After insisting no one was receiving unsolicited e-mails from the White House, officials reversed their story Monday night and blamed outside political groups for the unwanted messages from the tech-savvy operation.

Look at what the WH online director said:

“It has come to our attention that some people may have been subscribed to our e-mail lists without their knowledge — likely as a result of efforts by outside groups of all political stripes — and we regret any inconvenience caused by receiving an unexpected message,” Phillips wrote.

“We’re certainly not interested in anyone receiving e-mails from the White House who don’t want them. That’s one reason why we have never — and will never — add names from a commercial or political list to the White House list,” he wrote.

Unfortunately, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 “does not require e-mailers to get permission before they send marketing messages”. On the other hand, it requires that the emails give recipients an opt-out method. If anyone here received the spam emails, tell us in the comments if they had a link to opt-out..

I realize that spam is not a huge problem, but the recent White House spam-fest just seems, in their own words, “fishy”. If the current bill Health Care was good, they wouldn’t need to convince the public or the so-called blue dog democrats of anything.

Shame on you, Obama. We all hoped for lower taxes, no giving money to banks, more freedom and liberty, less wars. That’s certainly not what’s happening.