After two bogus ‘petitions’ being used as a campaign ploy to get more data in campaign databases (by Karen Handel and John Oxendine), I finally get an email that is both a fundraising email AND a campaign database scheme – but doesn’t involve some ‘petition’ whose actual statement you never see.
This one comes from State Senator Eric Johnson (R-Savannah), who was the second highest fundraiser in the first half of this year, behind only Nathan Deal, and who I interviewed for this site back in June.
It is a ‘birthday card’ for the Senator’s 56th birthday this Thursday, and let me go ahead and say ‘Happy Birthday, Eric!’. The email also asks for some variation of 56 – such as $5.60, $56, or $560.
I’ll begrudgingly admit that any of these three tactics are politically smart moves, but I thank Senator Johnson for using something OTHER than a bogus ‘petition’, and as a token of my gratitude I’ll give him my own version of a gift: I’ll post his email here, with working links.
Oh, and an early ‘Happy Anniversary!’ to the Johnsons as well, as they will be celebrating 34 years of marriage next week.
[Read Johnson For Georgia Campaign Email]
