On Friday, we told you about Specter For The Cure–a website that appeared at first blush to be a fundraising hub for the fight against cancer, but was in fact a fundraising hub for the re-election of Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA).
The site still serves that purpose, but, as Adam Green noted over the weekend, it’s now more explicit about its real aims:
In 2010, Arlen Specter will seek re-election to the United States Senate. With his unsurpassed record of support for medical research, helping to return Senator Specter to the Senate is a powerful statement on behalf of those suffering with disease. The purpose of this web site is to encourage support for Senator Specter’s mission to improve America’s health by helping assure Senator Specter’s re-election….
Become a member, today, of Specter for the Cure. Please contribute to Senator Specter’s re-election Committee – Citizens for Arlen Specter. All contributions, of any amount, will be gratefully welcomed. Those who sign up to donate $10 each month for ten months, will receive members only information on the Senator’s effort to transform medical research and accelerate cures.
Cancer may have been a bridge too far, but we’ll be on the lookout for new Specter initiatives, like, perhaps, Specter For Orphaned Puppies, on the off chance that something like that surfaces.
