Trying Hard to Support Both Campaigns as Much as I Support Both Candidates

I am totally getting spammed by the Obama campaign since my donation. Here is my exchange with them. Their fund-raising drivel comes first, followed by my response (this message is annoying for a million reasons, not the least of which is it kind of implies that I didn't just donate money to this campaign a couple of days ago):

"On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:33 PM, David Plouffe, BarackObama.com <info@barackobama.com> wrote:
Andrew --
Even Karl Rove had to admit yesterday that the McCain campaign's lies and negative attacks have gone "too far."
John McCain is running the most negative and dishonest campaign in modern presidential history. He has demonstrated that he'd rather lose his integrity than lose this election.
It's right out of the Bush-Rove playbook. Unfortunately, as Karl Rove knows better than anyone, these shameful tactics have worked in the past.
This year, we can't let that happen.
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The culture of corruption and dishonesty that has hurt America so badly the last eight years is playing an even larger role in McCain's campaign.
Just this past week, John McCain hired a Washington super-lobbyist to fill positions in a potential McCain-Palin White House. At least 177 lobbyists have been on McCain's campaign staff, and apparently he hopes to run the White House the same way.
Also this week, the McCain campaign continued to repeat a number of outrageous lies, even after watchdogs in the media called them "shamelessly misleading," "thoroughly dishonest," and "a toxic mix of lies and double-speak."
They also lied about the crowd size at one of their rallies -- reporting 23,000 attendees when there were only 8,000.
McCain's campaign -- run on lobbyists and lies -- is no match for this unprecedented grassroots movement. More than 2,500,000 people have stepped up to own a piece of this campaign.
But if we want change, we must continue to grow this movement and put an end to these dishonorable political tactics. And we have just 50 days left to do it.
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Thanks for all you do,
David
David PlouffeCampaign ManagerObama for America

Mr. Plouffe,

I donated to the Obama campaign because I like Sen. Obama. I also like Sen. McCain. Sending this kind of faux muckraking stuff to me doesn't make me hate Sen. McCain or like Sen. Obama better - it confirms what I already thought, which is that both campaigns are engaged in exactly the same kind of negativity.

I donated $25 to the McCain campaign and $25 to the Obama campaign. I haven't yet decided whether to donate any more to either. But you are unlikely to get any more from me by saying, "he did it first, neener neener, give us money." Despite how mind-numbingly immature both sides' campaigns appear at times to be (evidenced by emails like the one from you to which I'm replying), I still feel that we, as Americans, have two great candidates this time. Telling me that one of my heroes (Obama) is "great" by disparaging another of my heroes (McCain) isn't exactly the way to win my vote, either.

Regards,
Andrew Barkett
Technical Program Manager, Google, Inc.
Sr. Management Consultant, TAOS Mountain Inc.
Sr. Management Consultant, NVIDIA Inc.
Member, Bay Area Council

PS I reserve the right to post your original solicitation email and my reply on my various blogs and other media outlets to which I have access.