Fitting Tribute Or Underhanded Attack?

I want to go off topic for a little bit and point out something that’s happening over in West Virginia. If you haven’t already heard, former Republican WV Governor Cecil Underwood died a few days ago.

Well for the last few months, a guy named Vic Sprouse (a former Republican WV state senator) has added me to his email list and spams my inbox with conservative commentary every couple of weeks.

Now to tie all of this together, below is an email that Vic sent out around 2 A.M. this morning.

I miss Cecil already Posted: 24 Nov 2008

In the depth of his loss in 2000 to an underhanded campaign by Bob Wise, to being beat every day on local talk radio and in the Gazette, to having someone he admired and considered a friend knife him in the back, to losing one of the closest races in the state’s history…  that night on a night he could easily have felt sorry for himself, he only cared about me.  At least, he made me feel that way.

I miss Cecil already.

Is this a fitting tribute to a friend, or just a cheap shot at political opponents?