Attack of the Web Site
The Kilgore attack ads are coming.
How do I know? Just head on over to kainerecord.com, a new website which the Kilgore campaign just launched (look at the bottom: it says it's an official website).
It's a slickly done site filled with much of the same material that Kilgore's got on his regular campaign site. But it's designed to feel harsher. If you don't believe me, click on the "Issues" tab or the "Media" tab and look at the pictures of Kaine.
The site is designed to be a destination for viewers of the attack ads that will be launched soon. Already, a direct mail piece suggests that readers head over to kainerecord.com for the facts.
It's not, of course, the first attack website. That distinction belongs to the Kaine campaign, which launched jerrytheduck.com early this year.
And actually, if you want to be precise, it might belong to the anonymous folks who put up stoppotts.com.
All it proves, though, is that the web is not immune to the advertising pressures that shape the rest of the campaign season.
By Michael Shear |
September 14, 2005; 10:52 PM ET
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Posted by: David A Burgess | September 15, 2005 05:00 PM
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Dear Mr. Shear,
I like to make a couple points, if you do not mind;
1) Not "folks", in plural, just me and me alone.
2) Although the site was "anonymous" when it first went up during the 27th district Republican primary two years ago, I long since put my name on the site soon after Potts announced his candidacy. (See near the bottom of the home page)
3) Lastly, I suppose it is a matter of opinion whether StopPotts is an "attack" site, I prefer to call it a truth site.
Thanks for the opportunity to make these points.
Regards,
David A. Burgess
StopPotts.com