A while back I signed up for every presidential candidate’s email list, and have since been flooded by email after email asking for money and everything else the campaigns think people should see.

Unique among the candidates is Mitt Romney’s sign up page, which offers the widest array of what I guess you can call “sub-groups” of special interests, including:

• African Americans
• Catholics
• Faith & Values
• Farm & Ranch
• High Tech
• Hispanics
• Jewish
• Law Enforcement
• Tax Cutters [ed: wtf is a tax cutter?]
• Veterans
• Women
• Students

I signed up for every single one. It’s not clear how they’re using these special interests, because I certainly haven’t got any “Farm & Ranch” emails. I have received an email invitation to Students for Romney; however, these groups could be used to suppress recipients of certain emails. (I’ll leave that up to the imagination of how that would work.)

But to the title of this post: I have received two emails to the Jewish-focused list. The first was sent for Rosh Hashanah:

As we approach the Jewish New Year, Ann and I wish you and your family a happy and healthy Rosh Hashanah. We hope with this new year that encouraging new strides are made to reach lasting peace and security for all Americans, as well as comfort for Jewish communities around the world. [...]

I am sure that you agree that it is crucial that the United States remain a steadfast friend and ally of the State of Israel, the eternal homeland of the Jewish people, which stands as a true example of democracy in the Middle East and a force on the side of Western values and virtues in the global war against terrorism. [...]

L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu,

Mitt

The second came tonight (from Romney for President, but the email is signed by former US Ambassador Mel Sembler), and is really kind of scary.

Subject: Romney Stands Against Iran

To my fellow members of the Jewish Community, I feel compelled to update you on the recent action taken by Governor Mitt Romney. Governor Romney is a strong advocate for Israel and in turn, he considers one of the greatest challenges we face to be defeating radical Jihadists. Further, Governor Romney believes Iran’s regime under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has stated that Israel must be wiped off the map is at the heart of this challenge – a threat to Israel, the Middle East and ultimately the world.

President Ahmadinejad has been invited to address the UN General Assembly. Outraged by this invitation, Governor Romney wrote a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urging him to revoke any invitation to President Ahmadinejad to address the UN General Assembly and instead hand him an indictment under the Genocide Convention.

[...] If the United Nations allows this address, Governor Romney wrote that “the United States must reconsider its level of support and funding for the United Nations as we look to rebuild and revitalize effective international partnerships to meet 21st century threats.”

Forgetting that there is an actual genocide happening and not a hypothetical one, all of this Republican chest-thumping about Iran is just insane! Our army is so overextended and the Republicans won’t even support letting them come home to rest!

Ugh. I’ll continue to monitor all the candidates’ emails for more micro-targetting and other stuff. I wanted to share this with the world in case you don’t see all of this that the candidates are sending to their ‘supporters.’