New Republican Party site crashes hours after launch

[IDemo]

Source: Christian Science Monitor

Michael Steele said that GOP.com would rival social networking efforts undertaken by the Democrats. But on Tuesday, the site was plagued by bugs and glitches.

By Matthew Shaer | 10.13.09

There’s a metaphor lurking in here somewhere. The same day GOP Chairman Michael Steele unveiled a new online home for the Republican Party, the website apparently crashed, leaving users unable to log on to GOP.com.

The site was meant to rival the digital operation run by the Democrats and President Barack Obama, who used social networking to great effect in the 2008 elections. GOP.com has a YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr presence, and an array of blogs, including the “What Up” blog, which will be penned by Steele himself.

“ takes advantage of various online tools to connect Republicans and concerned Americans across the country to each other and party leaders, creating a larger, more informed, more organized, and more energized Republican community,” Steele told the Associated Press today.

But early this afternoon, bloggers had found a mass of bugs and glitches, including repeated php problems. By 3:30 p.m. EDT, GOP.com slowed to a crawl, eventually shutting out users. The official cause? A network error.

Read more: http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/10/13/new-republican-party-site-crashes-hours-after-launch/

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Crash and burn... kind of like the GOP.

I bet the "What Up" blog will be priceless... for Keith, Rachael, the Top 10 Idiots, Stephanie and the Mooks... I can't wait.

[roguevalley]

21. what up? Oh lord. Sounds like my uncle verrrrnooooon trying to be hip

[SpiralHawk]

2. Typical Republicon FAIL

Like their Greatest & Most Beloved War 'Heroes' -- Commander AWOL Bush and Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney, the Republicons are MASTERS of FAIL.

[axollot]

11. Hmm, I spy with my little eye - a teleprompter - and he still screwed up the speeches! n/t

[FSogol]

3. They can't run a web site, but want to run the country???

Stupid Freepers.

[IDemo]

4. "What Up Down, cu L8tr"

[TlalocW]

5. Don't they get it? The internet is not a truck!!!

It's a series of tubes! Not a truck!

TlalocW

[Patsy Stone]

6. That's just how they roll...

What a bunch of losers.

[Robb]

7. They will blame America-hating hackers in 3, 2, 1..... nt

[angrycarpenter]

8. Let's all go register.

and see how long it takes to get banned.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. What a GREAT idea!

:rofl: :rofl:

[Historic NY]

9. Crash & burn Republicans.

[axollot]

10. Gop.com is just like the repugs - UNSTABLE! n/t

[RedCloud]

12. They are like those Pirates against us, the US navy! Bring it on!

Give them enough cords and they will hang themselves.

[sakabatou]

14. LOLZ

[valerief]

15. GOP can't even protect their servers and they think we want them to protect us?????

:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. That's great. Now how am I going to get a few cheap laughs at their expense?

I'll find sumpin'........

[liberal N proud]

17. Demonstrating what the right wing does best...

FAIL

[Tempest]

18. Do they really believe this will help?

The site will be overrun by the birthers, teabaggers and other nutballs in a matter of days.

[Canuckistanian]

19. Aww, that's too bad. It was so young.

They're so cute when they're young. Even when they're attacking you, their tiny fangs just end up tickling you.

[Crowman1979]

20. They need to get those internet tubes adjusted! LOL

[Vehl]

22. And these guys want to run the country?

LOL

[donco]

23. Anyone know who Pickney Penchback is?

They have an arrow pointing out that he is a hero to the republicans.
:shrug:

[freeplessinseattle]

24. sounds like an evil Dickens character n/t

[chatnoir]

26. lol Omg, it totally does n/t

[niyad]

25. here--from wiki

P. B. S. Pinchback
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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P. B. S. Pinchback



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25th Governor of Louisiana
In office
December 9, 1872 – January 13, 1873
Lieutenant none
Preceded by Henry C. Warmoth
Succeeded by John McEnery and William P. Kellogg (election contested)

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Born May 10, 1837(1837-05-10)
Macon, Georgia
Died December 21, 1921 (aged 84)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Nina Emily Hawthorne
Religion African Methodist Episcopal
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, he served as the governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873.

Nicholas Lemann, in Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War, described Pinchback as "an outsized figure: newspaper publisher, gambler, orator, speculator, dandy, mountebank – served for a few months as the state's Governor and claimed seats in both houses of Congress following disputed elections but could not persuade the members of either to seat him."<1>

. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._B._S._Pinchback

[DireStrike]

28. LOL

So they are claiming a civil-war era black Republican to be on their side.

The guy was third in line for the governorship and managed to reach office by succession with 35 days remaining in his term.

Do you know when we had the first black senators? Right after the civil war. In Mississippi, of all places. Two of em. They were Republicans, of course, which meant they were on our side.

It was EIGHTY SIX YEARS before another African American was elected to the senate. The incipient KKK and similar movements were a powerful force, after the dust settled. Strong enough to ensure that blacks were kept the hell out of government in the south. The north didn't employ slaves on the same scale that the south did, but racism was rampant and open, so no blacks would be elected in the north, where they were a much smaller minority.

[SpiralHawk]

31. A dandy and a montebank - perfect qualifications for a Republicon

Ptoooey.

[DireStrike]

27. What? You mean there is something that the GOP True Believers can't do correctly?

Another one for the file.

I want to know if there is any effort that these people cannot fuck up. Anything.

[chatnoir]

29. Did they remove Steele as Clippy walk on and his 'What Up?'

Supposedly when you first went to the site he walked on and greeted but now nada.

RNC’s New Website Reflecting Steele’s ‘Urban-Suburban Hip-Hop’ Riddled With Errors, Widely Panned

The Republican National Committee (RNC) proudly launched its new website at GOP.com today, saying that it “will promote increased grassroots participation and innovation, better communication, improved platform compatibility and smarter marketing and fundraising tools for the GOP.” When a visitor goes to the site, the first thing he or she sees is a miniature floating Michael Steele walking onto the page with a greeting (similar in style to the old Microsoft Word Office Assistant)



The RNC press release announcing the site highlighted its widgets, tie-ins to other social media networks, and open platform. But here are the real highlights of the site (which is being widely mocked):

– Michael Steele’s Blog Called ‘What Up?’: In his first post, titled “Let me ask you,” Steele talks about how he finds the Internet an “amazing platform” for “life.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/13/rnc-new-website/

I also can't find the comedy gold that is his blog 'What Up?'.

[stanwyck]

34. I saw this on MSNBC last night. I will say this for the GOP

they absolutely, and resolutely, cannot be cool. Or funny. And they really should stop trying.

[area51]

30. netcraft

netcraft.net says gop.com is running Windoze 2003. Hah, knew they'd be running Windows. :evilgrin:

[hatrack]

32. The "What Up Blog"?!?!

You have got to be fucking kidding.

[JNelson6563]

33. They don't care, since it's already been born.

;-)

[damntexdem]

35. I don't understand! How could this have happened? I mean, how could it have lasted for hours?

Shouldn't it have imploded from its own density within seconds of launch?