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By: Outside the Perimeter: Copeland’s Bad Week « kavips

Outside the Perimeter: Copeland’s Bad Week « kavips — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:21:28 +0000

[...] have some fun with the “Inversion of Website Domain Controversy” …….Delaware Liberal lambastes the News Journal’s reporting skills at their labeling the switch a “mix up” One should ‘mix-up” the domains of [...]

By: nemski

nemski — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:52:09 +0000

DD, why The Craptactular News Journal?

The News Journal reported on this as news, but Denn laughed it off. A better headline would have been The Great Crapland Internet-gate.

By: nemski

nemski — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:49:41 +0000

“It’s important to make sure that you keep a sense of scale about the political process,” Copeland said.

We need a scale to figure out who the bigger douche bag is. Oh wait, no we don’t. You win Mr. Copeland.

By: cassandra_m

cassandra_m — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:36:34 +0000

I don’t know — which is the better internet strategy? A router workin’ overtime OR squatting on internet real estate?

We should ask Ron Williams to weigh in on that, I think.

By: Jason330

Jason330 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:05:18 +0000

Copeland has his ass handed to him by Denn and the NJ calls it a mix up. Without Ron Williams on his side, Charlie would probably be facing a loss of protackian proportions.

By: cassandra_m

cassandra_m — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:27:16 +0000

Personally, I think that this is the best response to this activity. Tell all of your friends!

By: Tom S.

Tom S. — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:03:04 +0000

To be fair, people grab internet real estate all the time. Look at that article on the side about how even before W had officially entered the primary to be president 39 domain names were snatched up in the hope of selling them to the campaign later.

Its never been a secret that Denn didn’t intend to stay Insurance Commissioner, his ambition is well know. This is probably someone looking to make a buck – who is going to type in Matt Denn, land on Charlie Copeland and not keep looking for Matt Denn?

By: Merkin

Merkin — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:09:12 +0000

I shall one up you Dave…..

I think Protack did it.

By: FSP

FSP — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:51:29 +0000

Why do you think it wasn’t Matt Denn’s campaign, trying to make Copeland look bad? I don’t believe that, but since everybody’s being ridiculous, I thought I would, too.

By: Que Qhe

Que Qhe — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:47:02 +0000

Still, Denn has made the dirty tricks by Copeland out to be a laughing matter, undermining their tactics.

I’m excited for this Lt. Gov.

By: Joe M

Joe M — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:40:57 +0000

mattdenn.org and mattdenn.net were both registered using a service called Domains by Proxy, which allows you to register domain names without giving personal information that could be looked up by a WHOIS search.

While there is no evidence that they were reserved by the Copeland campaign, whoever did it didn’t want anyone to get his/her name.

By: Delaware's Brilliantest Blogger

Delaware's Brilliantest Blogger — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:00:45 +0000

it really is stunning that this can’t be probed a little deeper.

Shame there isn’t an IP address that says who purchased them and when.

where is GEEK when we need him

By: Merkin

Merkin — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:37:42 +0000

I shall register http://www.smellylunchmeatkid.com and redirect it to Matt Denn. Then all will be fine.

By: delawaredem

delawaredem — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:37:25 +0000

Or if I registered http://www.newsjournal.com and directed it here, perhaps then we can all share in a laugh over the mixup.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:33:54 +0000

Hmmm… perhaps if you changed the DL banner to “The News Journal” they might get the point.