from Wes Clark
December 23, 2004


Dear me, NVMojo,

Happy Holidays! I hope you're enjoying this festive season with family and friends. Gert and I are heading west to spend Christmas with my son, daughter-in-law, and grandson in Los Angeles. I'm really looking forward to sharing this special time with them.

The holidays are a time to celebrate together and give thanks for the many blessings we've been given. I am so grateful for your friendship and support through thick and thin over the past year -- I wouldn't be here without you. I am so thankful for my family whose love sustains me in all that I do. And I'm so grateful to be an American, enjoying the freedoms and values we share. For all of these blessings, and plenty more, I celebrate this holiday season.

The holidays are also a time for reflection. It's hard not to reflect on everything we've experienced together -- from the highs and lows of our own presidential campaign, through the highs and lows of John Kerry's campaign, and the difficult days and weeks that have followed since November 2nd. 2004 has certainly been a memorable year for all of us.

There are so many wonderful images indelibly etched in my memory from this year -- the thousands of men, women, and children I met during those long days on the campaign trail in snowy New Hampshire, each with their own story to tell. The sheer exhilaration from our hard fought primary victory in Oklahoma. The incredible energy I felt in the hall at this summer's Democratic Convention as I addressed the delegates, our Party united like never before. The many dedicated candidates, volunteers, supporters, and voters I met as I campaigned across America for Democrats from Alaska to Florida, California to New Hampshire. These are a few of the things I'll be reflecting on this holiday season.

Finally, the holidays are a time for us to look forward, eagerly anticipating what the New Year will bring -- and what we will bring to the New Year. We've accomplished so much together in this past year, but we all know that our work has only just begun.

With your help and active participation, WesPAC is going to help provide the kind of leadership that America so desperately needs: sound, wise leadership that reaches across cultural, geographic, and partisan divides to bring our country together, solve common problems, and address the threats facing America both at home and abroad. Anchored in the ideals of service, integrity, and accountability, WesPAC is committed to developing and supporting leaders who share our values in all levels of government, forging a winning progressive electoral majority that spans both “red” and “blue” states.

In the coming days and weeks, we'll be refining WesPAC's mission, relaunching our website, and recommitting ourselves for the tasks ahead. I think you'll like what you see.

But today, with the holidays upon us, I ask you to do just two things:

First, I ask you to commit yourself to this next phase of our mission -- it's not going to be easy, but nothing this important ever is.
Second, I ask you to forward this message to five of your friends and invite them to join our cause. Encourage them to sign up as members of WesPAC today as we prepare for the work that lies ahead. We need to keep inviting new people to join with us as we work to change America.
Thank you so much, once more, for your continued support. During these holidays, I hope you'll find time to celebrate the many blessings we've received, reflect on all that we've done this past year, and look forward to everything to come in the New Year.

Gert and I send you our very best wishes for a blessed holiday season.

Sincerely,



Wes Clark

[4_TN_TITANS]

29. I didn't get the letter

but I was a volunteer. I think this is a prank to rub the election in our faces......

[PennyMan]

32. Maybe They Are Getting People Ready For A Revote

Wouldn't That Be Great

[noclonyofthechimp]

38. That would be beyond great!!!!

:bounce:

[Joe Chi Minh]

47. Wow!

[MelissaB]

33. I'm crying in my beer.

I haven't received one.

[BlackVelvet04]

34. I got it as well.

I don't know what to make of it if anything, but I'm open to suggestions.

[GetTheRightVote]

44. I do believe it is a message for us to spread the word,

we were the ones that volunteer and probably a big part of their mailing list. They are using it now to fortify their numbers and to see if we are still there for them. Let's support John & John and getting out the message, we are in the fight again, hurray.

:bounce:

I got the message too, they are testing the waters.

Yes, we are here for you John K./John E. The Kerry soldiers are drafted into the War over Democracy. All others please sign up for duty.

[Beth in VT]

37. I got 3! n/t

[noclonyofthechimp]

40. Can you send one to the peeps who haven't gotten theirs yet?

[wicket]

41. I got it too!!!!

:kick:

[kk897]

45. I did, too, right after writing an email to FogerRox

Here's what I wrote:

"I tried to email you using your sigline email address but it bounced back as a bad address. At the same time, I, oddly, got a message thanking me for joining the Kerry/Edwards campaign. Any explanation? I'm also going to post this in the thread."

[kk897]

46. also, I NEVER went to the Kerry campaign website, as far as I know

I've never donated to the Democratic Party (instead have donated to individual campaigns and grass-roots orgs).

I did write to two Ohio reps today asking them to contest, and I did use the PDA.org email sender to write to some progressive senators on the issue.

