Okay, I've received my latest piece of creepy spam. Not silliness like penis enlargement or Russian farm sluts, or things like Colonel Mukti in Nigeria wanting to send me 50 mil, but spam from people who I have to take seriously. Sort of.

I'm talking about the Republican Party.

You see, about six years ago, someone set up a website at www.dole96.com that said "Dole For Pineapple--Not for President." Viagra and Pepsi commercials aside, I'd almost rather have Dole in office than the current guy, despite the fact that Dole took over the parody site, either by suing or buying them out, then proceeded to use porn-spammer tactics to gather email addresses. And send campaign literature.

Once his political carreer crashed in flames, he willed that list to the Republican Party. Who've been spamming me since.

I know, I could simply ask them to take me off the list, but it's more amusing to get the ads for the George W. Bush mousepads (I kid you not) than to bother with an unsubscribe.

Now they're asking their supporters to spam newspaper editors with letters of support for Bush's economic package. Yes, that's right--they're making a concerted effort to skew the press. And they somehow don't grasp the fact that newspaper editors will likely get a copy of this email.

Right now I'm thinking that Colonel Mukti's economic package is more attractive. Or at least more believable.

Hmm, I wonder if Bob Dole sold my address to Colonel Mukti too.