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Republicans Ready to Slam Congressional Dems with Fresh Web Sites

NRCC registers dozens of domain names counting Democratic foes.

That National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) appears to be gearing up to slam House democrats with a slew of fresh domain name registrations.

The domain names include Democrat congressmen followed by “facts.com”. On Friday, NRCC registered regarding 30 domain names, such as ZackSpaceFacts.com (Ohio), HeinrichFacts.com (Martin Heinrich, Fresh Mexico), and BillFosterFacts.com (Illionois). The domain names right now do not have active web sites.

The domain names point to the servers of Smartech, a firm that does a big business hosting Republican web sites. It was the official hosting provider of the 2008 National Republican Convention, and has hosted such gems as HillarySpendometer.com, HopelessHillary.com, and BarackNotReady.com. It also appears Smartech’s clients took proactive measures to capture potential Democrat campaign domains for previous elections, such as ClintonKerrey.com and BarackObamaJoeBiden08.com.

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