Posted on 09/10/2007 6:24:22 PM PDT by lesser_satan
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.
Shortly after a Washington Post reporter made inquiries about the site to the Romney campaign, the site was taken down.
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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.
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A spokesman for Romney's campaign said he would look into questions about the anti-Thompson site. "Our campaign is focused on the issues and ideas that are of paramount concern to voters," said spokesman Kevin Madden. "The website we are focused on is MittRomney.com.
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Good Job Fred !!! You have some pukes worried —— good sign.
Fred doesn’t wear secret underwear.
Busted.
This smacks of a fourth grade mentality. Surely Romney can find better associates or he certainly isn’t presidential material.
Any guesses as to this guy’s FR handle?
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.
Mittite sleaze-fest ping!
I figured it was Mitt and not Rudy. Rudy’s too full of himself to see the threat Fred presents.
Yep!
You asked me on another thread to alert you to sleazy conduct on the part of Romney supporters, so here ya go.
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Another reason not to support oven Mitt.
Looks like he is getting desperate and using RuPaul tactics.
is there any depth to which Romney and his supporters will not sink?
How Clintonian of them.
Hardly the first such attack from stealth Romneyites.
No doubt the webmaster carries a badge. LOL
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