Im not sure it has much if any influence on US citizens' votes....as VERY few people who visit that site will have any clue that they are being let in, while other users outside the US aren't. We picked up on it because we are IT people on an international list server.
Your point about positively influencing foreign opinion is a valid one though. Personally, I think it's a bad move...but i'm not sure it matters all that much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:43 AM Subject: Re: Bush Campaign Web Site Rejects Non-US Visitors > It's certainly his option. But it reiterates the administration's view > that a global awareness or positive presence is not important. It cuts > off his campaign from any chance of positively influencing foreign > opinion, and since many U.S. voters are concerned with how we are > percieved in the world it indirectly does influence U.S. citizens' > votes. > > -Kevin > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:28:03 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The site is the "Official Re-election site for George W. Bush". > > > > If the site's sole purpose is to appeal to potential voters for re-election > > of a president in the United States, wouldn't it make sense to try to filter > > out traffic that most likely will not contain your specific target audience? > > > > This doesn't seem that illogical to me. > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:19 AM > > >Subject: Re: Bush Campaign Web Site Rejects Non-US Visitors > > > > > > > > The Netcraft article does mention that US and Canadian visitors can > > > the site, just non US and Canadians ones cannot. > > > > > > Again it seems that this is a matter of the campaign controlling > > > access, just like their campaign events. > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| The annual ColdFusion User Conference is being held Sat 6/26 - Sun 6/27/04 8am-5pm in the Washington DC Area. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=44 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132949 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
