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Rick Perry Has a Domain-Name Problem (.com ending vs .org sends you to Ron Paul's site)
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/rickperry-com-redirects-to-the-paul-campaign-s-website--20111207 ^ | December 7, 2011 | Ethan Klapper

Posted on 12/07/2011 12:17:40 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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1 posted on 12/07/2011 12:17:51 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: All; shield
Found at RickPerry.org

Perry: Uproot and Overhaul Washington

The Perry Plan: Energizing American Jobs and Security

The Perry Economic Plan: Cut, Balance and Grow


2 posted on 12/07/2011 12:19:56 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

ROFLOL.


3 posted on 12/07/2011 12:19:56 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Pimp your blog for hits on Free Republic!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I think Paul will either shut it down or hand it over to Rick. He may be strange on a lot of things, but he’s an honorable man and he will really dislike this being done.


4 posted on 12/07/2011 12:20:43 PM PST by McGavin999 ("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Suuuure.


5 posted on 12/07/2011 12:21:27 PM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: McGavin999

How does it work that you type in http://www.RickPerry.com/

And end up at RonPaul2012?


6 posted on 12/07/2011 12:23:07 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This happened within the last 48 hours. I checked on the .com domain 2 days ago and it was unclaimed, but suggested I go to the .org domain.

This is just scummy conduct by the Ron Paul campaign. It could even rise to the level of bait and switch or fraud. “By their fruits you will know them”.


7 posted on 12/07/2011 12:23:07 PM PST by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I really think this kind of thing should be illegal, or at least reversible in civil court or ICAN.

This isn’t right. A person’s name is their property.

Of course a public person should be open to all kinds of public criticism and ridicule, but this is something different. This is a kind of identity theft.


8 posted on 12/07/2011 12:23:53 PM PST by samtheman
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Bfltr


9 posted on 12/07/2011 12:24:53 PM PST by mnehring
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“In fact, it seems as if Perry—or a supporter—did own that domain at one point. According to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which crawls websites and archives them, RickPerry.com redirected to RickPerry.org as late as 2009.”

Typical.


10 posted on 12/07/2011 12:25:11 PM PST by trumandogz (In Rick Perry's Nanny State, the state will drive your kids to the dentist at tax payer expense)
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I checked on the .com domain 2 days ago and it was unclaimed
What?

You could have prevented this.

For $15 at Godaddy you could have prevented this.

Why didn't you?

11 posted on 12/07/2011 12:26:13 PM PST by samtheman
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“This isn’t right. A person’s name is their property.”

Nonsense.

The domain name is not one’s property unless they secure the domain name.


12 posted on 12/07/2011 12:27:27 PM PST by trumandogz (In Rick Perry's Nanny State, the state will drive your kids to the dentist at tax payer expense)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The Ron Paul campaign is always denying they had anything to do with something, despite the fact that it always seems to be Paul or his supporters doing this kind of thing.

Yea, it may be legal, but it’s a low-ball, low-class, sleezy tactic. Typical of what comes out of the Ron Paul army.


13 posted on 12/07/2011 12:27:27 PM PST by Brookhaven
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I’m open to a Perry candidacy, but gee-whiz, this is a junior league mistake for a guy with $20 million.


14 posted on 12/07/2011 12:28:06 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (May Mitt Romney be the Mo Udall of 2012.)
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This is classic PWNage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn


15 posted on 12/07/2011 12:28:31 PM PST by Spruce (I will never vote for Mitt Romney. And nothing will change that.)
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To: McGavin999

You are certainly right that “camping” a .com of an entirely different person is a Dick Move (tm). I’m frankly surprised that Paul would have grabbed that site to begin with, if I’m understanding the facts right.


16 posted on 12/07/2011 12:28:40 PM PST by pogo101
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To: Spruce

Thank you for the information.


17 posted on 12/07/2011 12:30:00 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The same kids are also trying to buy a Newt domain and do the same thing.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?335588-Buy-newtgingrich.com-domain


18 posted on 12/07/2011 12:30:30 PM PST by mnehring
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“This happened within the last 48 hours. I checked on the .com domain 2 days ago and it was unclaimed, but suggested I go to the .org domain.”

You mean to tell me that the Perry campaign never got around to registering Rickperry.com?

That actually does not surprise me, but is sure is funny.


19 posted on 12/07/2011 12:30:30 PM PST by trumandogz (In Rick Perry's Nanny State, the state will drive your kids to the dentist at tax payer expense)
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20 posted on 12/07/2011 12:31:24 PM PST by smoothsailing
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