We received an email forwarded from a Republican friend who is subscribed to the 10th CD Republican email list. Our alarmed friend wondered how John Whitbeck obtained his email address, since he never subscribed to Whitbeck’s email list. John Whitbeck is the Chairman of the 10th CD Republican Committee.

I believe the answer is simple. Mr. Whitbeck stole the list, which is not his personal property, and used it for his campaign. This belief is conjecture. The committee may have given the list to both candidates, and to Joe May for that matter, but we know how these things work. These lists are golden and they are heavily guarded.

The committee can do what it pleases about the alleged theft. My question is, what do you suppose the value of that list is? The email was sent on December 5. The GOP mass meeting is December 16. Can Ron Meyer, Whitbeck’s opponent, compile a comparable email list in time to counter the outreach? I don’t think so.

The email list is priceless.

Do you think the list will appear in either John Whitbeck’s or the 10th CD’s campaign finance report as an in-kind?

Is the list a reportable in-kind?

By the way, have you ever seen a copyright notice on a political mailing? What, exactly, is copyrightable about a political mailing? What would constitute a copyright violation?

Maybe John Whitbeck should copyright his anti-Jewish joke.