POLITICAL E-MAIL: PROTECTED SPEECH OR UNWELCOME SPAM?

There's this entire branch of "protected" speech called 'political'. This form of speech is not regulated, doesn't apply to the FTC Do-Not-Call registry, does not apply to decency or moral standards - meaning they can legally lie, mislead, misinform; it's a multi-billion dollar industry filled with circular logic, bubbles of distorted reality and it wants in on your e-mail and once there it's persistent sharing your address with political lists. I can't think of any spam more unwelcome that the political. Once ingrained on your system you will be target for chain e-mails, they will find you snail mail address and your phone number which then begins solicitation's asking for political donations. It's all a business, legally protected and the most unwelcome intrusion of any... but that's politics, it's business with self imposed, self supporting rules that wouldn't fly in the real world.