Help the people of Connecticut by donating to Obama!

As if using the tragedy at Sandy Hook to berate Republicans for "partisan politics" is not enough, using the death of children to raise money for himself is despicable.


In email from chief campaign advisor David Axelrod that urges supporters to watch President Obama's moving address to the community of Newtown, Conn., there are two links that open a page with a video player featuring the president's speech and two donate buttons asking for $15-$1,000 for his campaign.

"The next chapter begins today. Stand with President Obama for the next four years," headlines the donation and video player page.

While he links to the donation pages in his email, Axelrod did not mention donations with his words. Instead, he expresses the horror the nation feels about the shootings. "Our hearts broke on Friday as we learned of the tragic and senseless deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut," he wrote. "As we reflect on the lives lost last week, we must also, as the president urged, consider how each of us can play a part in making our country worthy of the memory of those little children."

But above and below a picture of Obama giving his speech are two links to the donation and video player page. One reads, "Watch this speech." The other reads "http://my.barackobama.com/Newton". Clicking the picture also directs supporters to the video player and donation page.

So "playing a part" in this tragedy means giving money to Obama.  I went to "http://my.barackobama.com/Newton" and it seems they have taken the page down, instead replacing it with a picture of this doofus of a pizza delivery man:

I loathe everything that man stands for and his actions.