Taking Advantage

This article gave me a new perspective on Kerry's call for Rumsfeld to resign. I never agreed with Kerry on this and I thought it was an icky political stunt, but this is worse than I thought. Perhaps it was an error in judgment, perhaps they didn't stop to think of the connection that would be made. But really, if that is the case then they need to apologize to those that reveived the email and make a public apology to the victims of the prisoner abuse scandal. And by the reply made to the accusations, it does not seem that the connection was unintentional. Here's an excerpt from The Washington Times article:

In addition to allowing recipients to sign a petition demanding that Mr. Rumsfeld resign, the e-mail also permitted recipients to donate cash online.
Asked if the campaign was concerned about linking fund raising to the prisoner-abuse scandal, spokesman Chad Clanton initially said there was no mention of raising money in the e-mail.
After he was sent a copy of the e-mail with the fund-raising pitch, Mr. Clanton replied: "John Kerry has made it clear that our men and women in uniform deserve a Commander in Chief that takes responsibility for the bad as well as the good. The bottom line is: We need more than just a new Secretary of Defense. We need a new president."