July 09, 2012 11:27 PM UTC

That's Not How E-mail Works, Danny Stroud

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• by: Colorado Pols

Quixotic CD-1 Republican challenger Danny Stroud, fresh off his win against “truck driving political neophyte” Richard Murphy, dutifully sent out a blast e-mail recently decrying the Supreme Court’s decision upholding Obamacare. He’s the token Republican running against a longtime and high-profile Democrat, of course, so what else what was he going to do?

Ignore the fact that Stroud dresses up like some country music caricature of a cowboy while campaigning in Colorado’s most hip and urban district, and you’ll realize that he included one of those QR code things in the text of his e-mail.

Wow, that’s so neat and high-tech for this digital age, isn’t it? Except that nobody is going to whip out their cell phone to take a picture of an e-mail when they could, you know, click a link with their mouse. And what happens if you opened Stroud’s e-mail on your phone? How would the QR code work then? Riddle me this, Stroud!

Stroud’s clearly not a serious candidate, but we’re sure he feels pretty politically legitimate whenever he sends e-mails like this. Oh well, maybe he deserves to have a little fun: he’s spending his own money, after all.  

We’re not including a link to Stroud’s campaign website here, so you’re going to have to use that barcode thingy if you truly “Regret DeGette.” We think Stroud deserves his money’s worth.