Comments on: Greenwald On Ron Paul http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:08:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: brendon http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8096 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:29:21 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8096 A <a href="http://www.pir.org/Search/WhoisSearchResults.aspx?txtWhoIsSearch=domain+MITTROMNEY.ORG" rel="nofollow">Whois search</a> for mittromney.org might answer some questions. The domain was registered on 25 February, 2002. The domain registration was last updated on 16 March, 2007. It is supposedly registered by a company named "Strategery Media." If you try to access the company's second name server, ns2.strategerymedia.net, you are redirected to robertfkennedyjr.com. My guess is that mittromeny.org was created when Romney was running for governor of Massachusetts, either as his official site or as an anti-Romney site. Either Romney and his people let the registration lapse and it was picked up by one of Ron Paul's more liberal supporters, or the people running it decided to back Ron Paul and thus simple had the domain redirect to the official Ron Paul site. A Whois search for mittromney.org might answer some questions.

The domain was registered on 25 February, 2002. The domain registration was last updated on 16 March, 2007. It is supposedly registered by a company named “Strategery Media.” If you try to access the company’s second name server, ns2.strategerymedia.net, you are redirected to robertfkennedyjr.com.

My guess is that mittromeny.org was created when Romney was running for governor of Massachusetts, either as his official site or as an anti-Romney site. Either Romney and his people let the registration lapse and it was picked up by one of Ron Paul’s more liberal supporters, or the people running it decided to back Ron Paul and thus simple had the domain redirect to the official Ron Paul site.

]]> by: Howard J. Harrison http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8095 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:09:56 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8095 Well, Daniel, that is about what I figured. Dr. Paul transparently has too much class to have encouraged or authorized a stunt like this. It's a big country; no candidate can answer for what some two-bit agitator might try. I just thought that if anyone happened to be acquainted with the facts of the case, you might be, since you usually seem pretty well informed. Thanks anyway. Well, Daniel, that is about what I figured. Dr. Paul transparently has too much class to have encouraged or authorized a stunt like this. It’s a big country; no candidate can answer for what some two-bit agitator might try. I just thought that if anyone happened to be acquainted with the facts of the case, you might be, since you usually seem pretty well informed. Thanks anyway.

]]> by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8093 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:54:24 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8093 I don't know how it happened, but Romney's official site is mittromney.com. If mittromney.org was also an actual Romney-supporting site that has been hacked, whoever did it is either a very stupid Paul supporter or someone who wants to make it look as if a Paul supporter did it, but I don't know whether mittromney.org was an active pro-Romney site or just a name. It may simply be the case that mittromney.org was an available site that the Romney campaign failed to grab for itself, so whoever did gain control of it decided to redirect visitors to Paul's site. I would be glad to explain it if I knew anything definite. I don’t know how it happened, but Romney’s official site is mittromney.com. If mittromney.org was also an actual Romney-supporting site that has been hacked, whoever did it is either a very stupid Paul supporter or someone who wants to make it look as if a Paul supporter did it, but I don’t know whether mittromney.org was an active pro-Romney site or just a name. It may simply be the case that mittromney.org was an available site that the Romney campaign failed to grab for itself, so whoever did gain control of it decided to redirect visitors to Paul’s site. I would be glad to explain it if I knew anything definite.

]]> by: Howard J. Harrison http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8092 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:07:44 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/11/12/greenwald-on-ron-paul/#comment-8092 If you know how it has come to pass that an Internet visitor to mittromney.org finds himself highjacked and redirected to ronpaul2008.com, would you tell us? If you know how it has come to pass that an Internet visitor to mittromney.org finds himself highjacked and redirected to ronpaul2008.com, would you tell us?

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