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What better way to honor the Gipper than to use his e-mail service?

Last year, in his father’s memory, Reagan’s son Michael launched an email service to end the monopoly of left-wing Internet companies. His charge was simple: “Every time you use your e-mail from companies like Google, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Apple and others, you are helping liberals,” Reagan wrote at the time. “These companies are, and will continue, to be huge supporters financially and with technology of those that are hurting our country.” For only a small $39.95 annual fee, conservatives around the country could purchase an @Reagan.com email address, and rest easy knowing their money was going only toward conservative causes.

Skeptical? Check this out:

And Reagan has a lot to sell potential investors on. Apart from the roughly 4,000 accounts already sold—at an astonishing $40 each—the rate of growth is increasing, Reagan boasts. “There was like 5 [sold] yesterday,” he says. “It’s like three or four or five a day—they just keep on trickling in.” Reagan also describes to me the innovative features of Reagan.com: “We got the calendar. We got everything going for it. Our search engine—I think we have the only search engine that gives you both [results from] the left and the right.”

We’re wondering if anyone’s registered barackobama@reagan.com for the obvious trolling opportunity.

Sure, for $39.95 a year, you could do that. Or for free, you can just use Gmail and not let a son capitalize on his dad’s name in the crassest way possible.

Whattadouche. Ron Reagan (the younger, son to Ronald, this dude’s brother apparently) was on the Daily Show a while back, seems like a pretty chill dude. Totally opposite of his father on the political spectrum. Let’s pay more attention to him and less to this jerkoff.