When it comes to registering domain names, I'm such an amateur. I can't seem to register a single
name that might one day bring me a fortune. I mean, Nshima.com is nice, but it's probably never going to be worth much, unless Kraft Foods starts producing packets of instant nshima. And even then, I'll probably lose out to the person who registers InstantNshima.com
There are so many good domain names I could have registered, but I'm just not fast enough. For example, I missed out on a chance to register HopelessHillary.com, AmateurObama.com and HateMcCain.com. So what if I don't think Hillary is hopeless, Obama is an amateur and McCain should be hated? I could have still made a fortune selling the domain names to the Republican National Committee. But they've already got them -- and a whole lot more, according to Kitty Bennett of the New York Times.
Cannotrustclinton.com? clintonisbad.com? At least 25 domain names related to Hillary Rodham Clinton have links to the Republican National Committee: the names were either registered by the R.N.C. last year or showed up on servers the committee uses. Half a dozen seemed to guess at Mrs. Clinton’s eventual running mate, like clintonomalley.com, referring to Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland.
The day after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses, the R.N.C. snapped up at least 20 domains related to his candidacy. Some of them may signal the party’s future strategy: baracknotready.com and norealexperience.com. The party has also begun preemptively registering domains that could be used to attack John McCain, like mccainamigos.com, voteagainstmccain.com, flipflopmccain.com and hatemccain.com (ihatemccain.com was taken.)
The Democratic Party and the campaigns have shown little of the verve and creativity of the R.N.C. The Obama campaign registered desperatehillaryattacks.com in December. The Clinton campaign registered votingpresent.com two days later, an apparent reference to Mr. Obama’s votes as a member of the Illinois legislature. The party has been focused more on the national convention, registering variations of denverdemconvention08.com in February, but so far apparently no domains related to Mr. McCain. [Link]
When it comes to domain names, the Republicans are giving the Democrats a butt-kicking. Perhaps I should register that domain name: RepublicansGiveDemsButtKicking.com
Come on, Democrats, it's time to get nasty. Here are a few domain names you can register: McCainsGotNoBrain.com, McCainsaPain.com and InsaneMcCain.com.
Of course, if I'm suggesting a domain name, it's either worthless or already taken.
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