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Dems Say New RNC Website Suggests 'True' Future For GOP
Evan McMorris-Santoro | October 13, 2009, 11:22AM
GOP.com "Future Leaders" page
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The RNC launched a new version of its GOP.com homepage this morning and in a statement, party chair Michael Steele said the homepage was the reflection of his vision for the GOP:
"When I ran for RNC Chairman, I committed to improving the Republican Party's online ability to inform our grassroots supporters and mobilize them behind important issues, while also electing our great candidates. With the new GOP.com that went live today, the RNC will be able to accomplish exactly that."
Just a few hours after the launch, though, Democrats are claiming the site reflects the party's current state more than its future. Flying around Twitter this morning is a link to the new site's "Future GOP leaders" page. Instead of fresh faces, it the page lists "404 Error: This page could not be found."
The DNC says the site suggests the RNC is saying "There are no future leaders in the GOP." The Democrats offered this response: "As the GOP continues to champion the same failed policies of the past, recycle the same failed leaders of the past like Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich, and fails to get that the American people aren't looking for a party that just says 'NO' to progress, we rate this claim 'True. So, very true.'"
Late Update: RNC spokesperson Gail Gitcho emails, "The page is being fixed. GOP.com is going to profile future leaders, sometimes elected leaders - but more often people who simply lead by doing, by partnering, mentoring or getting involved in their communities. "
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Walter Mitty
October 13, 2009 11:21 AM
"Chairman Steele" is all over that page...
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CT Voter
October 13, 2009 11:26 AM
Flying around Twitter this morning is a link to the new site's "Future GOP leaders" page. Instead of fresh faces, it the page lists "404 Error: This page could not be found."
That's hilarious!
Maybe the RNC needs the technological wizardry of Senator "U got sum nrve" CrankyTwitter. . .
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Indie Pro
October 13, 2009 12:33 PM in reply to CT Voter
hilarious!
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Neal Deesit
October 13, 2009 11:45 AM
Michael Steele - the "0" in "404."
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mj34
October 13, 2009 11:58 AM
sloppy website design. Go to http://www.gop.com/index.php/newideas/ and you get the same result :)
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Dorn76
October 13, 2009 12:13 PM in reply to mj34
The little Michael Steele who pops up on the homepage is so cute though!
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commie atheist
October 13, 2009 12:26 PM in reply to Dorn76
He really is a perfect homunculus.
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CT Voter
October 13, 2009 12:15 PM in reply to mj34
That's just the way Republicans roll, dontcha know?
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ru4862
October 13, 2009 12:15 PM
Good lord....this is one of the worst website designs since the creation of the internet. As a professional communication designer; my firm will design the GOP's website for FREE....LMAO
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Marioth
October 13, 2009 12:21 PM
Well, now, them new-fangled intertubes are so dang confisticated who can get a xeroxed newsletter up in this day n' age? Whassat? Web's been around since 1995?
The modern GOP is a bad joke. If this is how they expect to sweep the House in 2010, I cannot WAIT for the platform:
Article I: NO!
Article II: Not no gays/blacks/hispanics, not no how!
Article III: NO!
Article IV: Socialism/Birtherism/Marxism/Facism!
Article V: NO!
Article VI: Now gimmie my Medicare, Medicade, VA Bennies, and more guns than Carter has little pills!
Article VII: NO!
Article VIII: Intellect-strangling religious magic-thinking in shools, govt. property, and the tee-vee!
Article IX: NO!
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Matt Jones
October 13, 2009 1:18 PM in reply to Marioth
C'mon, finish the rest of the Monty Python bit:
Article X: There is NO Article X!
Article XI: NO!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruces_sketch
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de TOQUEville
October 13, 2009 12:27 PM
Gotta love that the name of Michael Steele's blog is, 'What up?'
You be da man, Michael!
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commie atheist
October 13, 2009 12:36 PM in reply to de TOQUEville
He is getting down with his bad self.
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jtpm
October 13, 2009 12:28 PM
Looking for community organizers, eh?
~ j
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commie atheist
October 13, 2009 12:34 PM
That page is actually now a bleg. They're asking people to send them suggestions on who the future leaders are. Please, people, help them out! Paul Broun, Sarah Palin, Louie Gohmert, Orly Taitz, Mike Duval...so many fine choices.
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whoffman
October 13, 2009 12:45 PM
Apparently the approval from Limbaugh on the future leaders page was delayed. These things happen.
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johntfournier
October 13, 2009 12:52 PM
Its funny how almost all of the "faces" of the GOP are young, attractive white women and historical black figures. Refresh the page a couple of times and check it out.
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Xeronimo
October 13, 2009 12:55 PM
The red layout, and some of the logos, reminds me of old Soviet propaganda posters ...
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Sinfonian84
October 13, 2009 3:30 PM
Sure, the GOP can't figure out who their future leaders are, but at least they have past leaders.
Of course, you shouldn't expect them to get their past leaders' names right.
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LFC
October 13, 2009 3:53 PM
I still haven't seen the site. I was getting 404 errors for a while, but now I just got this one:
An error has occurred trying to make connection to the site. Please try again later.
22 -> The requested URL returned error: 503
Trying to access: http://gop.com/index.php/functions/gopMenu
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bluesplashy
October 13, 2009 6:20 PM in reply to LFC
What is up now looks like it is infectous!
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kevbo
October 14, 2009 7:24 PM in reply to LFC
Trying to access: http://gop.com/index.php/functions/gopMenu
I got:
"This document had no style information."
Should have said:
"This Party has no class, for your information."
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randomname
October 14, 2009 5:44 AM
OMG, too funny! The very first item that comes up for me is the "Donate" button. No surprise there. Skip the vid, go to the next page. See the "Why Are You A Republican"..."We asked thousands & thousands of you & responses are *still* coming in!"
I hope so, because at first glance, there are only 12 responses. So Funny!!
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M. Bouffant
October 14, 2009 5:50 PM
They are absolute idiots. From the Photos section, Sen. Larry Craig, posted by Peter Gozinya. Hee hee.
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DaiNut
October 15, 2009 5:13 PM
RT: @Daigneault: New GOP.com recycles same set of small supporters as their future #GOPFail http://tinypic.com/r/14xj9rs/4
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