I received the following e-mail from the McCain camp which was a rather heavy sales pitch:

JohnMcCain.com

Summer is officially here and I don’t know about you, but to me summer has always
been a time to enjoy outdoor activities with friends and family. No matter what your
summer activities may include, I’m sure you’ll want to stand out from the crowd as a
John McCain supporter.

One way you can stand out is with the official McCain 2008 polo shirt with a
generous donation today of $100 or more. With a donation of $150 or more, we’ll send
you two polo shirts.

As supporters of John McCain we know that he is the right man to lead our nation as
we face tough challenges. Now is the time to stand with the Senator and show our
support for him. We know that John McCain is the right man to reduce wasteful
spending in Washington, serve as our Commander in Chief and fight for our common
sense conservative values in the White House. As his team of supporters, it is our
job to ensure he gets to the White House.

Folks, we are only ten days away from our next important campaign deadline. June
30th marks the end of the second quarter and our campaign will be filing our
financial statement with the FEC. Your immediate help is needed to meet our goal
during these final ten days.

Remember that each donation you make, no matter if it is $100 or $1,000, will go
toward helping us reach our goal of raising $3 million by June 30th. And with your
contribution of $100 or more today, we will send you an official McCain 2008 polo
shirt.

Sincerely,

Terry Nelson
Campaign Manager

P.S. Summer is here and what better way to show your support for John McCain than
with the McCain 2008 polo shirt. If you make a contribution of $100 or more today we
will send you the official polo shirt. We’re only ten days away from our next big
campaign financial deadline and we need your support to reach our goal of $3 million
by June 30th. Join us today! Thank you.

Beyond the expense of a $100 polo shirt using the P.S. to pretty much write exactly what you said in the letter is kind of odd. Perhaps it will work but it is a bit, I don’t know, tacky if you ask me. Just my opinion but it just screams of a Public Television pitch.

P.S. Wonkette also wrote about it. (Perhaps I will throw P.S. onto everything myself.