Not that I think there's anything nefarious to it (it is probably cost- and traffic-related as the author supposes) but the BBC has a story pointing out that none of us overseas folks (including 6 million of us expats) can get to GeorgeWBush.Com, the official campaign site, since Monday morning. Try it out for yourself.
Interesting, I'm able to access it from here. What'd you do Luke?? This has to be a Kerry
conspiracy to block Bush's message.... ;o)
Posted by: Chrish | October 27, 2004 at 04:58 PM
Why would Bush want to block people from his site. Conspiracy theory in reverse paranoia.
Posted by: Jim | October 27, 2004 at 06:30 PM
Chris, you're in New York right?
From here in London, this is what I get when I try to go to the site:
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://www.georgewbush.com/" on this server.
Posted by: Luke | October 28, 2004 at 10:28 AM
The BBC reports that the site is available at the following addresses.
https://georgewbush.com/
http://65.172.163.222/
http://origin.georgewbush.com/
Posted by: Tony Austin | October 28, 2004 at 01:03 PM
Ah, another "conspiracy theory" response eh. We Bush detractors sure do make up lots of stories...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3961557.stm
Posted by: Maryann | October 28, 2004 at 04:13 PM
Sorry, I wasn't trying to deny what you were
saying nor accusing you of "lying". Quite honestly I was expecting the other side to claim
a conspiracy about the blockage; nothing more. Didn't intend to offend anyone.
I believed what you were saying and was surprised that access would be blocked to those overseas.
Perhaps this also explains more?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6346353/
Posted by: Chrish | October 28, 2004 at 04:49 PM