INCREDIBLE: Lieberman's Web Site Down for Non-Payment, Hacking Accused!

[Dems Will Win]

Joenertia just made a huge mistake that we should trumpet till the cows come home from the pooling booth tomorrow.

HIS WEB SITE IS "DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE".

WHO PLANS MAINTENANCE ON A CAMPAIGN WEB SITE FOR ELECTION EVE???!?!?!

He didn't pay his bill. It's been down for 2 1/2 hours now...



TAKE A LOOK
http://www.joe2006.com

Here's what it says now:

Senator Lieberman's Campaign Website
This site is down for maintenance.
Please check back again soon.

Might have been bandwidth overage...

Here's more: http://nedlamont.com/blog/978/desperation

I post because Marion Steinfels is running around proclaiming that someone hacked her site. This isn’t the first time they haven’t paid their bills, it happened when the stupid bear-cub ad ran and Sean Smith bragged all the traffic (from people mocking the ad) crashed their site. Same notice.

But since the Hotline Blog ran with Marion’s story (sort of), I had to post this here because they are undoubtedly peddling the story to other outlets as well. Passing on a different screen shot than the one above, from after they paid their hosting fees.

This is so hilarious--we have to make it the talk of the water cooler in CT tomorrow!

We need to ask the media to ask Joe: why he is doing maintenance on Election Eve?

Laugh him out of office--the boob! And against our Internet-backed candidate.

SHOULDN'T THIS ONE GO ON THE HOME PAGE TO GET THE WORD OUT? REMEMBER TO HIT THE RECOMMEND LINK BELOW!

GO CONEDICUT!!

[MadMaddie]

1. Is this classic......do you know why this is happening because

he honestly thought he didn't have to try to win....arrogance....hubris...and just being a Repuglite....

[SaveElmer]

3. Well it is probably more simple than that...

Happened at a company I worked for once...they probably just forgot to pay the domain name registrant the $40 or so to renew their ownership of the name...

[tuvor]

9. No, it's good until June 23, 2007.

http://whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=www.joe2006.com

[mikelgb]

14. hosting and domain registration is separate

[tuvor]

20. You're right, but the post I replied to referenced registration.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Haha. Looks like everything is down over there.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

4. That's actually kinda sad~

[MercutioATC]

5. Or hacked?

...you never know.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Not a hack.

That's what you get from the hosting companies accounting software when you don't pay the bill.

[MercutioATC]

12. It'd be just as easy to hack the page to show that message.

...just sayin'

[rinsd]

56. Yeah because you could never show that message as a hack

C'mon now, it could certainly be a hack.

At this point I am leaning that way since the message kept changing(as reported down thread)

[BluGrl]

62. Two questions...

1. Who does "maintenance" on the eve of an election?
2. Who doesn't "pay their bill" before an election?

Look for zebras...not horses.

[frylock]

26. p0wnmentum?

that'd be cool!

[flyarm]

6. wooohoooo!!!...n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

8. Now says down for maintenance

Who takes a site down for maintence the day before an election?

[Dems Will Win]

13. That is the $64 DOLLAR QUESTION, my friend

That's what we should start asking the media to ask Joe right away: HOW COULD THEY PLAN MAINTENANCE FOR HOURS ON ELECTION EVE??

It's a lie. Lie... berman is his real name.

Does he think the CT voters are total idiots??

Maintenance!

[unblock]

10. this HAS to be a hack.

but it's a good one!

[Deb]

11. Wow, those "pungent veterans" he was going to hire

really do stink!

[stevedeshazer]

15. This is a stunt. Now it says,

Vote for who you know, Vote Joe
Please check back soon.

[Sydnie]

16. Here's what it says now - they must be updating it for tomorrow

Vote for who you know, Vote Joe
Please check back soon.

[iconoclastic cat]

21. Wow, that's a persuasive argument to vote for him.

Hey, if I know necrophiliac, should we all vote for him, too?

[tuvor]

23. LOL "Better the devil you know, folks". Vote for Joe!

[Botany]

22. maybe some critters got into his site

[Clark2008]

30. Those darn Bay Aires!

[Sydnie]

36. Maybe he saw this post and threw in the towel

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Botany]

40. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav?

nice work

Jump for Joy time

[spooky3]

38. awwwwwww!

