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September 15, 2006

Chafee campaign condemns Web site 'prank'

The campaign for U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee is condemning what it calls "a juvenile prank" involving its Web site.

"It has been brought to the Chafee campaign’s attention that if Web users type in the URL sheldonsucks.org, they are immediately brought to the Chafee for Senate Web site," the Chafee campaign said in a statement this afternoon. "This is not the work of the Chafee campaign, its Web site host, or anyone involved with the organization."

Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is seeking the Rhode Island Republican Chafee's seat in the November election in a high-profile race that could affect the party balance in the Senate.

The URL sheldonsucks.org was purchased in May and amended in July, according to GoDaddy.com, a company that registers domain names, or Web addresses, and hosts Web sites. But the site does not disclose who purchased the name.

“This is unacceptable and we call on whoever is responsible to stop this juvenile prank,” Chafee campaign manager Ian Lang said in a statement today. “Yesterday the Chafee campaign notified Mr. Whitehouse’s campaign and let them know that we had nothing to do with this, we think it's wrong, and we call on responsible parties to stop their pranks. It is unfair to both campaigns to allow these Web tricks to continue unaddressed.”

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:58 PM | Permalink

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