Posted on 09/10/2007 6:33:32 PM PDT by Josh Painter
A top adviser to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney appears to be behind today's launch of a new Web site attacking GOP presidential rival Fred Thompson.
The site, www.phoneyfred.org, paints an unflattering picture of Thompson, dubbing him: Fancy Fred, Five O'clock Fred, Flip-Flop Fred, McCain Fred, Moron Fred, Playboy Fred, Pro-Choice Fred, Son-of-a-Fred and Trial Lawyer Fred. [View an image of the Web site]
Shortly after a Washington Post reporter made inquiries about the site to the Romney campaign, the site was taken down.
Before it vanished, the front page of the website featured a picture of a regal Thompson dressed in a frilly outfit more befitting a Gilbert and Sullivan production than a presidential campaign. Under the heading, "Playboy Fred," the site asks the question: "Once a Pro-Choice Skirt Chaser, Now Standard Bearer of the Religious Right?"
Nowhere on the site does it indicate who is responsible for it. But a series of inquiries leads directly to the website of Under the Power Lines, the political consulting firm of Warren Tompkins, Romney's lead consultant in South Carolina.
The website is hosted by a company called bluehost.com, a firm based in Orem, Utah. An inquiry of that website about phoneyfred.org returns the following statement: "Domain phoneyfred.org is still attached to your politicalnetroots.com account as Addon," the site states. "For security reasons, you must remove it BEFORE you can continue. After detaching phoneyfred.org from politicalnetroots.com, you should experience some brief downtime on phoneyfred.org while its DNS propagates to your new account."
The site www.politicalnetroots.com brings up the homepage for "Under the Power Lines," which lists Tompkins as "Partner, Consultant," along with Terry Sullivan and Welsley Donehue...
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.washingtonpost.com ...
No surprise there.
Romney is not a good man.
He has been exposed time and time again as a dirty, desperate campaigner, and a “say-anything” candidate.
Boy, you blew that big conspiracy open... poor Fred, the victim.
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Hmm. For once it looks as if the Washington Post did a little investigative work, evidently a techie who understands how the internet works.
Not very smart of the Romney camp, and it’s interesting that it can be traced back all the way to Orem, Utah.
Ya sure did, LOL!
Moderators, please shut down this thread in favor of the one by lesser_satan.
Thanks.
PS.: I searched on the title before I posted, and the other thread had not been posted at that time.
How quickly Reagan’s 11th commandment gets forgotten...
Like the Excedrin Headache Number 1347, this is but one MORE reason NOT to vote for Mitt.
LLS
And this is News..? I can almost see the seething hatred of Fred evertime I see Mitt Romney on one of his puff-piece interviews when asked about him?
Has anyone else beside me noticed that!?
The smell of Fred Fear is strong on that one. Willard fears that which he can never be (a true conservative). He seeks to tear down the Fred, but is caught in the act..
“Shortly after a Washington Post reporter made inquiries about the site to the Romney campaign, the site was taken down.”
It’s clear that the site wasn’t approved by Romney.
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