Hat tip to Keith Koffler, the White House Dossier on this one. As is usual for our Campaigner in Chief, his team took full advantage of Veteran’s Day to build their campaign email list.
The Obama campaign is using veterans to grow its email list, placing on its website an offer to let people thank veterans for their service as long as they enter their name, email address, and zip code.
The campaign employs its email list to contact supporters and potential supporters and marshal them in various campaign efforts. Getting the zip code is also important because the efforts, including door to door canvassing, are highly localized.
The note abuts a form into which you can place your “personal note of thanks.” The note is not a required field, but the email address, first and last name, and zip code are.
In my humble but accurate opinion…
This seems to be the trend for the Obama campaign, use every, single opportunity to win and win at all costs. We’ve seen it with his recent initiatives for Veteran’s employment, his so-called American Jobs Act and his most recent decision to stall the Keystone Pipeline until… coincidentally after 2012.
This is a shameful display of how little this President respects and honors troops, not to mention those he swindled into giving their contact information.
Keith also noted that all Republican candidates simply featured thank you notes to Veterans, complete without email sign-up.
