Column: Why won’t Nancy Pelosi stop emailing me?
LA TimesTwo of my most frequent email correspondents — former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff. “Nick, this is the single biggest announcement we have ever made.” “We’re asking — no we’re downright begging you — to step up.” “This is your last chance, Nick.” Yeah, right. As in, “Nick we’ve reached out 19 times… Now is not the time to ignore our emails, Nick.” Actually, it was that last one that put me over the edge. As former Rep. Steve Israel of New York noted: “Isn’t democracy in enough trouble without reducing it to a speed date?” Political spam has become too cheap and easy to send out. As ActBlue says: “In general, you can usually find an ‘Unsubscribe’ link at the end of most emails that should take you off of that specific email list.” Have you ever read a sentence with more qualifiers?