THIS IS WEIRD.

[kk897]

50. never was a Kerry vol, but was a MoveOn vol

was never on a Dem mailing list, although I did sign up today to be on the PDA.org mailing list, while I was over there writing to the progressive senators.

[kk897]

53. HAS ANYONE ELSE DONE ANY OF THESE THINGS TODAY?

If you look above to my posts, I list a number of email/web things I did today. Did anyone else do these things today?

[GregD]

96. I have taken no actions, or responded to any mails

it just suddenly showed up today out of the blue.

[zann725]

119. Did it come to the email address you list here at D.U.?

n/t

Looks like there's a REAL organized effort here at the other end... mirroring what we've be doing from our end the last couple of months.

Looks like they pulled databases from Campaign volunteers, campaign donations, letters to Senators/Congress, action groups such as Move.on, and probably just about any on-line petition we signed recently regarding the Election Fraud issue.

I think it's cool! And the wording of their email is subtle enough that it doesn't look "threatening" to Freepers and Repugs who might accidentally receive one.

All the Dem "powers-that-be" who've been "silent" so long, are finally mobilizing. Cool!

[NVMojo]

102. no, all i did was the pda thing a couple of days ago ...

[zann725]

117. Did you send a letter to Kerry's office since the election?

Because I got TWO of the same email...one at the email address I used re: my grass-roots work for KE campaign, and one that I used ONLY for my letters to Senators, Congress. The only way I could've gotten the KE letter yesterday at the second email address, is if Senators (incl. Kerry) and/or Congress people I've recently written have begun compiling a database of KE "supporters" for contesting the Election!

And now a similar letter from Clark, asking that it be forwarded to 5 people too?! There's some real coordination going on here at THEIR end. They've been oddly silent for a while. Now they're swinging into action.

[merbex]

48. I got one too!

[GetTheRightVote]

52. I replied with the following message, see what happens

Hello all:

Yes, I am here and ready to support John K./John E. in any action that they may take in supporting the Election Fruad, etc. I supported you with my vote and I support you now with my voice, my actions, I am your soldier of Democracy and I am at your command. I am ready to fight this war.

Regards,

[Viva_La_Revolution]

63. When I get mine....

That hopefully is waiting in my inbox at home... I will reply ..

Yes sir, Mr. President,

Reporting for duty, SIR!

[DemReadingDU]

51. A year-end message of thanks to our troops

received this letter from John Kerry today....

Dear Supporter,

I hope this message finds you and your loved ones enjoying the holidays. I have been thinking a lot about what our johnkerry.com community can do to mark the end of what has been an extraordinary year. We have formed bonds of friendship and commitment that I know will extend far into the future.

So, in addition to thanking you once again for all you have done, I'm writing to invite your participation in one final 2004 act of collective generosity. As a soldier, I remember how much it meant to hear from loved ones - especially at the holidays. So, I thought you and I could work together to make it easier for our soldiers serving in Iraq to phone home and hear a friendly voice.

We've found a program that does just that. Operation Phone Home is run by the USO, which has been an extraordinary friend to American soldiers for decades. The USO buys phone cards at cost and provides them to our soldiers free of charge. You can help the USO help our troops this holiday season right here:

http://www.uso.org/carddonations

In January, I will go to Iraq to see the situation firsthand and personally visit with our courageous troops who are serving America so well. Nothing would please me more than telling them that hundreds of thousands of us have expressed our thanks to them in this concrete and personal way.

Your gift can help a soldier phone home.

http://www.uso.org/carddonations

In the New Year, I will be writing you about our 2005 projects and priorities. In the meantime, I hope you will enjoy this special time of year. Thanks so much for your constant acts of friendship and your special consideration of this request.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

P.S. There are 140,400 U.S. military members serving in Iraq. Any calls they make home to those anxiously awaiting their safe return are at their own expense. A gift of $100 will provide 20 soldiers with a 100-minute phone card. A $1,000 donation would do the same for 200 soldiers. Please help. A friendly and familiar voice can mean so much to a soldier serving America so far away from home.

http://www.uso.org/carddonations

[GetTheRightVote]

62. Thank you for the letter, I have donated for the soldiers to call home

I am trying to get them back home as well so it can be a hug instead. Perhaps they will be home by next X-Mas I pray.

:grouphug:

I got the Kerry email twice as well.

[whometense]

112. I think this is a wonderful idea.

I donated too. I'd intended to, anyway, but I love that Kerry gets the credit for mustering this support for the troops. When you click through to donate the site notices that you've come from John Kerry. Excellent idea.

