What the hell? (Barack Obama -> Ron Paul?)

[slick8790]

Apologies for the subject, but this really weirded me out. Type in "http://barackobama2008.com" in to your web browser. It redirects to Ron Paul's website! What the fuck? Why would he be buying up domain names like that? Is he that desperate for attention?

[H2O Man]

1. "desperate"

[gateley]

2. Same thing for Biden. It's worse for those who have dropped out, like Edwards,

Dennis and Biden -- their supporters might think their candidate is endorsing Paul!

[slick8790]

3. Yikes...

joebiden2008.com goes to Romney's site.

[gateley]

10. Well, maybe Biden should be flattered that two R's bought domain names. It's

www.biden08.com that brings you to Ron Paul's page.

[democracyindanger]

4. I'd bet it wasn't his campaign but some Paulbot

that did it. There's a whole bunch of crap, from the Ron Paul Blimp to Ron Paul Racing, that's generated by Paulbots and not his campaign.

[democracyindanger]

7. more

whois.org info:

Registrant:
glenn lafaye
82-25 260 street
floral park, New York 11004
United States

and a snippet from a nyt story on campaign domains:

"Hours after seeing Mr. Obama, then an Illinois state senator, deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Glenn LaFaye of Floral Park, N.Y., snapped up barackobama2008.com."

http://www.stevefriess.com/archive/nytimes/domains.htm

[DJ13]

5. It looks like some Paul supporters hacked Obama's website

You should write an email to a newsgroup letting them know.

[slick8790]

6. Well it's not hacking.

Just sorta unethical for the Paul campaign to have a site name barackobama2008.com redirect to their site. but who expects ethics out of republicans, anyway?

[aquart]

9. Right. They bought the domain name.

[featherman]

8. Common practice ...

[Kittycat]

11. Hucklenut has to raise campaign funds some how.