A donor to the Barack Obama presidential campaign forwarded an email from the Democratic candidate offering very special early notification when Obama picks his running mate. Obama even offered to text the guy's phone with the news just as soon as it's decided. "You have helped build this movement from the bottom up, and Barack wants you to be the first to know his choice," the campaign wrote. Only problem? Obama is saying the same exact thing to random strangers on his website. He's probably just trying to build a big email list to spam/telemarket for donations, which is predictable, but also NOT change we can believe it, damn it. Full email and blown-up spam form (picture, left) after the jump.

Barack Obama is about to make one of the most important decisions of this campaign — choosing a running mate.



You have helped build this movement from the bottom up, and Barack wants you to be the first to know his choice.



Sign up today to be the first to know:



http://my.barackobama.com/vp



You will receive an email the moment Barack makes his decision, or you can text VP to 62262 to receive a text message on your mobile phone.