Obama site smackdown spam only offers malware

Counterproductive

The way the Whitehouse has behaved recently, the last thing Obama opponents should do is interfere in any way with the whitehouse.gov website. Just let them get on with making fools of themselves, spamming the electorate and asking supporters to forward any emails critical of Obama's policies to them (now stopped as it turns out to be illegal for the government to collect information on their "enemies").

It's a good thing this scam is just a scam, then, and not a genuine attempt. That leaves the interesting point that attacking Obama seems to be just as enticing to the great unwashed as the free porn that is the usual bait for such scams.

Wait what is this?

Spam linking to malware? Oh my god! A world has opened for me!

Precedents?

In fact, a DDOS tool was distributed in February 2008 by 'anonymous' as part of their anti-Scientology campaign.

Anti-Obama morans

Nice to see the internet acting as a tool of evolution to take out the least fit.

Fake grass roots

If it was a bunch of truly dotty people who 'fear for America' or think Healthcare reform is a 'Nazi policy' then perhaps they would fall for that, but it's not. They're not randomly looking for targets to attack, they're told which meetings to attend, given talking points, pre-written rant pieces and angried up ahead of time.

That one where they scream obscenities then start reciting the oath of allegiance, has been used a few times now. They plant people throughout the audience to join in and get the audience reciting it, it's that well organised.

@ "Precedents?"

Why must everyone glorify the chantards?

I have been to 4chan, I have seen the pathetic dribbling and insult-flinging that goes on there. Besides, everyone knows that it's a place for "weaboos" to go and "get their fap on" to bizarre asian tentacle porn.

"Fake" grass roots?

That's the new mantra. Bush and Cheney are gone, no other nameable target available, so claim the people themselves are phony. It isn't like President "community organizer" Obama and his Chicago posse have ever organized a protest. Everything their supporters do is spontaneous and from the heart.

Bottom line is that Democratic party congressmen with slim majorities know perfectly well that the protesters represent real voters, and they are very worried about it. Organized protests are what political parties do between elections. At elections they organize the turnout. All parties, all countries. The Democrats control both houses of congress, and they can pass anything they can get all the Democrats to agree on. Obama will sign it. Their problem is that they can't get all their own party onside. (No, I am not an American nor a republican.)