Posted on 04/04/2007 9:02:00 AM PDT by Dirtysnowbank
Edwards Provides Lesson in E-Campaigning 101
When you visit the John Edwards for President Web site, you're invited to send a sympathy note to the Edwardses. And tens of thousands of well wishers have done so since that heart-wrenching news conference two weeks ago at which Elizabeth Edwards courageously discussed her incurable cancer.
What those well wishers get in return -- e-mail messages soliciting contributions to Edwards's campaign. Visitors to the Edwards site who choose to "send a note to Elizabeth and John" are first taken to a heartfelt letter from the candidate that was written the day after he learned that his wife's cancer had returned.
Edwards thanks readers for their "prayers and wishes," vows that he and Elizabeth will "keep a positive attitude always look for the silver lining" and declares that "our campaign goes on and it goes on strongly."
Anyone who then chooses to send a note of sympathy to the Edwardses -- and, thus, provide his or her e-mail address -- automatically becomes part of the Edwards campaign's online e-mail database, a list that is crucial to any campaign's ability to raise vast amounts of money over the Internet.
If you sent a note to the Edwardses before the critical March 31 end-of-the-quarter fundraising deadline, you would have received frantic e-mail solicitations from the campaign, such as the one on March 28 from Edwards campaign manager David Bonior titled, "96 hours to show substance works." The solicitation asked for "$25, $50 or any amount you can afford to give."
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Shameless.
I wish I could say I’m shocked, but I’m not. Prayers for Mrs. Edwards, yes. Prayers for John Edward’s campaign? NOT.
I take back everything I was thinking when people called their press conference about Elizabeth’s cancer “cynical, for the publicity” etc. They were right. Why did I think an ambulance chasing lawyer Democrat candidate would pass the oopportunity to turn his wife’s terminal cancer into campaign cash? Silly me.
As I’ve said previously to all the naysayers who said John Edwards would never try to profit from Elizabeth’s cancer, leopards cannot change their spots.....
This is LOW.
Wife's cancer=$
Look for one of his kids to get some kind of illness soon.
well, send them a couple pounds of expired discount coupons from yesteryear newspapers - and preferably in a postage-prepaid envelope.
Low — but completely in character.
More proof that trial lawyers cannot sell their souls - because they have no inventory.
Edwards is still an Ambulance Chaser. Now it’s his wife in the ambulance. Sick, but typical.
I think we should send her a card. Isn’t that the christian thing to do?
“..Edwardses...” Is that anything like the Smithses?
I pray myself.
God won't ask for money...
John Edward’s campaign is irrelevant, so who cares how he runs it?
A Republican's personal issues are treated exactly the opposite. They are either to be ignored or treated as a defect.
Tacky
Why is this a story? Ambulance-chasing shyster Edwards has spent his whole life profiting off the disease and misfortune of others.
This is a non-issue IMHO. The mistake was offering a link for condolences on a campaign website. The campaign website's goal is to get the message out and collect money. Anything added to the site gets caught in the "message and money" mission.
Stupid? Yes.
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