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DFL BLOGGER HIDES IDENTITY FROM KENNEDY CAMPAIGN WEB VENDOR, SEEKS INFORMATION ON SECURITY FEATURES OF WEBSITE
By Michael B. Brodkorb | September 22, 2006
Patrick Timmons, the blogger behind Minnesota Republican Watch and a contributor to DFL Senate, contacted the website vendor of Mark Kennedy's campaign twice in the last 24 hours and requested information on any updated security features of Kennedy's campaign website.
Mr. Timmons never identified himself as the blogger behind Minnesota Republican Watch or as a contributor to DFL Senate.
I just spoke with Mr. Timmons on the phone and he confirmed he never disclosed his indentity as the blogger behind Minnesota Republican Watch and as a contributor to DFL Senate to representatives from Kennedy's vendor. I asked him to comment on my post and he declined.
If there was no nefarious motive to Mr. Timmons' call, why didn't he indentify himself as the blogger behind Minnesota Republican Watch and as a contributor to DFL Senate?
Mr. Timmons' unethical conduct once again proves the tactics of liberal bloggers have no boundaries.
Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for further information on this developing story.
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September 22nd, 2006 at 2:20 pm
“Improving your security” can amount to just deleting the most sensitive material from the site, so there’s less to steal. The website host doesn’t have to be involved in that process.
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Did the Kennedy web provider ask who was calling? Did Mr. Timmons identify himself as a Kennedy staffer?
I fail to see how it is unethical to not identify yourself when you are NOT ASKED TO DO SO. I can walk up to any random stranger on the street and ask them for $20. Its up to them if they want to give it to me or not.
Why is it that Kennedy can’t find competent people to control his online information? Is this the sort of leadership we can expect from him in the Senate?
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:31 pm
[...] Michael has a post up now. Patrick Timmons, the blogger behind Minnesota Republican Watch and a contributor to DFL Senate, contacted the website vendor of Mark Kennedy’s campaign twice in the last 24 hours and requested information on any updated security features of Kennedy’s campaign website. [...]
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Michael–
Tread lightly, mister. If you want to dance, we’ll dance, but if you’re seriously trying to say Patrick is being “unethical” by pursuing a story…well, you’re going to be opening yourself up to a world of hurt.
After all, wasn’t it you, just the other day, who told us “nimrods” that the problem with Klobuchar was “hypocricy?”
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:42 pm
There ARE no security features on Mark’s Web site. To see it, all you have to do is change your browser settings to “disable META redirects” and enter any page other than the top level (find them in Google or the search engine of your choice).
This is a cheap political stunt by a dying campaign. Or maybe it’s just ineptness and a sign of the quality of his part-time campaign consultants.
Thought Mark might take the high road on this and try to start talking issues. But instead, I guess he’ll keep dragging the rest of the ticket down.
The rest of the ticket is NOT enjoying this, doofus.
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Jeff: Did you get my email? Do you want to come on my radio show?
BTW: Don’t threaten me. I have no problem with Mr. Timmons’ pursing a story. In fact, I have consistently recognized the writting of liberal bloggers in Minnesota as being second to none.
I do think Patrick should have identified himself as the blogger behind Minnesota Republican Watch and as a contributor to DFL Senate.
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:47 pm
“Tread lightly, mister. If you want to dance, we’ll dance”
Sounds like either a threat, or a salutation by Jon-David
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:51 pm
Hey Michael, isn’t it time for parts #2, #3 and #4 of this major news story — “Liberal Blogger doesn’t get asked his name or political connections so doesn’t give them.”
Things are a little slow this afternoon.
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Instead of 7 degrees of Bacon, we have degrees of Brodkorb. Dude, that guy that just delivered your pizza, went to a precinct caucus attended by Mr. X, who…
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:56 pm
//Tread lightly, mister.//
It’s almost humorous how predictable you are. You ignore, defend, and deny, then, like a dog, when you’re cornered, you start to bite.
Grow up.
September 22nd, 2006 at 2:57 pm
[...] I just saw this comment in a thread at MDE: Michael– [...]
September 22nd, 2006 at 3:00 pm
patrick is in class currently, and will respond when he gets out. He was fully aware that Michael was going to attempt a frivlous post, he was only hoping it wouldn’t happen until after he was out of his college class so that he could repond immediately.
As Michael no doubt knows, which is why he didn’t provide a link to DFLsenate.
September 22nd, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Michael,
How are you?
I am fine
I hope you’re having a pleasant day, despite the rainy weather.
Hugs,
Jon-David
September 22nd, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Man Law #234: Anyone sporting a name like “Jon-David” attempting to enter any barber shop will be refused service, but will directed down the street to the salon for a coif.
Man Law #235: Anyone sporting a name like “Jon-David” who has at any time signed a written correspondence to any man with “hugs”, “kisses”, XOXOXO or anything similarly creepy will not be allowed to darken any barber shop door..ever again.
September 22nd, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Kliney: // Instead of 7 degrees of Bacon, we have degrees of Brodkorb. Dude, that guy that just delivered your pizza, went to a precinct caucus attended by Mr. X, who… //
Ah, that reminds me. I have recently gained access to the NSA Domestic Spying Center Super Spy-O-Matic. This website combines the computer data files of cell phone companies, ATMs, websites, and the US Post Office to find any connection between named individuals and the terrorists.
You can try it out yourself. No cracking involved. Just type the name of your favorite candidate to see if they are safe.
http://www.superspyomatic.us/
September 23rd, 2006 at 3:34 pm
Brian,
//Domestic Spying Center//
Not going to let you get away with this lie, ever. You know as well as I, it’s not a domestic spying program.
September 23rd, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Andrew, you know as well as I do that there is illegal wiretapping going on. GWB admitted it in public and dared anyone to do anything about it. Your man is a crook. Get over it already.
Besides, I just checked you out on the super-spy-o-matic. It says:
// Andrew has an uncle who owns a carpet made in Afghanistan. //
So what do you have to say for yourself now, eh? I bet you thought no one would ever find out!!!
September 24th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
[...] The Kennedy campaign, of course, worked to capitalize on the matter, and I can’t blame them for that. But the campaign took things too far by pretending to shutter their site (except, of course, for the donations page). And once called on this by my friend and colleague Patrick Timmons, the campaign responded by sending out part-time staffer Mike Brodkorb to take a whack at Timmons’ kneecaps. Not because Timmons had hacked into Kennedy’s site–he hadn’t. Not because Timmons pretended to be Swiftee to gain the trust of the Kennedy campaign–he identified himself as Patrick Timmons, and gave out his home phone number. Not even because Timmons hid that he was writing on the subject–Timmons identified himself as a Minnesota blogger. No, Timmons got the kneecapping from the Kennedy campaign because he had the temerity to fail to identify the precise blog he worked for–something Brodkorb described as “unethical conduct [that] once again proves the tactics of liberal bloggers have no boundaries.” [...]