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Mitt Romney's Cyberwar on Rick Perry (an anti-Perry website show Romney is desperate)
National Journal ^ | October 18, 2011 | John Hudson

Posted on 10/18/2011 10:29:29 PM PDT by Sun

Mitt Romney is going negative on Rick Perry, and he's using one of the most tried-and-true methods: the Internet. Today, Romney for President Inc. launched (snip) an anti-Rick Perry website aimed at undermining the former Massachusetts governor's best-funded opponent. snip

The Washington Post shows other anti-Perry Web domain names are being gobbled up snip

While no one is claiming ownership of the anti-Perry domains, The Post's Philip Rucker and T.W. Farnam note that the same day the domain names were purchased, Romney's campaign bought $2,851 worth of domain names at GoDaddy.com, which was the same vendor that sold the anti-Perry domains. snip

Interestingly, there's another campaign that may be gobbling up anti-Perry domains as well: President Obama's.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backstabberromney; dirtytrickmitt; liarromney; perry; rinoalert; romney; romneydirty; romneydirtytricks; romneytricks; siamesetwineyepoke; smellslikemitt
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To: Sun
Rick Perry had one: WashingtonKay.com - all about Kay Bailey Hutchison being an Washington insider and not fit to lead the Great State of Texas.

But before I continue, let me just acknowledge that there are a large number of folks on here who really are worried about illegal immigration. Perry has failed to commiserate with you and hasn't provided enough empathy to you. And he has not adequately explained the fine line he has walked in Texas keeping the issue from reaching a boiling point amongst many different, divergent interests in short, snappy 30-second sound bites with CNN interrogators flogging him in front of millions of people. I feel your pain and offer empathy. Tons of it. I get it.

I have been a Web developer professionally for 15 years. Perry's web site is inferior to Romney's. I would think that it's cheaper, too. I looked at RedState.com's analysis of the Web Services line item expense on his campaign finance report and saw something like $840,000 for the web. And I thought, "My God! $840,000 for a WordPress site? I am bidding too low."

Romney is actively hiring Drupal developers (see job posting). Drupal is superior to Wordpress in enterprise scalability, but much more complex to develop on. There is more backend functionality in Drupal to do cool stuff. Whitehouse.gov is a Drupal site, as is economist.com, AlJazeera.com and etc. Drupal powred the storied Howard Dean campaign in 2004, when Dean made history by proving the Internet can be used to raise lost of cash from smaller donations.

Anyway, I expect that Romney has a leg up. I am not sure what Perry's web strategy is for the future, but right now, it _should_ be less expensive that Romney's.

My The Rick Perry Report is a Drupal site, but it's my own personal hobby project, not an official site in any way. Joe

21 posted on 10/18/2011 10:54:41 PM PDT by bullypulpit (Developer of http://rickperryreport.com/)
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To: Sun

On every issue they are the same. I don’t get why people think Mitt will be any different as POTUS.


22 posted on 10/18/2011 10:54:46 PM PDT by reaganaut (Romney IS Obama - just 'white and delightsome' 2 Nephi 30:6)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Sorry I missed it now - but it’s good reading your post.


23 posted on 10/18/2011 10:55:10 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Sun; mylife

My husband was watching tv, and told me that they showed a clip of the debate, and Romney put his hand on Perry’s shoulder, after Perry criticized Romney. Was this some kind of bully-like threat? I didn’t see it myself, so can’t say.

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Yes I saw it when it happened...I think the photo is on Drudge Report.

After several debates in which he talked like a ‘blabbermouth’ over everyone, Romney goes bonkers when Perry did it!

In the other debates, Perry kept to the time constraints and waited to be called upon. He gave up the ‘southern gentleman’ persona tonight and was more aggressive.

I like his new ‘fire in the belly’!


24 posted on 10/18/2011 10:55:27 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (*OMG ........means Obama Must Go in 2012!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

One thing that can’t be discounted is the Cain has zero money and no ground game. He isn’t campaigning in the early states at all. He may be doing well in polls, but the only candidate set up to drop kick Mittens right now is Perry. He has a ton of cash. He can get turned around if he stays focused like he was tonight.


25 posted on 10/18/2011 10:56:38 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Sun

I think the two of them should just have it out with flame throwers at ten paces.


