When an .com is not a .org
I was just reading a story on Yahoo! News, as I am apt to do, and I just had to share it with you all. Dick Cheney made a booboo in last night's debate, an error that sent people not towards evidence that he believed refuted Edwards' Halliburton claims, but to an anti-Bush site that featured an article by George Soros instead. Now, that's comical. Not laugh out loud, movie funny, but it did put a smile on this liberal's face.
Now, trust me, I've been there. I've typed .com when I knew it was a .org or .gov site... and it is an honest mistake. And I've been inundated with quite a few ads of a suggestive or annoying persuasion when I've gone to a site that was close, but not close enough to what I wanted. However, I've never made a mistake like that during, say, a nationally televised debate. It's humorous that in the middle of a televised debate, when trying to prove that your opponent is off-base, you inadvertently tell people to go to the opposition... well, that is pure political gold it is.
And then, the actual site Cheney was referring to has come out and basically said that Edwards' allegations were "mostly right," which makes the whole exercise seem sort of futile. If Cheney got the right address, it still would have made him look sort of bad. I wonder if he was really expecting a lot of people to go out at look for that information, or if referencing the site would be enough at that point... sort of like name-dropping a book/document might work in a similar discussion format.
I am just waiting for the day when someone in the White House, when going speaking to a crowd or during a debate to say its WhiteHouse .com or .org. Now, THAT would be a headline making day if anyone has made one of those particular mistakes would know.