Tending toward the petty

Perhaps lest Guardian readers attempt to eSsassinate him, the White House has blocked all traffic from outside the US from visiting georgewbush.com.

I guess the real logic is that the postal votes from Americans overseas are in by now, so there’s no reason to waste bandwidth on people who doesn’t get a vote next week. Still seems a bit against the spirit of the Internet, though. I’m sure Al Gore would never have done such a thing…

Update: if you’re a filthy furrner and you’re desperate to check out the Prez, then this link gets you in just fine.

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4 thoughts on “Tending toward the petty

  1. This is rather amusing – the BBC news website has an article about this and, helpfully, includes a little box with three alternative addresses which all work.

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