26 posted on 10/18/2011 10:58:30 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Cain has a few million. You have to remember that Cain didn’t really take off until there was a week or so left in the quarter. I heard him say, that he raised an additional 2 million in the 2 weeks after the reporting period ended, putting him probably at 4 to 5 million current cash on hand.

Not as much as Romney and Perry, but enough to make it to Iowa where once he wins it by double digits, the money will start flowing in like a waterfall.


27 posted on 10/18/2011 11:00:08 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Lazlo in PA
no ground game

I don't know his money situation but I do believe his name is now known.
28 posted on 10/18/2011 11:02:04 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Sun

I would think nasty Mitt would be targeting Cain as well.

Cain is tied with or ahead of Mitt in several polls now.


29 posted on 10/18/2011 11:03:52 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Totally agree. Because mitt has been dropping he’s getting paranoid - and perry is a thorn in his side no matter what the polls say.

From the beginning - they should have focused ONLY on mitt. Someone please - kick him to the curb so the bus can go over him once and for all!


30 posted on 10/18/2011 11:06:57 PM PDT by presently no screen name (NO OBAMITT in '12)
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To: Lazlo in PA
It was the creepiest part of the debate. Perry looked like he wanted to hit him for that. Mittens is a real oddball. The glassy stare at his opponents with the fake smile is weird too.

Yes, that Mitt-stare creeps me out.

31 posted on 10/18/2011 11:08:00 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: MrEdd

I would love to see Perry/Romney in a cage match.

I’d put my money on the AF Vet raised on a farm. Perry would smack that sissy bastard so hard his grandchildren would limp.


32 posted on 10/18/2011 11:10:05 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Lazlo in PA
Romney got his ass handed to him tonight. Fake websites and all the money in the world isn’t gonna save this dope. This evening is the beginning of the end for Mittens.

I hope so. Rick Santorum was the one who was most effective in attacking Romney on Romneycare.

I didn't think the stupid Romney-Perry bickering helped either one. Perry trying to defend himself on his illegals policy by claiming Romney had illegals mowing his grass was pretty weak.

And I would not have let that jerk Romney put his hand on my shoulder like that while trying to talk down to me.

33 posted on 10/18/2011 11:12:02 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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Romney is a friggin’ joke. Anyone with any SENSE realizes that; anyone outside of his cracked Cult realizes that. Common sense will prevail.


34 posted on 10/18/2011 11:12:15 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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To: Meet the New Boss

Perry was 100% correct on Romney hiring illegals, they worked for him for several years, the same damn ones!

Romney flat out lied in the debate and anyone can look it up on the internet.


35 posted on 10/18/2011 11:15:47 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Allegra

This is ironic that Cain came out of the ashes so quickly, and it was all based on a few lines from a debate.

In other words, so far, it displays about all the substance of a Chess Tournament; somewhat nonsensical and baseless. Other than the fact that one drops and another takes the lead. For no other reason than a few popular phrases and sound bites.

A truly hard working, hands on Governor who has taken time out from his very demanding job to compete, is ridiculed and condemned, based on the criteria on nothing but hollow words, promises and superficial postulation.


36 posted on 10/18/2011 11:16:35 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........)
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To: presently no screen name

“www.OBAMITT.con”

lol


37 posted on 10/18/2011 11:23:15 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

“It was the creepiest part of the debate. Perry looked like he wanted to hit him for that.”

I hope the primary voters see the real Romney.


38 posted on 10/18/2011 11:24:56 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: bullypulpit

With all the money Perry is raising, you would think he would get the best of web sites.


39 posted on 10/18/2011 11:28:53 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Sun

My husband was watching tv, and told me that they showed a clip of the debate, and Romney put his hand on Perry’s shoulder, after Perry criticized Romney. Was this some kind of bully-like threat?
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Yes, I saw that and Perry then put his hand up in a back-off sort of way.

When I saw that... I figured BOR will have that blonde on analyzing the body language. *sigh*

It wasn’t a bully like threat, it was Romney getting in Perry’s space, trying to un-nerve him.

It just showed me that Perry had hit a nerve with Romney and Romney wanted to knock Perry off his game.


40 posted on 10/18/2011 11:34:35 PM PDT by Irenic
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