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.
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.
Just for fun I’ve been to http://65.172.163.222/ContactUs/ and used the form to send the message, ‘Bush website penetrated from abroad’ using the traditional ‘Mickey Mouse’ penname. How long before the Feds arrive?
Feds? I think Marines is the word you’re looking for…
He pays for it, what’s the problem? Foot his bill then tell him who he should and shouldn’t provide bandwidth for.