John Edwards is a Sleazebag

When Elizabeth Edwards announced her cancer had returned a couple weeks back, there was a widespread outpouring of sympathy for her and her family, but also the hope her husband wasn't using the news to garner sympathy for his campaign.

Well, now it appears he's been trying to cash in on the news.

Democratic White House hopeful John Edwards' team has been collecting e-mail addresses from supporters who've sent his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, notes - and using them for fund-raising requests, aides acknowledged yesterday.

The link on Edwards' campaign Web site invites people to "send a note to Elizabeth and John" and features a sad letter from the former senator penned just after the couple found out her breast cancer had spread and is now incurable.

But people who've been sending such well wishes have been hit with e-mail solicitations from Team Edwards, asking for donations just as all candidates are looking to post big online fund-raising numbers.

Maybe he'll try and blame it on his campaign manager, the lowlife David Bonior.

Either way, this is incredibly sleazy, but not altogether unsurprising.

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