[SW FL Dem]

100. I got this email too n/t

[bush_is_wacko]

114. I got this one last night some time! n/t

[Kota]

54. Maybe they are starting the campaign for presidency back up.

Just in time.

[noclonyofthechimp]

56. I called the D.C. headquarters and left a vm asking for some clarity

and mentioned that many other supporters got the same email. I left my number with them. Here is the number.

Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.
P.O. Box 34640
Washington, DC 20043
202-712-3000
202-712-3001 (fax)
202-336-6950 (TTY)

[graywarrior]

57. I got nothin'. And I email Kerry frequently.

[marc_the_dem]

58. it feels like old times....

Is someone is stirring this pot for a reason?

[Raksha]

59. I've been on their list for months

and so far I haven't gotten one (I just checked my e-mail). Interesting "coincidence," though.

[troubleinwinter]

60. ??? I got one. ???

[dzika]

61. I got the letter twice today.

I wonder if they are testing the list? Something is strange.

[FogerRox]

65. Remember that Event planner page? that would send out e-mails

[rox63]

64. I got the same letter too

As if I had just signed up. I actually signed up on his site back in March, and was active there until after the election. This is wierd.

[kk897]

66. AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THEIR WEBSITE and I've NEVER been on their list nt

[KerryReallyWon]

67. No letter! I was 1 of 2 lead organizers for half of florida for two years!

They know I have a "state list" I could get it out to everyone! My partner has the other half. Plus she has the software progam, loaded, we used in the campaign. they would have sent it to me....

[dzika]

68. I just got the 'year end' letter

That makes 3 today.

[New Earth]

69. it looks like

someone got a hold of our email addresses and filled out the volunteer forms to get us worked up. that is my take at this at this point.

[New Earth]

70. OR

they meant to send us all the 'year end' letter and mistakenly sent us this :shrug:

[mzmolly]

71. That's what I think.

;)

[kk897]

73. That can't be true because I was never on their list to begin with!

What, is everyone ignoring me?

[New Earth]

77. that's what i'm saying

someone may have gotten our email addresses from somewhere else and used them to fill out the volunteer forms.

[kk897]

80. Possibly from MoveOn,

But since I've never donated to Kerry, never been to the Kerry website, and never been on their email lists, the mystery email COULD NOT have come from any of those sources.

That's just freaky, to me. I'm spooked.

[Pepper32]

72. Weird. I too received one at 2:25 PM EST time! What is going on? LOL

:D

on edit:fixed typo

[mimitabby]

74. i got it too!

sounds like their computer got reset or something

[Broken Acorn]

76. This is either another encrypted Message from Kerry or just a big mistake

I donated to the Kerry Campaign, signed up for his Child Protection Pledge and have written him numerous emails since Nov. 2, yet I did not receive this email.

So I believe that is was just a mistake, although how often are 'mistakes' or 'glitches' made when you blast out potentially millions of emails. IT people aren't that incompetant (trust me, I'm one of them).

But, the alternative idea is that Kerry is rallying the his troops, us, and this is a dry run for a huge public opinion campaign about to begin to dethrone the chimp and make the fraud center stage in America.

In reality, these things really don't happen by mistake.

[crispini]

78. I got it too.

But, in ref. to a poster above, YES, these things DO happen by mistake. Computers and people fuck up often. Or, it could be someone baiting us.

However, the timing certainly is... interesting.

And, I was first signed up for the KE email list loooong ago, FWIW. :shrug:

[NVMojo]

103. haha! computers, people and election machines fuck up!!!

[Cherie59]

79. I got one from John Kerry just now asking for;

donation for the troops to receive phone cards.

[ChicanoPwr]

81. WOOHOO I finally got mine, but one question

I feel special now. :bounce:

But on a serious note, I noticed this as their reply address.
[e-mail]

That is one strange and long address.

[WritersBlock]

85. Long reply address probably a feature of the e-mail software they're using

On edit: Looks like something in the e-mail program itself; nothing mysterious or sinister. I'll take off my tin hat now.

From the program website: "specific actions can trigger subscriber information to be defined based on the response received during delivery."

http://www.whatcounts.com/bin/display?d=/company/casestudies.html&t=/main/company.html#kerry

[rumpel]

82. Let's ask them directly. It does not sound right. What if their

site is hacked, to create confusion among his supporters?
I did not receive any e-mail from the Kerry camp.

[latteromden]

83. I feel sorry for those of you that think this is anything.

Trust me, I would love to hear from the Kerry-Edwards campaign re: the election. But, while this is admittedly very weird, it's not some sort of secret message. It's more than likely a mistake.

