Second day in a row now that I receive an email from the Bush campaign trying to use Reagan's death to generate Web hits to the campaign Web site. Yesterday it was to read Reagan's speeches on the campaign site home page - that was totally devoted to a Reagan memorial - and today they're soliciting and posting messages from well-wishers "remembering" Reagan. ("Conveniently" at the bottom of the messages is a nice little box for you to join the campaign email list.)
This is totally inappropriate. The RNC, or even the White House, is within their rights to set up an online condolence page honoring Reagan's memory. But to do all of this on the Bush campaign Web site PER SE smacks of using Reagan's death as campaign fodder BECAUSE IT'S THE BUSH CAMPAIGN SITE. These guys are going to milk Reagan's death for everything it's worth.
Here's the email I received today:
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Bush again uses Reagan's death to promote campaign Web site
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