Is Hillaryis44.org a campaign affiliated attack site? I had that question and

[Skidmore]

apparently so do others. See this Daily Kos item by Stephen Cassidy.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/24/135057/131

HRC: Going Negative?
by Stephen Cassidy
Sun Jun 24, 2007 at 10:50:57 AM PST
Peggy Noonan, former speechwriter for President Reagan, in yesterday's Wall Street Journal discussed Hillary Clinton's efforts to address the "likeability" issue and commented on the campaign song contest. Noonan then gets to the heart of her column when analyzing the website www.Hillaryis44.org.

A primary focus of the www.Hillaryis44.org is to go negative on HRC's opponents, presently Obama, by collecting and reprinting dirt on them. When one clicks on the "contribution" tab you are taken to the contributions page on HRC's main campaign website. At the same time, the site disowns any connection to HRC's campaign.

Is this true? Is the HRC campaign engaged in its own "swift boat attack" on Obama as the Bush campaign did in 2004 - going highly negative on Kerry but hiding behind a front organization?

Stephen Cassidy's diary :: ::
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[Bullet1987]

1. Wouldn't be surprised if it is...

[annie1]

2. I don't think it is affiliated

If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a republican site. It's a pretty foul site. I think HRC camp would try tone it down if they could.

[quinnox]

3. doubt it but so what if it is

Is it illegal to have a site that is critical of Obama and supportive of Hillary? I don't think so.

[Zueda]

36. Here's a new word for ya.

Ethical
eth·i·cal - Pronunciation(eth-i-kuhl)
–adjective

1. pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
2. being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, esp. the standards of a profession.

—Synonyms 2. moral, upright, honest, righteous, virtuous, honorable.

[Connie_Corleone]

4. That is the most vile attack website.

[AX10]

5. Steven Cassidy is no better by using Peggy Noonan as a source.

[Skidmore]

12. I have no idea who he is, but I was interested to know that there was

another person who had the same questions I had.

[K Gardner]

6. Aren't there "Hillaryis44" members here? I mean, I"ve seen that logo

as a sig line in some of these posts.. most of them very vile and ugly.

[quinnox]

7. probably

so what, they have every right to post here.

[K Gardner]

16. Yeah, but it's good to know where their disgusting talking points come from..n/t

[annie1]

8. the site is pretty nasty...i think they DO know that they're doing her...

more harm than good.

[Skidmore]

10. Exactly, and it prompted me to go find out more about the

organization.

[jenmito]

14. Whenever I see that sig line, I reply with "Hillaryis60."

:)

[journalist3072]

9. Sure, DailyKos is really a credible site when it comes to Sen. Clinton....NOT!

[quinnox]

11. exactly, Daily Kos is full of Hillary haters

It can be just as bad as free republic there.

[R_M]

21. Huffington Post is the same.

I don't like either site.

[ClarkUSA]

29. Um, Taylor Marsh, HillaryIs44 writer and Obama hit piece creator extraordinaire is at HuffPo

Funny how a site that supposedly "hates" Hillary would allow that. :eyes:

[K Gardner]

34. Good point. n/t

[Lucinda]

13. No one knows who they are. Their domain is registrant is in AZ and their

website is hosted by bluehost.com out of Utah.

And thats about all we know.

[Adelante]

15. I think it's supporters

Though following very carefully the campaign's strategy, which isn't a difficult thing to do. But these sites don't really matter that much to me. It's part of the game.

[Bitwit1234]

17. So here we go....everything about Hillary is negative

and the one doing the attacking is considered a pop rock star...damn how the Obama Idol group do dis and shout.

[MethuenProgressive]

18. Thanks for link. Nice site!

But where's the "negative" stuff the kos writer is whining about?
I poked around a bit and saw none.

[MNDemNY]

31. Nor did I.

Must be in code.

[MadBadger]

19. Why 44?

[Adelante]

23. 44th President

In their dreams ;)

[NewHampster]

24. Let's see Bush is the 43rd. President

what will the next one be called if he doesn't resign and give it to Chains?

[Occam Bandage]

20. I don't think anybody knows who's behind them. But I don't think SBVT is a good analogy.

This site has "HILLARY" emblazoned all over it. It's not a very good "anonymous front" group.

[NewHampster]

25. Daily Kos itself is basically an Edwards front

not official but it could very well be.

[NewHampster]

22. That dKos post is from June

Wow how up to date can we get.

I think the Hillaryis44 site is just a bunch of fed up Hillary supporters. I've only visited it once but I tend to think they do a good job of keeping things in public that the MSM tend to ignore.

By the way, Hillary is My 44

[K Gardner]

26. Kicking to give more visibility to Hillary is 44. Maybe some of the HI4ers around here will

come and tell us all about their organization.

[NewHampster]

27. Hillary is 44 is well funded

Hillary is 44 is well funded by a sub PAC of a 527 that is remotely related to the Romney organization. The idea being to feed false information through 44 which eventually gets bad press for Hillary and helps another candidate get the nomination.

Really unbelievable what the rethugs will stoop to.

[Skidmore]

32. Such as who.

What 527? Are you concerned about this false information since some of those people affiliated with that site appear to post here as well?

[MNDemNY]

35. Hampster is that true?

[NewHampster]

37. Uh Nope

I was gonna leave it sit but I got a little guilt pang.

[K Gardner]

39. So, you're saying Hillary is 44 is NOT a Republican site? And ergo, it is an official website for

Hillary Rodham Clinton?

[NewHampster]

41. Not what I said at all

I just said that my post was bull. A sub PAC of a 527. Come on already.

I know nothing about 44 but my personal assumption is that it is totally independent.

[K Gardner]

43. Gotcha :-) n/t

[Skidmore]

40. Thank you for not participating in piling the crap higher and deeper

than it already is. Your honesty is greatly appreciated.

[NewHampster]

42. Not my norm but I'm feeling more like Hillary tonight

Honest and trust worthy.

[ClarkUSA]

28. Taylor Marsh, a partisan Clinton blogger who gets quoted a lot here, is a writer for that site.

Many of the talking points against Obama we see here everyday come from HillaryIs44 and sister site HillaryHub as well as Mark Penn stenographers
Taylor Marsh, The Left Coaster and Daily Howler -- all bloggers who've drunk the Kool-Aide and devoted many a blog entry to ugly, factually misleading
Obama hit pieces.

Hillaryworld learned a lot from the Swift Boat Vets, didn't they?

[K Gardner]

30. So they are or aren't associated with the Romney campaign, as a previous poster said?

Is there any way to know, or are we just guessing who these trolls are actually funded by, and does it really matter?

[creeksneakers2]

33. There must be a million anti-Hillary sites

Is Obama or Edwards behind one of them? Who knows? I personally suspect the Hillary nutcracker is the work of Edwards, but I can't prove it. (kidding)

[NewHampster]

38. aw come on

Edwards and Obama aren't politicians. They don't even have those bad thoughts that Jimmy Carter admitted to.

[flvegan]

44. Where's Tellurian?

That's his/her sig pic.

[Skidmore]

45. Good question.

I asked him/her point blank about the organization in the signature line used by him/her and there was absolutely no response. Abandoned the thread entirely.

[William769]

46. I can personally vouch that www.Hillaryis44.org is NOT part of or affiliated with Hillary Clinton in

any way (other that the fact the people who go there support Hillary Clinton).

Now if you want to show proof otherwise, be my guest. Or we will just add this to one of the many and I do mean many conspiracy theories on DU.