Here is an interesting one.

A reader contacted me a few days ago saying that I had responded to an email from him that he had never sent.

I’m saying to my self, what in the hell is this about, so I decided to contact him and get his side of the story.

I removed his private info to protect his identify.

Apparently he received this email from Senator Cornyns office

Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:18:38 -0500
From: donotreply@cornyn.senate.gov
To:
Subject: Your Message To Senator Cornyn

Dear Jerome,

Thank you for contacting my offices. Your correspondence has been received, and we will respond to you as quickly as possible. A copy of your message is attached below for your records.

If you need immediate assistance regarding an urgent problem you are experiencing with the federal government, visit the “Help With Federal Agencies” section of the website for details on how to proceed so that your difficulties are brought to my attention as soon as possible.

If you are seeking information or services from my offices that are NOT related to my Legislative duties, please visit my “Services For Texans” section for more information.

Warmest Regards,
U.S. Senator John Cornyn

Now the Senator’s office is responding to this email

Your Message:
Health
Jerome

03 November 2009

The Honorable John Cornyn
United States Senate
517 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4302

Re: A Government Health Plan Takes Away My Choice

Dear Senator Cornyn:

As your constituent, I am writing to request that you oppose a new government plan proposed by some in Congress. I am concerned that a government plan would quickly become the only option for health coverage.

Over 160 million Americans like me rely on employer-provided health insurance, and creation of a new government plan would cause me to lose my coverage. I recently read about a new study that found over 100 million Americans would be shifted into the government plan. Private premiums would go through the roof because of government cost-shifting. If private health insurance becomes unaffordable for most Americans, the end result is actually less choice in coverage.

Please vote to let me keep having a choice in my healthcare coverage. Oppose a government-run system. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Respectfully,

Jerome

Being an out of work software guy I recognize that it wouldn’t be that difficult to write a program and loop through a mailing list that you had bought and send a message to each senator showing that it came from each person on the list.

Not sure if that is what was done here, but if it is, somebody will recognize the text of the above email and I sure would like to hear from them so that we can put the name of the person stooping to this level front and center.

Posted on November 9th, 2009 by vbierschwale
Filed under: Wall of Shame