What was that again? Stop the Smear? Fight the Smear? Stop the Rumors? Fight the Rumor? I'm all confused! I actually typed "fighttherumors.com" instead of "fightthesmears.com" after I heard Tweety say it on TV, and I was surprised to find that it worked anyway. Then I realized how easy it is for others to mix the name up like I did, so I sat back and did some WHOIS research:
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http://www.fightthesmears.comRegistrant: Jon Jones Design, Chicago, IL
This is the legitimate Fight the Smears domain name that is being publicized, and which redirects to Barack Obama's website at
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/-----------------------------------------------------
http://www.fighttherumors.comRegistrant Contact:
fighttherumors.com Private Registrant
fighttherumors.com@proxy.dreamhost.com
A Happy DreamHost Customer
417 Associated Rd #324
Brea, CA 92821
This also leads to the legitimate Fight the Smears website at
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/To the best of my knowledge this domain name is
not being advertised as a path to Barack Obama's Fight the Smears page, but it does work.
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http://www.fightthesmear.comRegistrant: Sinclare Vabalon, Gibraltar
This domain name is parked by new.net. It leads to a search engine.
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http://www.stoptherumor.comRegistrant: Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH
No response. Server not found.
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http://www.stopthesmear.comRegistrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc.
Domain name parked. Leads to ads by Godaddy.com
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http://www.fighttherumor.comRegistrant:
Me!I grabbed this domain name this evening as soon as I discovered that it was available. It now leads to my website, which redirects to Barack Obama's Fight the Smears website.
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http://www.stoptherumors.comRegistrant:
Me!I grabbed this one too. It will soon redirect to the Fight the Smears website just like
http://www.fighttherumor.com does. At the moment it leads to a default page from my web hosting company, but I've notified them of the problem and I expect it to be fixed by tomorrow.
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It's too bad for our right-wing pals that they didn't think of this first. ;-)