‘Al’ and ‘Joe’ Lead the Spam Squad

8:25 a.m. Received an urgent e-mail from Al Gore with an unsettling subject line: “Disaster.” Turns out the former vice president wanted to tell me that the Republican Party had been “hijacked by an extremist fringe,” and I should send “$3 or more” a.s.a.p. Now, I’m a fan of the former vice president and, considering some of the blather I’ve heard recently from the Tea Party, it didn’t surprise me to learn that the G.O.P. had been hijacked. But I’m beginning to worry that it’s the Democrats who are now controlled by an extremist fringe — of e-mail writers. These are some of the genuine campaign e-mails I received over just two days recently:

8:26 a.m. A message from political strategist Donna Brazile carries the subject line “badmouthing!” Seems “these Tea Party Republicans” would “rather badmouth the President than work with him...” Her suggestion: “contribute $3 or whatever you can.”

8:42 a.m. The subject line was so odd — the single word “So” — that I almost deleted it. It was from “Barack,” asking for $3 because “tonight is one of the most critical fund-raising deadlines we’ll face.” I’ve come to realize that all of these fund-raising pleas are “critical” — even the missives I continue to receive about paying off Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign debt.

9:09 a.m. “We’re in this together,” writes Michelle (Obama).

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