Ghoulish Indeed

Daily Kos has the story, so you've probably seen it, but gawddamn nonetheless:

The parents of Terri Schiavo have authorized a conservative direct-mailing firm to sell a list of their financial supporters, making it likely that thousands of strangers moved by her plight will receive a steady stream of solicitations from anti-abortion and conservative groups.

"These compassionate pro-lifers donated toward Bob Schindler's legal battle to keep Terri's estranged husband from removing the feeding tube from Terri," says a description of the list on the Web site of the firm, Response Unlimited, which is asking $150 a month for 6,000 names and $500 a month for 4,000 e-mail addresses of people who responded last month to an e-mail plea from Ms. Schiavo's father. "These individuals are passionate about the way they value human life, adamantly oppose euthanasia and are pro-life in every sense of the word!"

Lends a whole new meaning to the term Schindler's List. Geez, I wonder what they'll do next? How about marketing Terri's Iced Tea (Warning: do not drink this product more than 14 times a day)? Or Schiavo Headache Powders? (all proceeds directed to Randall Terry). And, yeah, I guess I'm going to hell for this one--wonder if the Schindlers will be there too, given their crass opportunism: Terry Schiavo's Produce--keeps longer than ordinary vegetables.