Cute!!!!!

[spooky3]

37. Can't corporate $ pay for someone who can write proper English?

Surely they could find someone who paid attention to his/her 4th grade English teacher and would have written "Vote for WHOM you know."

[ruggerson]

17. If his website was hacked, it ain't good news

What childish, moronic asswipe would give Lieberman a talking point like that on election eve?

"Ned Lamont supporters vandalized my web site."

I can hear whining Joe now.

You don't need a story like that floating around the night before a close election.

[Kelvin Mace]

19. It wasn't hacked

That is the placeholder they put up when you don't pay the bill.

[rinsd]

57. Because a hack couldn't show that message?

With Lamont supporters are running around at the last second talking about Joe not paying his bills?

Seems mighty convenient...could be a dirty trick by either side.

[Kelvin Mace]

59. Uh, no

This happened before to Lieberman. No one hacked the site. I run a small ISP ands that is the place holder used for folks who don't pay their bill.

[Lautremont]

35. "What childish, moronic asswipe would give Lieberman a talking point

ike that on election eve?"

Lieberman?

Could be, if he's still working from Rove's playbook.

But it seems too late to me - not much hay to be made of it at this late date.

[ruggerson]

39. You're probably right

but look at the edit in the OP. It's already playing out that way.

[mikelgb]

18. LOL, it now says:

Vote for who you know, Vote Joe
Please check back soon.

in other words:

Go with the status quo, Vote Joe

name recognition is more important

[DanCa]

24. Lmao thank you

That's the funniest thing that I have seen all day.

[LowerManhattanite]

25. How...well, how do you say?...Almost Rove-ian...

"In 1986, just before a crucial debate in campaign, Rove claimed that his office had been bugged by the Democrats. <20>. The police and FBI investigated and discovered that bug's battery was so small that it needed to be changed every few hours, and the investigation was dropped. <21> Critics suspected Rove had bugged his own office to garner sympathy votes in the close governor's race. <22>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rove#1977-1991

Something to consider...when you think about who he puts his lips on and hangs around with.

[Deb]

27. It's a bit different going from a google cached link-

http://www.joe2006.com/index.php?option=com_content&tas...

"Senator Lieberman's Campaign Website
Vote for who you know, Vote Joe
Please check back soon."

[yourout]

28. Has to scrub all the links to Dem sites and change to an "Independant"

design.

[Fridays Child]

29. Maybe it's getting an RNC-sponsored facelift. nt

[jumpoffdaplanet]

31. A friend who has worked campaigns said

It's a sign that Liebermann's campaign has lost the people who know what they are doing. The people left are second string and the campaign is running on fumes.

Makes sense considering he doesn't have Dem volunteers and had to pay College Rethugs to do the work.

[Iowa]

32. The site is back up now.

[tuvor]

33. Not from this computer, it's not.

Vote for who you know, Vote Joe
Please check back soon.

[Iowa]

48. Hmmm... I get the full site, photos, blurb about Clinton's visit, etc.

[MindMatter]

34. Joe: "I thought Karl Rove was paying those bills."

[Cocoa]

41. I don't believe this

my guess it's a smear, and a pathetic one.

And an unnecessary one. There's plenty of things to not like Lieberman about.

[tuvor]

42. Speaking for myself...

If I were going to "smear" Mr. Lieberman, it'd be a lot more creative than "Come back soon."

[DoYouEverWonder]

43. Looks like Joemomentum

has reached the end of the line.



Time to give it up and throw in the towel Joe. You're history.

[Generic Brad]

44. Maybe his internets tube is blocked!

He just needs his internets tube flushed and he'll be back up in no time.

[MercutioATC]

45. As of 12:29am EST, it's back up.

[tuvor]

46. Now that it's back up, I've lost some respect for Mr. Clinton.

“He is a good Democrat, he is a good man, and he’ll do you proud.” - Bill Clinton

[MercutioATC]

47. Clinton, whatever his good points, is a DLC Democrat.

I'm disappointed, too, but I didn't expect anything different.

[NVMojo]

49. hehe, not long after this, mydd blog announced they had Liebermans'

donor list from the past few days ...$1.2 million...he can't be all that broke!!!

snip...

