Deaner's Lobbing E-Mail at the Enemy

WashPost -- Dean Defense Forces is a volunteer outfit affiliated with the doctor's campaign. Day after day, the DDF Web log, which is linked to Dean's official site, hammers reporters deemed critical of Dean and urges its followers to flood the in-boxes of offending journalists.

"When negative press gets written, we'll ensure that letters to the editor get printed in response. . . . The last couple of months have proven the effectiveness of our efforts at media response," the DDF says.

"We just want to make sure he gets better treatment by the press than Al Gore did in 2000."