HS & HHS rig search engines to attack Kerry

[Viking12]

WASHINGTON - Searching for "Kerry" on the Department of Homeland Security's Web site Tuesday afternoon turned up an unexpected top hit: a Republican attack on the Democratic presidential candidate.

A similar search on the Web site of the Department of Health and Human Services brought up the same link at the top — a news release from conservative Rep. C.L. Butch Otter, R-Idaho, that said a John Kerry administration "would embolden environmental extremists to press an aggressive agenda of restricting access.

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Both agencies pointed the finger at the government's official Web portal, Firstgov.gov, which maintains their search engines.

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Firstgov.gov, for its part, blamed the error on a technical glitch.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040714/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_web_sites_4


Pass the buck, blame the "technology", so tired of the endless excuses.... :(

[tom_paine]

1. Yep. An obvious Bushevik Lie

What do you do when attacked by people without morals, values, nor regard for the law?

Free America has been wrestling with this one since the Busheviks pressed their Iron Boots to our necks in 2000.

[LittleApple81]

2. These people are scum and using OUR MONEY constantly to promote

our torturer.

[aden_nak]

3. As an IT professional, allow me to offer a well learned opinion.

Computer Glitch My Ass.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Is this the same Dept. of Homeland Security

that Tom Ridge just assured us would "Do Everything Possible to Secure The Election"..?

Hmmm. Guess they've already started.

[myrna minx]

5. Don't forget the IRS was a water carrier for the bushistas, too.

http://www.nysscpa.org/home/2004/404/3week/article31.htm

An IRS Promotion for Bush at Tax Time

NEW YORK – Recent news releases from the Internal Revenue Service included a sentence promoting the Bush Administration's tax policies that said, "America has a choice: It can continue to grow the economy and create new jobs as the president's policies are doing, or it can raise taxes on American families and small businesses, hurting economic recovery and future job creation," The New York Times reported Tuesday.

"Stating our position is appropriate," said Rob Nichols, a spokesman for the Treasury Department, which oversees the IRS "The administration's views on fiscal policy are that lower taxes have helped strengthen the economy and led to an environment of increased job creation."

Earlier this year, the Treasury Department was criticized after its analysis of a tax plan similar to one proposed by Senator John Kerry was used to attack Kerry as he sought the Democratic nomination for president.

"This administration is abusing the public trust and campaigning on the taxpayers' dime," Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Kerry campaign, said Monday. The Kerry campaign has started an online petition to protest the White House's use of federal resources for the president's re-election effort.