[WritersBlock]

84. Just got the one about the troops here.

I also noticed the "Paid for by Friends of John Kerry Inc." at the bottom, if that means anything. The last e-mail I had on the 19th of November was paid for by Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc.

[latteromden]

86. Yeah, noticed it too. Kerry's reelection committee - not the campaign - is

sending out his things now.

[ChicanoPwr]

87. Since it was strange

Why wouldn't come form his Senate office. It is about helping the soilders. If not the Senate office, why not Edward's organization, One America? I think we need to answer this question before people start sending in money.

[rumpel]

89. I would be very careful.

[Niche]

88. Me too... interesting... "thanks for signing up" ummm...

I did not just "sign up"... I'm taking it as - keep up the fight! And just when I thought it was safe to go in the water - BRING ON THE SHARKS! Yeah!

"Somethin's happenin' here. What it is ain't exactly clear... stop hey what's that sound everybody look what's goin' down..."


Merry Christmas!

[Niche]

90. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE! Email from Jerrold

Nadler too... 2:06 pm CA time. Merry Christmas to you!

Dear (Niche),

I wanted to give you a brief update on the ongoing investigation into election irregularities. As you may know, the GAO has already granted our request for an investigation and on December 8th I attended a forum on election irregularities in Washington, D.C.

Since Election Day, thousands of Ohio citizens have reported difficulties and barriers in casting their vote. These reports include: long lines at polling places in Democratic and, especially, minority areas; electronic voting machines which malfunctioned; precincts reporting more voters than they had, or inexplicable numbers of votes cast; and disenfranchisement, particularly in high-population areas.

Therefore, on December 13th, I along with Congressman John Conyers and other members of Congress, held a hearing in Columbus, Ohio to address voting anomalies in the 2004 election. We listened to testimony from Professor Robert Fitrakis, Editor of The Free Press; Cliff Arnebeck from Arnebeck Associations; John Bonifax, General Counsel for the National Voting Institute; Gregory Moore, Executive Director of the NAACP National Voter Fund; Susan Truitt, Co-founder of CASE Ohio; David Cobb, Green Party Presidential Nominee; Reverend William Moss, Community Leader; and Norman Robbins and Judy Gallo from the Greater Cleveland Voter Registration Coalition.

After listening to the witnesses testify, I am even more convinced that action needs to be taken to reform the way we conduct our elections. Unfortunately, I do not think the evidence we have so far is sufficient to lead to a change in the results of the election. It is conceivable that could change as the investigation proceeds, and we need to keep the pressure on for a more complete accounting of what actually took place in Ohio, Florida, and elsewhere. But one fact remains -- to stick our heads in the sand and ignore election irregularities would be a real disservice to the nation.

We need to give the American people confidence that each and every vote will be properly counted, and that the democratic electoral process is respected. I do not want to turn my back on the investigation and have it lose momentum; I want to look forward to improving election laws and procedures. Gathering information that will aid both the investigation and new election reform legislation in the next Congress is a good course of action for protecting our electoral process.

I want to encourage people to start getting educated now about the voting process so that there are no surprises in 2006 and in 2008. Arming people with the knowledge about their voting rights is just one way we can continue to fight against those who wish to curtail our freedom to vote.

>> Please feel free to forward this to friends who may want to subscribe to D-Mail.

[GetTheRightVote]

93. How do i subscribe to D-mail, what to check if I am on their mailing list

I am on so many these days, thanks, Niche, for the post.

:bounce:

[GregD]

91. I got it too

Makes one wonder what's happening behind closed doors and quiet folks.

[Patsy Stone]

92. Me too! OK, Me 5,456,567!

Love getting mail from JK/JE. They can write to me anytime! :)

[thanatonautos]

94. I got the year end letter ... help the troops phone home. n/t

[GetTheRightVote]

95. I received both letters, campaign & phone card emails.

Nice to hear from the Kerry people again but strange.

:bounce:

[noclonyofthechimp]

97. I just got the letter about donating the phone cards to the troops a

couple of hours ago.

[NVMojo]

98. I got one too and I signed up over 8 months ago!!!

WTF is right!!!

:wtf:


of course, I'd be there in a heartbeat if a revolution of the Kerry proportion is starting!!!

[SharonRB]

106. I got one that's totally different

Sorry for the length, in advance. This is really weird.

Dear Sharon,

I hope this message finds you and your loved ones enjoying the holidays. I have been thinking a lot about what our johnkerry.com community can do to mark the end of what has been an extraordinary year. We have formed bonds of friendship and commitment that I know will extend far into the future.

