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Van Hollen Is Caught Off Guard; Name Is Used by Foe's Web Sites (washingtonpost.com)
by k at 4:02 pm EDT, Oct 12, 2004

] Repeating a tactic he used against his Republican primary
] opponent this year, Floyd bought three Internet domain
] names with Van Hollen's name and turned them into Web
] sites carrying unflattering comments about the freshman
] congressman's record.

[ Floyd grabbed vanhollen.com/net/org and filled them classic policy positions, noting how vanhollen wants "the U.S. to be more like France".

Says the Honorable Mr. Floyd : "I feel if the congressman doesn't have the foresight to buy up certain domain names with his name, does he deserve to be in Congress?" asked Floyd, a retired military officer and State Department employee. "It was up for grabs, so I bought it."

Thoughts? -k]

RE: Van Hollen Is Caught Off Guard; Name Is Used by Foe's Web Sites (washingtonpost.com)
by Decius at 5:08 pm EDT, Oct 13, 2004

k wrote:
] [ Floyd grabbed vanhollen.com/net/org and filled them classic
] policy positions, noting how vanhollen wants "the U.S. to be
] more like France".
]
] Says the Honorable Mr. Floyd : "I feel if the congressman
] doesn't have the foresight to buy up certain domain names with
] his name, does he deserve to be in Congress?" asked Floyd, a
] retired military officer and State Department employee. "It
] was up for grabs, so I bought it."
]
] Thoughts? -k]

Floyd is in the right. He is not trying to monetize these domains. He is engaged in political speech. Sucks for hollen.