Florida Congressional Candidate Has History of Registering Sex-Themed Web Addresses

Mother Jones:

In April, GOP congressional candidate Henry "Trey" Radel III landed in a cyberscandal dubbed "Domain-gate" when it was discovered that his campaign committee had purchased web addresses related to his GOP rivals and created sites slamming them.

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Comments

[hainescityguys]

06:00 PM on 06/14/2012

This is Fruad-a-da......The Refruadicans are having a Fruad Fight...I hope they have fun stabbing each other in the back.....Thry're experts, they do to the people their suppose to represent all the time......Have at it, boys and girls, let the direst, nastiest, bare-knuckled back-stabber win....YAY !

[g9]

04:18 PM on 06/14/2012

the "whips & chains" voter is important also....Look in the glovebox you might know one or two

[CommandoGOP]

04:16 PM on 06/14/2012

Did he takes pics with his camera of himself and send them to girls? Yes democrats said that guy shouldn't resign.

[mrluckyman]

04:49 PM on 06/14/2012

Typical to turn the tables to shift the spotlight off of your party.. you guys do it all the time.

[CommandoGOP]

04:50 PM on 06/14/2012

Just pointing out you guys had no problem with Weiner, most said who cares, his only private life.

[evangelicalchimp]

04:13 PM on 06/14/2012

All makes sense....he says he's looking to "fill a voided seat!"

[jsgaetano]

03:57 PM on 06/14/2012

"Family Values Conservative"

[filo]

02:49 PM on 06/14/2012

I wonder how Rick Sanctorum feels about his fellow Republican.

[jsgaetano]

03:57 PM on 06/14/2012

Probably the same way he does about his good friend David Vitter.

[oldwolf49]

02:45 PM on 06/14/2012

So...........this means what...............and would it matter if I didn't care?

[jsgaetano]

03:58 PM on 06/14/2012

It means "family values" is sure a strange thing among conservatives.

[oldwolf49]

04:09 PM on 06/14/2012

Today's conservative I believe can't spell let alone define that term.

[Epimenides]

02:08 PM on 06/14/2012

Perhaps Radell found that using lascivious domain names was the most effective way to attract the attention of Tea Party supporters?

[ltague]

01:30 PM on 06/14/2012

Nixon-style "bag of dirty tricks"! Nixon did these kinds of things to fellow Republicans, not just Democrats. Such a good little "Party of Family Values"!

[oldwolf49]

02:45 PM on 06/14/2012

Yeah but Nixon got a raw deal in the end, his own party turned on him, today that same party turns on everyone just because.

[neuromantic]

01:26 PM on 06/14/2012

"Radel defended the move, saying he'd bought the domains because his 'campaign believes in things like strategy, planning, and capitalism.'

The domain name issue doesn't seem likely to faze Radel's most loyal supporters...Radel supporter George Miller says that he doesn't believe Radel would register raunchy web sites to begin with. 'I stand by him 100 percent,' he says."

The ultimate expression of faith--to believe in something that is demonstrably and admittedly false.

[VictoryBlue]

01:33 PM on 06/14/2012

Like religion.

[leyvadaniel]

01:17 PM on 06/14/2012

It seems to be a match for the tea party.

[katylied]

01:14 PM on 06/14/2012

Can you say 'creepy_republican'? Or is that just redundant?

[blukazoo]

01:02 PM on 06/14/2012

Isn't the guy obsessed with sex actually another bagger? Pox does well with yellow journalism and blatant pandering to an audience of unhappy people but they are definitely not a news outlet.

[ltague]

01:11 PM on 06/14/2012

Umm, did you read the part that said this guy is a Tea Party member - you know, the ones who tout they are the "Party of Family Values"? Who's the dim one now?

[LeftRightFight]

12:45 PM on 06/14/2012

Creepy.

[mad world]

12:35 PM on 06/14/2012

LOL, the tea baggers want to elect a cyber bully.

[June25]

12:48 PM on 06/14/2012

Who was cyberbullied?

[mad world]

12:54 PM on 06/14/2012

I was actually referring to the fact that this guy's committee bought domain names in order to run sites that disparaged his political adversaries. If a 12 year old girl did that, we'd call it cyber bullying. But since it's adult politicians, I suppose YOU'D call that "good, upstanding campaigning".