Political spam! Bots have opinions too!

[sincere]

Random IM from a stranger.

FreedSalmon: What do you think of Barack Obama winning the Democratic nomination?

Well, I normally don't reply to strangers who just barge in and ask my opinions, but I am very opinionated and happy to share my political beliefs, so I answer,

me: I'm very excited for it, I think he's an intelligent man and will be a responsible leader.

FreedSalmon: :-) working today?

So I find this odd, and I google, expecting to find that, like, maybe this is the AIM nick of someone I didn't know I knew, or a friend who had changed his/her AIM nick. But I discover that this is a bot, who has been known to say things like this:

FreedSalmon: Barack Hussein Obama is a documented Christian. He goes to church, and he prays to the Christian god. Do you really want that kind of person in the white house? Vote for Hillary Clinton, the one with experience. Pass this message on.

Do you want Christians in the White House?! Vote for Hillary, she's a heathen. XD Oh man, cracking me up.

Comments

[slayerofgod.livejournal.com]

Obama/Nomination is my OTP, man.

That aside, who the hell programmed that bot? Besides what you mentioned, what the hell does experience have to do with Obama being a documented Christian? XD

[kay-willow.livejournal.com]

Have you heard the rumor that Nomination may be pregnant?! (http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/06/03/bwe-exclusive-obama-canoodles-democratic-nomination/)

I can't get over it. XD

[katwalkchan.livejournal.com]

wait wut



i am confused

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

Well that's a first. People usually accuse him of being a Muslim.

How dare we allow a Christian to even dream of becoming president. Why, when that happens, they might start thinking they run the country, and their more radical members could start overrunning one of our two major political parties....

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

....D:

At least they didn't repeat the piece-of-crap rumor about him "being a Muslim..."

[gatafairy.livejournal.com]

That's hysterical. XD; Oh noes, Christians!

[vicious-lullaby.livejournal.com]

Bahaha, I got a SalmonBot messaging me today too with the exact same message. XD;;

They do amuse me. :3

[furato.livejournal.com]

Wait, isn't Obama supposed to be sekritly a Muslim extremist? XD

[kay-willow.livejournal.com]

XD Some uneducated people are of that opinion, yes. Apparently the Clinton campaign distributed information to that effect, but he has and has always been a Christian.

Meanwhile, this bot goes, "He's 100% Christian. Totally Christian from head to toe. Do we want someone like that in the White House?!" I'd understand if the bot had said "Do we want a Muslim in the White House?!" but nooo, it's all, "Hey, Christians shouldn't have power! Vote for Hillary! She's Buddhist!"

[jade-fragment.livejournal.com]

Dude, I always get spammed with that "insertrandomwordhere"Salmon bot. half the time it somehow connects me to someone who looks at ME funny because they think I've IMed them first. So I automatically report IM spam whenever it pops up.

I have an unfortunate aversion to Obama that has nothing to do with his. My Ex really liked him and so I'm kind of all "erg" whenever he pops up. That said, I'm voting Democrat by default anyway, so it's not like it really mattered to me in the end who got the pick, unless they were really, REALLY awful. Personally, I'm just glad Mitt Romney never made it on the Republican side. I would have cried. A lot.

[slayerofgod.livejournal.com]

Romney never had a chance. He was so much of a douchebag that he couldn't even capture the douche vote. (http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=156319)