PhoneyFred.com ~~ A GOP spat over who created it

[Hepburn]

G.O.P. Spat Over Web Site

Former Senator Fred D. Thompson’s presidential campaign sharply criticized a Republican rival, Mitt Romney, yesterday over a derogatory Web site that it believes was created by political operatives for Mr. Romney.

The dust-up over the Web site, PhoneyFred.com, is the first direct clash between the two men, who are jockeying for advantage among the party’s conservative base.

The site was created by Wesley Donehue, a South Carolina political operative who is not an employee of the Romney organization and who created the home page without the knowledge of anyone in the campaign, said Kevin Madden, a spokesman for Mr. Romney.

The Web site, which questioned Mr. Thompson’s conservative credentials and labeled him “Fancy Fred, Five o’Clock Fred, Flip-Flop Fred, McCain Fred, Moron Fred, Playboy Fred,” among other monikers, was taken down Monday after reporters began making inquiries about it to the Romney campaign.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/us/politics/12thompson.html?ref=politics

OMG.....the different nicks for Freddie!

The article says that the Mitzer denies having anything to do with the website.

[Bitwit1234]

1. Fighting each other will occupy them for a while

but pretty soon they will get down and dirty with the democrats. That's the way republicans fight the dis and lie about their opponents. Get that folks.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. None Of Those Monikers Are As Good As Fredrick Of Hollywood Or Fredrick 90027

Monikers he was given right here...

[TwilightGardener]

3. How Rovian of Mittens' camp--let surrogates that are not directly

connected to the campaign do the dirty work, but keep the candidate's hands clean. Score one for Mittens. Fred should shut up about it--he's giving both Mittens and the term "Phony Fred" free publicity.

[Ian David]

4. Then why was the site taken down after people started complaining to Der Mittenfuhrer about it? n/t

[Javaman]

5. and so the great battle of the flip floppers begins. nt