So, in addition to thanking you once again for all you have done, I'm writing to invite your participation in one final 2004 act of collective generosity. As a soldier, I remember how much it meant to hear from loved ones - especially at the holidays. So, I thought you and I could work together to make it easier for our soldiers serving in Iraq to phone home and hear a friendly voice.

We've found a program that does just that. Operation Phone Home is run by the USO, which has been an extraordinary friend to American soldiers for decades. The USO buys phone cards at cost and provides them to our soldiers free of charge. You can help the USO help our troops this holiday season right here:

http://www.uso.org/carddonations

In January, I will go to Iraq to see the situation firsthand and personally visit with our courageous troops who are serving America so well. Nothing would please me more than telling them that hundreds of thousands of us have expressed our thanks to them in this concrete and personal way.

Your gift can help a soldier phone home.

http://www.uso.org/carddonations

In the New Year, I will be writing you about our 2005 projects and priorities. In the meantime, I hope you will enjoy this special time of year. Thanks so much for your constant acts of friendship and your special consideration of this request.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

P.S. There are 140,400 U.S. military members serving in Iraq. Any calls they make home to those anxiously awaiting their safe return are at their own expense. A gift of $100 will provide 20 soldiers with a 100-minute phone card. A $1,000 donation would do the same for 200 soldiers. Please help. A friendly and familiar voice can mean so much to a soldier serving America so far away from home.

http://www.uso.org/carddonations

[SharonRB]

107. Sorry --

I posted mine before I saw the others who had received this letter.

[whometense]

109. I got a different email.

Maybe they got mixed up somehow??

Dear XXXXX,


I hope this message finds you and your loved ones enjoying the holidays. I have been thinking a lot about what our johnkerry.com community can do to mark the end of what has been an extraordinary year. We have formed bonds of friendship and commitment that I know will extend far into the future.


So, in addition to thanking you once again for all you have done, I'm writing to invite your participation in one final 2004 act of collective generosity. As a soldier, I remember how much it meant to hear from loved ones - especially at the holidays. So, I thought you and I could work together to make it easier for our soldiers serving in Iraq to phone home and hear a friendly voice.


We've found a program that does just that. Operation Phone Home is run by the USO, which has been an extraordinary friend to American soldiers for decades. The USO buys phone cards at cost and provides them to our soldiers free of charge. You can help the USO help our troops this holiday season right here:


http://www.uso.org/carddonations


In January, I will go to Iraq to see the situation firsthand and personally visit with our courageous troops who are serving America so well. Nothing would please me more than telling them that hundreds of thousands of us have expressed our thanks to them in this concrete and personal way.


Your gift can help a soldier phone home.


http://www.uso.org/carddonations


In the New Year, I will be writing you about our 2005 projects and priorities. In the meantime, I hope you will enjoy this special time of year. Thanks so much for your constant acts of friendship and your special consideration of this request.


Sincerely,


John Kerry


P.S. There are 140,400 U.S. military members serving in Iraq. Any calls they make home to those anxiously awaiting their safe return are at their own expense. A gift of $100 will provide 20 soldiers with a 100-minute phone card. A $1,000 donation would do the same for 200 soldiers. Please help. A friendly and familiar voice can mean so much to a soldier serving America so far away from home.


http://www.uso.org/carddonations

[whometense]

110. oops

guess I'm not the only one. ;-)

[SmokingJacket]

111. A mistake?

I got a recent letter. Maybe a computer screw up as they revive the old mailing list.

[Patsy Stone]

113. OK my bad.

I got the troops one, but not the volunteer one. The troops one went to the home addy, but I also used to receive others only at work. They tend to get caught in the ol' spam filter. I won't know if I received that until tomorrow morning. Ooh, but I hope so. It just tickles me that they're sending out anything at all. Wonder what it's all about...

[dobegrrrl]

116. I got 2 of them!

WHF! Very strange.

[Raksha]

120. I received two of them also...

One was the Kerry letter (from the Kerry campaign?) posted here, and the other was from MoveOn. I received them within a few minutes of each other. Both were about donating money for phone cards for the troops in Iraq.

[sepia_steel]

121. I didn't get this one, but I got the troops one. n/t

[saracat]

122. Old Email K/E 2004

I can't believe people are reading into this! This is obviously a mistake. Sheesh!

[dlaliberte]

124. It might be a scam

The similarity of the messages, and especially those asking for money, smacks of scam to me. Please be careful.

I have not gotten any messages. If I did, I would look at the message headers to see where it really came from. It is easy for scammers to forge email addresses, but not all of the headers can be forged.

Please post the message headers from the emails you are getting. There might be many lines, so focus on the "From" line and "Received" lines.