But of course: Wired writer who exposed Ron Paul spam now being smeared on YouTube
posted at 5:37 pm on November 1, 2007 by Allahpundit
Yeah, I know, the smearers probably aren’t connected to the campaign. Neither are the spammers, neither are these guys, neither is Don Black, neither are the Truthers, neither is Alex Jones. They’ve all found their way to the same spot, though, in a glorious moronic convergence. Here’s the latest “eccentricity,” a smear job on Wired writer Sarah Lai Stirling that would have you believe that not only is she on Rudy Giuliani’s payroll but that she’s crowing about it on the campaign’s bulletin board. Impersonating Stirling wouldn’t be the first time the Paulnuts have played dress up in an Internet forum, but the last time was amusing and non-defamatory. This one actually squeezed a public denial out of the victim herself.
Her Wired story’s a good read. Take a minute to see how the real Ronbots operate before you watch this achingly pathetic frame-up. Exit question: Is it time?
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This just goes to show that liberals have no monopoly on Brownshirts. How long before some Ronbot gets violent on an infidel who dares to insult the Prophet?
ReubenJCogburn on November 1, 2007 at 5:43 PM
I’m pretty sure that has already happened.
doriangrey on November 1, 2007 at 5:50 PM
I vote yes.
nailinmyeye on November 1, 2007 at 5:53 PM
Long since time if you ask me…
doriangrey on November 1, 2007 at 5:56 PM
Oh, and – is it even possible to see what is going on in that video? Man, you’d think these guys would be better at video production. But then again, that first campaign ad for NH kind of gives that away, right?
nailinmyeye on November 1, 2007 at 5:57 PM
The paulnuts solution to anything negative about their messiah is gutless name calling. I do not believe they have the cojones to put down the Cheeto’s and leave mom’s basement, unless they can do so with a mob.
jdkchem on November 1, 2007 at 6:09 PM
What’s the over/under on how many e-mails (mostly profane and barely coherent) foreignpolicy.com is going to get from the Ronbots? I put my guess in at 392.
Hollowpoint on November 1, 2007 at 6:10 PM
Wow, an obvious fake. Gotta love the usernames.
MarkyX on November 1, 2007 at 6:16 PM
I wrote up about the fake forums run by Ron Paul people a while back:
http://www.imao.us/archives/008118.html
They got a Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney one too.
frankj on November 1, 2007 at 6:23 PM
I live in the freak’s district so have voted for him.
I have met plenty of Ron Paul fans and here is the deal, They aren’t conservatives and they are all whacky as hell.
It’s like they have a screw loose.
TheSitRep on November 1, 2007 at 6:39 PM
I’ve been thinking Ron Paul’s kook attraction and I came to a conclusion. Ron Paul’s campaign is a microcosm of what America would be like if he were elected President. He treats these nuts with the same attitude of his foreign policy. If they are nice to him then he’s nice to them and he doesn’t really care about their attitudes or motivations.
bj1126 on November 1, 2007 at 7:14 PM
“to bad the thread wasn’t deleted…”
English motherf***er, do you speak it?
ballz2wallz on November 1, 2007 at 7:32 PM
Interesting. The URL appears to trace back to
oldsmobile.websitewelcome.com
Punch that in, of course, and you basically get a domain registration page.
I like Oldsmobiles, dammit.
Reaps on November 1, 2007 at 8:35 PM
Nope, not yet.
When any one of the top tier candidates starts getting religion on Making the federal government smaller then his usefulness will be played out. Until then, for me at least, I’ll listen and smile about the gold standard.
sweeper on November 1, 2007 at 9:56 PM
Well, I would have voted “Yes” right up until…
The U.N. has problems, sure, but does anyone serious really believe that the world would be better off without the United Nations?
Not sure how “serious” I am, but I’ll have to go with “Yes.”
hindmost on November 1, 2007 at 10:49 PM
Ron Paul gets the Neo-Nazi endorsement from Germany.
Weird.
mesablue on November 2, 2007 at 2:00 AM
That same sentence jumped out at me, too, hindmost. But there’s still no way in hell I’d ever vote for Ron Paul.
I guess that makes me a neocon dirtsniffer, too.
Sean M. on November 2, 2007 at 5:17 AM
http://www.sarahstirland.com/
Interesting that her site – at least when I go to it – shows nothing but a blank, white page. No content at all.
Rod on November 2, 2007 at 9:09 AM
You aint kidding. I guess even neo-nazis are not happy with the status quo either.
saiga on November 2, 2007 at 10:16 AM