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Obama Campaign Behind Anti-Palin Smear Site?
Little Green Footballs ^ | 8/30/2008 | Charles Johnson

Posted on 08/30/2008 11:39:30 AM PDT by mojito

Suddenly appearing among the Google search results for “sarah palin gay,” a web site titled: Sarah Palin Supports Gay Rights.

Sarah Palin (GOV-Alaska-Republican), supports gay rights, says Anchorage Daily News.

Quote "Gov. Sarah Palin vetoed a bill Thursday that sought to block the state from giving public employee benefits such as health insurance to same-sex couples." Quote ""It is the Governor’s intention to work with the legislature and to give the people of Alaska an opportunity to express their wishes and intentions whether these benefits should continue," the statement from Palin’s administration said."

Coghill said he’s interested in a new plan that would allow state employees to designate one person — maybe a same-sex partner, but also possibly a family member or roommate — who would be eligible for state-paid benefits. But the employee would have to pay to add that person to his or her benefits."

Sarah Palin’s veto gave gays the same rights as married couples in Alaska.

A vote for McCain/Palin is a vote for gay marriage.

Interesting. There’s nothing else on the page. This sure looks like the work of the dastardly right-wing anti-gay attack machine, doesn’t it?

But look who’s really behind this.

In the Linux console, if you enter the following commands, you can learn the secrets of a political dirty trick. First, look up the host of ‘sarahpalingayrights.com’ to get the site’s IP address.

host sarahpalingayrights.com sarahpalingayrights.com has address 74.208.74.232

Then use the same command to look up the domain name pointer of that IP address.

host 74.208.74.232 232.74.208.74.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer obamadefense.com

Well, well. “Obamadefense.com,” eh?

And what happens if you enter obamadefense.com on your browser’s address line?

Why, you’re redirected to none other than FightTheSmears.com, the official Barack Obama site that’s supposed to be defending him against smears.

Looks like they may have a second purpose: to generate a few smears of their own.

(Hat tip: sk.)

UPDATE at 8/30/08 11:14:12 am:

Here's another site that traces back to obamadefense.com: ObamaTaxCut.com.

UPDATE at 8/30/08 11:24:46 am:

Two more web sites that share the IP address of obamadefense.com:

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: electionpresident; fightthesmears; homosexualagenda; obama; palin; propagandawingofdnc; samesexmarriage; smears
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To: nobama08

Political correctness doesn’t live here, Noob.


21 posted on 08/30/2008 11:54:11 AM PDT by JoJo Gunn (The McCainiac's creed: Death to America by a thousand cuts)
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To: mojito

But is there a tie between the site and FightTheSmears other than a redirect, which any Obamanation sycophant could have done on their own site? Thus far it’s sorta interesting but has no meat.

MM


22 posted on 08/30/2008 11:54:28 AM PDT by MississippiMan
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To: mojito
C:\Users\Mad Bunny>nslookup 74.208.74.232

Name: obamadefense.com

Address: 74.208.74.232

C:\Users\Mad Bunny>

23 posted on 08/30/2008 11:54:46 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Islam: Imagine a clown car.........with guns.)
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To: nobama08
I don’t think we here on FR should be using the term “retards”.

Then don't use it

24 posted on 08/30/2008 11:55:41 AM PDT by adversarial (the pros and cons of voting for)
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To: JoJo Gunn

I don’t think it’s being PC to refrain from insulting people with Downs Syndrome but I’m not sure. Maybe we could ask Gov. Palin.


25 posted on 08/30/2008 11:56:07 AM PDT by nobama08
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To: mojito

I believe that any american should be able to designate anyone else to receive their worldly goods in case of their demise, or to visit them in a hospital, or to have the power of attorney necessary to make decisions in their name.

That is not the same as being married.


26 posted on 08/30/2008 11:56:34 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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To: nobama08

That’s odd. The old term for downs syndrome children was mongoloid. Retard is the old word for retards. Still works for me.


27 posted on 08/30/2008 11:57:18 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

After failing to shill for Romney, Doug Kemic is shilling for the Messiah. Perhaps, the Mittens will follow Kemic’s lead. The Mittens were disappointed that Mac picked an Evangelical over Romney.


28 posted on 08/30/2008 11:57:31 AM PDT by yongin (Palin changed AK in a way we can believe in)
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To: mojito

I’ve been slumming about at the moonbat sites to observe their reactions. They are freaking out over the Palin selection. The ratio of Palin-to-Obama discussions must be around 9 to 1. Obama is all but ignored, one day after his historic acceptance speech.


29 posted on 08/30/2008 11:57:59 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Obama bin Biden -- So let it be written; so let it be done!)
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To: mojito
KUDOS! Great work!
30 posted on 08/30/2008 11:58:05 AM PDT by Joiseydude (Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,)
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To: mojito

Get this to Drudge.
Get this to Rush.

Bump the hell out of this !


31 posted on 08/30/2008 11:59:00 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Sarah Palin: Babies, Guns, Jesus. HOT DAMN!)
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To: mojito

“Sarah Palin’s veto gave gays the same rights as married couples in Alaska.”

Just curious - how does a veto give benefits if they didn’t have them to start with??


32 posted on 08/30/2008 11:59:56 AM PDT by elpadre (nation)
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To: nobama08

New Obama video...must see!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js34aCv7R2A


33 posted on 08/30/2008 12:00:42 PM PDT by Raebie
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To: holdonnow

Oh Mark!! Check this out!


34 posted on 08/30/2008 12:00:57 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (McCain/Palin '08)
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To: pissant
re·tard 2 Audio Help (rē'tärd') Pronunciation Key n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a mentally retarded person
35 posted on 08/30/2008 12:01:10 PM PDT by nobama08
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To: mojito
Any site can redirect to another site - there doesn't have to be any organizational connection whatsoever.

JimRob could have FR redirect to DU, if he wanted to. Obviously there's no connection, other than the intent of the redirector to increase pageviews for the redirectee.

36 posted on 08/30/2008 12:02:18 PM PDT by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity... FREE LAZAMATAZ!!)
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To: nobama08

Thanks. I like it even better if the new PC dictionaries think it is offensive.


37 posted on 08/30/2008 12:02:56 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: mojito

Brilliant investigative report from LGF as always.


38 posted on 08/30/2008 12:04:22 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: nobama08
*** I don’t think we here on FR should be using the term “retards”. ***

Lighten up
This isn't politicallycorrect.com ya spaz.

(no offense meant to spastics)

39 posted on 08/30/2008 12:08:24 PM PDT by Condor51 (I have guns in my nightstand because a Cop won't fit)
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To: pissant

The term hurts people.

http://cornishadoptionjourney.blogspot.com/2008/08/though-i-generally-stay-out-of-it.html

I have a very close friend whose daughter has Downs Syndrome and I know they find it hurtful, as do many others. Perhaps they are just overly sensitive about their children, though.


40 posted on 08/30/2008 12:10:07 PM PDT by nobama08
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