Final Version of Joe's Donors

by Matt Stoller, Tue Aug 08, 2006 at 01:10:30 AM EST

Pravin just emailed me the merged version, which is here. Seriously, this is awesome work. In about five hours, we collectively downloaded and sorted 14 separate FEC filings from Joe Lieberman and put them out for analysis. The total amount of high dollar money coming in for Joe over the last 15 days is slightly over $1.2 million.

Thanks Pravin, Dan, Ryan, and everyone else who put this together.

Now we can play with it.

snip...

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/8/8/11030/72193

[AnOhioan]

50. Here is how it reads as of right now

There is no website configured at this address.



You are seeing this page because there is nothing configured for the site you have requested. If you think you are seeing this page in error, please contact the site administrator or datacenter responsible for this site.

[Totally Committed]

51. Anyone think this is because he's getting ready to be up and running

as an Independent tomorrow? Like he' knows he's gonna lose, and the whole thing will be back up and running as "CT for Lieberman" tomorrow? He's just a big enough jerk to do something like that.

Wouldn't THAT be something?

TC

[ShortnFiery]

61. "he's getting ready to be up and running as an Independent tomorrow?"

That would be incredible! Also, part of me is suspicious that loser baby Joe wants to poison the sweet victory Lamont is sure to score today. I can see Hannity jumping around the FAUX studio holding his dress above his head ---> and SCREAMING, "But Lamont's supporters hacked his site! Not fair! Not fair!"

[Janice325]

52. Just now it said:

"This account is under construction
Please check back soon.It will be available shortly. Thank you."

WTF is going on there?
k&r
Edited to add:
Now I just tried and "The page cannot be displayed."
Hmmmmmmmmmm

[Totally Committed]

53. See my post at #51....

I'll betcha that's what's going on!



TC

[Dems Will Win]

54. Now the Site is Down Again - Yo-Yo Joe!

Last Night it said Vote for WHo You Know, Vote Joe.

NOW it says: THis Web Site Is Not Configured

This Campaign is Not Configured!

Never was...

[Totally Committed]

55. No candidate who felt he or she had a chance would have his or her

website down on election day.

He's getting ready to lose and then begin his reincarnation as an Indy tomorrow. That's kind of a huge "F*ck You!" to the voters of CT, doncha think?



TC

[Janice325]

58. Coould be!

Thanks. I just got the same message again.
I wonder if (hopefully WHEN) Joe loses and (if he) runs as an Independent what the Dems will do to him-anything???
Haha, is Connecticut giving Texas a run for it's money, confusion-wise?

[Janice325]

60. I just now got a different message:

Very strange.


"UPDATE ON THE ATTACK ON THE LIEBERMAN CAMPAIGN WEBSITE

STATEMENT FROM SEAN SMITH: "For the past 24 hours the Friends for Joe Lieberman's website and email has been totally disrupted and disabled, we believe that this is the result of a coordinated attack by our political opponents. The campaign has notified the US Attorney and the Connecticut Chief State's Attorney and the campaign will be filing a formal complaint reflecting our concerns. The campaign has also notified the State Attorney General Dick Blumenthal for his review."

"We call on Ned Lamont to make an unqualified statement denouncing this kind of dirty campaign trick and to demand whoever is responsible to cease and desist immediately. Any attempt to suppress voter participation and undermine the voting process on Election Day is deplorable and has no place in our democracy."

After I clicked on the original listed above, http://www.joe2006.com, the url changed to http://server1.myhostcamp.com/suspended.page /

I bookmarked it (I don't know how to do a screen shot), but what does this mean??? They don't have the techies they need, are are they just bullshitting in desperation???

[Zodiak]

63. Lots of assumptions here, but:

Perhaps Rove is working for Leiberman in this campaign (no evidence).

Karl Rove is known in Texas for pulling the political stunt of bugging his own office and claiming his political opponents did it.

Perhaps Lieberman's staff is mounting a last-minute attempt to paint Lamont's "netroots" supporters as spoiled sports??

A possibility.

We will have to see what the evidence points to, but of course, if this is a political stunt, then the damage has already been done before any evidence comes out because TODAY is election day. That is why the timing of this makes me think of this old Karl Rove trick.