Just got this email — in my city email inbox, mind you — from my uwanted friends at the SEIU:

Dear Friend,

Earlier this week the SEIU New Media team wrote to you about what our union is doing online to help get Barack Obama elected President of the United States.

Over 25,000 people have watched our online ad or signed up to volunteer before the election … and after.

Today I want to turn the focus back to you, our members and supporters.

SEIU is organizing Get Out The Vote canvasses in swing states across America this weekend and every weekend between now and the election.

Will you volunteer your time to talk to undecided voters about why we need to elect Barack Obama on November 4th?

seiu.org/gotv

I know not all of you live in swing states or can’t take the time to travel to volunteer, so we’ve built an online calling program that lets you talk to undecided health care workers from home.

Healthcare is an important issue in this election and polling shows that healthcare workers are a critical voting block that we need to reach.

The simple act of picking up the phone or knocking on a door to talk to an undecided voter will ensure we elect a pro-working family administration this November.

We need your energy to win this election – will you take action today?

seiu.org/gotv

We can do this together.

In Solidarity,

Andy Stern

Go fuck your solidarity, Andy. This is spam.

PAID FOR BY SEIU. WWW.SEIU.ORG. THIS COMMUNICATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE’S COMMITTEE.

SEIU
1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

This should be considered an in-kind donation by the SEIU to Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. Failure to report it as such, I’m quite sure, is a violation.

Not that we’ll hear anything about such in the press, will we?