At this late date, I think it can only negatively influence opinion. Positive buzz on issues takes longer to percolate, but a knee-jerk negative reaction about the blocking could spread like wildfire through the no-borders Internet. It probably won't make front page headlines in the media, but I'd put money on it showing up on more than a few blogs.
Matt's comment about the foreign stationed troops probably has more weight. I don't know though how much that works through regional carriers vs. .mil. -Kevin On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:51:05 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132958 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
