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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

Sorry, PC ain’t my cup of tea. The term was used against a real retard, not a person with down’s syndrome. Nothing I can do if that offends people.


41 posted on 08/30/2008 12:13:12 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: nobama08

You’re no doubt oblivious to the contect to which “retard” is used.

Those with Down’s can’t help what they are. Liberals supposedly can. If you’ll stop whining and start thinking about it, those with Down’s are actually elevated above unthinking people.

And for the record, I lost a son, and a sister, to car wrecks. If they’d lived, they certainly wouldn’t be today what they were. I prefer free speech, instead of wetting the bed everytime I see or hear the word “vegetable”.


42 posted on 08/30/2008 12:14:43 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (The McCainiac's creed: Death to America by a thousand cuts)
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To: bahblahbah
just because obamadefense.com redirects to fightthesmears it doesn’t follow that the obama campaign is behind it.

Well....of course it doesn't.

/s

43 posted on 08/30/2008 12:16:01 PM PDT by Osage Orange (No Obama Nation..!!)
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To: nobama08; pissant
I was thinking, too, that some language might have to be tempered given that Palin has a Downs Syndrome child, lest the other side tries to take things out of context.

-PJ

44 posted on 08/30/2008 12:16:31 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Obama's "citizen of the world" is the 2008 version of Kerry's "global test.")
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To: JoJo Gunn

I prefer to think about others’ feelings. But that’s just the way I was raised.


45 posted on 08/30/2008 12:17:13 PM PDT by nobama08
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To: Political Junkie Too

Sorry, it’s one of my favorite words to use towards the opposition. Can’t buy into the PC claptrap. Never have, never will.


46 posted on 08/30/2008 12:19:35 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: mojito
Send the info to bloviator O'Reilly ...... even tho' he seems smitten by the obamanation, he just might use it.

Nam Vet

47 posted on 08/30/2008 12:19:41 PM PDT by Nam Vet ("Erin Go Bragh", declares Democrat hopeful Barry Finnegan O'Bama)
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To: mojito

They’re also behind the Trig isn’t Sarah’s, its he 16 year olds baby crap too.


48 posted on 08/30/2008 12:20:21 PM PDT by rintense (Palin 2012 for President!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I agree, but it appears we are in the minority here.


49 posted on 08/30/2008 12:20:57 PM PDT by nobama08
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To: pissant
I can understand that, and I've seen you use it many times.

I'm only saying that Palin's Downs Syndrome child will be a major focus of her qualifications, as it will be used in the Pro-Life/Pro-Choice debate, and it's already being used against her as a working mother.

You might want to find other words of disdain this time around, so you don't get called a hypocrite if you partake in any of these discussions and then have your use of "retard" as a pejorative thrown back at you.

-PJ

50 posted on 08/30/2008 12:24:32 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Obama's "citizen of the world" is the 2008 version of Kerry's "global test.")
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To: Raebie

book mark


51 posted on 08/30/2008 12:25:49 PM PDT by Osage Orange (No Obama Nation..!!)
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To: mojito
The WHOIS data for FIGHTTHESMEARS.COM is quite different from ObamaDefense.com. However, ObamaDefense.com and SarahPalinGayRights.com are the same, with the same name server for both (1and1) and registrar (Godaddy.com, with both using Domains by Proxy).

My guess is that someone with almost no money has put up the site using 1and1 (dirt cheap hosting) but was more familiar with GoDaddy.com’s admin tools for handling the DNS.

I'd say this smear attempt is not directly from the Obama camp. Sorry, Charles.

52 posted on 08/30/2008 12:28:32 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: bahblahbah

Agreed. The WHOIS data are the same with the ObamaDefense and SarahPalinGayRights sites, and they differ greatly from the FightTheSmears site.


53 posted on 08/30/2008 12:30:36 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: mojito

Let them dig their own graves.


54 posted on 08/30/2008 12:31:40 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: mojito

Brilliant, nice nice catch mojito!


55 posted on 08/30/2008 12:35:53 PM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Romans 10.10/Eze 11.2/Biden/Obama bye bye RTKBA)
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To: mojito

And you expected better from liberals? How naive!


56 posted on 08/30/2008 12:35:56 PM PDT by TBP
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To: mojito

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/busted-obama-camp-behind-palin-smear.html


57 posted on 08/30/2008 12:38:38 PM PDT by flyfree
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To: All

This is Chicago Mayor Daily politics. This is what Obama was raised on. This is how it looks, folks.


58 posted on 08/30/2008 12:39:35 PM PDT by flyfree
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To: mojito

HOLY SMOKES BUMP!!!!

Obama attack woman.


59 posted on 08/30/2008 12:56:59 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: mojito

NICE WORK!!!


60 posted on 08/30/2008 1:00:30 PM PDT by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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