Democrats will call this a dirty trick. I call this brilliant. Might Republicans have finally realized that there is this Internet thingy?
(Daily Caller) The National Republican Congressional Committee is using a little internet espionage ahead of the 2014 mid-term elections by creating websites named for Democratic candidates to highlight the less-favorable aspects of their campaigns.
The committee is responsible for at least 15 websites mimicking Democrats’ campaign sites for Congress, and the NRCC isn’t denying it – the committee is publicly endorsing it.
“The idea is people who are looking for information on the candidate, one of the places we all go now is online and so this is a way for folks to find out more about the candidates and information they may not find on the candidate’s own site,†NRCC press secretary Daniel Scarpinato told CNN.
They should do this for every competitive House and Senate race. Individual Republicans, at both the federal and state levels, should do this for their opponents.
JohnLewis4congress.com, the Republican alternate of the Montana Democrat’s montanansforlewis.com, is one of hundreds of URL’s using the names of Democratic candidates considered weak in the upcoming election as part of a plan the NRCC will continue advancing throughout the year.
The NRCC, Republican campaigns, and even individual Conservative groups can invest a couple hundred bucks, tops, to purchase multiple domain names, and have them all direct to one website which explains the real positions of Democrat candidates. Make sure they are constantly updated, use SEO, and, hey, even create a fake Twitter persona that tweets at least a few times a day. Make sure people know what Democrats really stand for.
If Democrats start whining, which they will invariably do, point out that politics is a rough business, and to stop whining like a 5 year old who wants a cookie before dinner.
