Obama Staffers Followed Palin's Email Lead On Inauguration Day 407
theodp writes "Using Yahoo's free e-mail service to conduct government business was good enough for Sarah Palin. And now the Washington Times reports that Obama staffers turned to Gmail on Inauguration Day to conduct their business. Those wishing to contact members of the incoming Obama administration were instructed to contact staffers at wh.LASTNAME@gmail.com until official White House e-mail addresses became available."
Obama on Slashdot (Score:1, Funny)
Thank god Obama would never use a Slashdot account to keep in touch, that would be ludicrous!
Btw, how about lunch @ 12.30pm?
Re:politicians != understand IT security (Score:5, Funny)
wh.azzup@gmail.com? (Score:5, Funny)
Can anyone confirm that Mr. Azzup is a staffer? :o)
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:5, Funny)
They should just start calling gmail. (Score:1, Funny)
They should just start calling gmail, "Goverment" Mail instead of "Google" mail.
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm hoping that was irony, but on Slashdot, I know it probably wasn't. Sigh.
Re:This submission is a troll (Score:3, Funny)
Also, none of them is likely to be using the password "popcorn". They use the more secure p0pc0rn, instead.
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:0, Funny)
oh, right, almost forgot the rick roll: http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7oy4Q2Rd8&feature=related [youtube.com]
Re:Relax people (Score:2, Funny)
Typically when a Dem gets into hot water, it also has a half dozen strippers in it.
Re:wh.azzup@gmail.com? (Score:1, Funny)
He indeed is, but the first name is bakdat
as long as they archive it, there's no problem (Score:3, Funny)
The problem with Palin's Yahoo use is that it was secret, for one, and second that the emails involved govt. business but weren't recorded anywhere. So, as long as the mails sent and received using Gmail are subsequently archived somewhere, there's no problem. Whether they will be? Who knows.
Re:Who really cares? (Score:3, Funny)
I agree - these Obama stories are pretty stupid. I'm proposing the tag 'obamagasm' for stories like this in the future.
Re:Why would Bush have anything to hide? (Score:5, Funny)
Why would Bush have anything to hide? Only criminals require privacy.
Congratulations, you've reached a level of irony we thought to be unattainable.
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:5, Funny)
No I haven't, is it pants?
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot.... where naivete meets rampant paranoia and cynicism.
Re:wh.azzup@gmail.com? (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, but he's busy watching the game, having a Bud.
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:1, Funny)
I'm sorry about your guy not winning.
Re:That thing that just went over your head... (Score:5, Funny)
"I wonder what kind of ads showed up next to White House emails concerning political appointments?"
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Anyone who didn't see that one coming from a million miles away deserves a shot in the balls.
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:4, Funny)
How is this funny? It's more informative. It's highlighting the doublestandard that exists on this site for Bush v. Obama, or more generally Republicans v. Democrats.
Look at the article -- the Republicans use Yahoo!, the Democrats use Google. Of course /. comes out in favour of the Democrats when there's such a clear and significant issue dividing them!
By the way, isn't a majority endorsing the Democrat position an accurate reflection of opinion in the USA as a whole? Maybe they should put it to a vote or something to find out.
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:3, Funny)
Why should I trust politifact.com? They can't even add! (7+1+14+488=500? Not when I went to school!)
Apparently, you missed the meaning of the word "about" in school too.
"PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made..."
Re:Am I missing something? (Score:1, Funny)
No I haven't, is it pants?
Is the earth flat?