DBAHO Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 GEORGE W. Bush doesn't trust the outside world to view his US election campaign website, and that includes close ally Australia. The US President's re-election aides said today it had cut off access to its website from certain foreign countries "for security reasons", but declined to elaborate. "The measure was taken for security reasons," campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said. The President's campaign office said earlier it had received telephone calls about access failures. Mr Bush's campaign aides would not offer any more details, but last week the site went down for about five hours after a "denial of service" attack. When the web address "www.georgewbush.com" was typed from NEWS.com.au's office, the following message appeared: "You are not authorized to view this page. You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied. "If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please try to contact the website by using any e-mail address or phone number that may be listed on the www.georgebush.com home page." Obviously, without access to the homepage, finding e-mail addresses or phone numbers is impossible, leaving millions of interested users around the world without access. British website "www.netcraft.com", which analyses Internet traffic to detect fraud and count the most visited sites, said the Bush campaign website had been inaccessible from London, Sydney and Amsterdam since Monday, although Canada was apparently not affected. The website was down and inaccessible for several hours on Tuesday in what campaign officials said could be the work of hackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Because we all know that people in forgein countries aren't trying to influence the election or anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 so I guess this means that American Citizens living in foreign countries or the US Military can't view his website and get more info from him. Good news for Kerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 "You are not authorized to view this page. You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied. "If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please try to contact the website by using any e-mail address or phone number that may be listed on the www.georgebush.com home page." I'm having a slow brain day. How can you get the email/phone number if you can't get to the webpage? Are they assuming you've been there before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie hayes Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Was Poland affected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Well maybe American Citizens, but the military should be fine because they use military connections which I'm sure would be accessible. For example, at least on the old stats thing I had for this site, I could see Military logons and what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Was Poland affected? Yes. A giant fan was blowing back their carrier pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Well of course. He can't hide his failure from the outside world like he can here. He is such a f***ing fraud. If he was in charge of some other country we would be prosecuting him for war crimes right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 I'm having a slow brain day. How can you get the email/phone number if you can't get to the webpage? Are they assuming you've been there before? This is georgewbush.com. I'm not sure if u can access georgebush.com from down here or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Well of course. He can't hide his failure from the outside world like he can here. He is such a f***ing fraud. If he was in charge of some other country we would be prosecuting him for war crimes right now. I'm probably going to start a huge s*** storm for asking this, but Jeckle, are you eligible to vote this election? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I'm probably going to start a huge s*** storm for asking this, but Jeckle, are you eligible to vote this election? Not only am I but I voted last election too. It was my first. I was pissed he stole the election then. I voted for McCain in the primary and Gore in the election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinnesotaSoxFan Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Not only am I but I voted last election too. It was my first. I was pissed he stole the election then. I voted for McCain in the primary and Gore in the election. Good thing jeckless vote wipes out any other bush vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Mock me if you want but i'm a hell of alot more informed then any voter who thinks Bush has this countries best interests in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 Mock me if you want but i'm a hell of alot more informed then any voter who thinks Bush has this countries best interests in mind. I think the question most foreigners around the world would be asking about Bush is does he have the world's best interests at heart, even thought he probably has America's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Not only am I but I voted last election too. It was my first. I was pissed he stole the election then. I voted for McCain in the primary and Gore in the election. Thank you. Now, with all due respect, you may think GWB is an ass clown, which so do I on a lot of things, but to run around here saying that he is a "war criminal" without acknowledging that John Kerry is as well, kind of makes you look silly. Hell, John Kerry admits it! Stand up for your beliefs, cool, but you're using a tone and rhetoric that's dangerous. I think all presidents, including this one, try to do their best for the country. Kerry will too. I sure as hell won't go around b****ing about President Kerry the with the same tone you do about Bush - I'll b**** to be sure but I won't HATE the guy like you HATE GWB (your words, not mine). It scares me when people run around saying some of the things you do - but it's your right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 But, the Bush-ordered unilateral American offensive in Iraq is against the agreements of the Geneva Convention we are supposed to adhere to. By definition, that technically makes him a war criminal according to international law. I'm not suggesting America doesn't have a right to defend herself from an imminent -- and I'm most certainly not saying Iraq was anything that could have even been remotely considered an imminent threat (unless you are in the Bush Administration). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 But, the Bush-ordered unilateral American offensive in Iraq is against the agreements of the Geneva Convention we are supposed to adhere to. By definition, that technically makes him a war criminal according to international law. I'm not suggesting America doesn't have a right to defend herself from an imminent -- and I'm most certainly not saying Iraq was anything that could have even been remotely considered an imminent threat (unless you are in the Bush Administration). Thank You! Thats what i'm saying. I don't like Kerry one bit but I won't lose any sleep electing him if it means that jackass Bush is gone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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