OUCH!
The Washington ComPOST weigh in with THEIR spin, in the excerpt from the FULL TEXT at Bill Simon's Online Bid For Governor Backfires:
A dark cloud seems to be dogging Bill Simon, the California GOP nominee for governor. Already beset with questions about his business dealings and campaign acumen, Simon now is threatened with a possible lawsuit by -- of all groups -- the Internet company eBay.
The company says the Simon campaign's new Web site -- E-Gray.com -- may violate trademarks it holds on its online auction site, and it's contemplating legal action. The site, launched last week, is modeled after eBay but it parodies Democratic Gov. Gray Davis's prodigious fundraising and alleged tendency to favor big donors...
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Their SPIN CYCLE is on "maximum," but playing this as a negative for SIMON (!) will not fly. :o)
Bill Simon's campaign could be in trouble over a web site that takes potshots at Governor Gray Davis. It's called eGray, and the online auction site eBay isn't too happy about it.
