Website Follies

Being a former campaign staffer, I love to see what campaigns are coming in the next year. Examining campaign websites is always fun, and both democrats and republicans have equally bad websites. Here is a collection of some of the low-lights of some of the newer sites.

1. Give to Pat Toomey and the world will end
I have no idea of Pat meant to make is sound like this, but Toomey started a money raising campaign, and he calls is "Toomsday." Click here and see that from the name, apparently if Pat Toomey reaches his goal, the world will end. What an awful name for a fund raising campaign.

2. Free candy kids!
Staying in Pennsylvania and the Senate race, Democratic Challenger Bill Kortz thought that using a scary mini-van to travel around would be more appealing than a tradition campaign bus. "Coming to a town near you!" I hope this comes with free candy for the kids!

3. Help Wanted
If you cannot get Senior Staff on your campaign, that might tell you that no one believe is you as a candidate. Democratic candidate for Governor in Florida, Michael E. Arth, prominately displays that he is hiring campaign staff. Oh, and below it, there is an ask to donate. Yes, I really want to donate to a campaign, that can't even PAY people to work on it. I assuming that he has not hired a PR director yet.

4. Hey, let's take a picture in fron of some dead trees.
Staying in the sunshine state Alex Sink is running for governor, and has a nice looking website. But as the pictures rotate behind her image, there is a picture of the Everglades. Instead of looking full of life, they look like dead trees. I really get motivated seeing dead trees. Now I know, these trees are not dead, but the imagery is still there, and bad.


5. Glamor shot
Missouri U.S. Senate Candidate, Chuck Purgason, has the best image oh himself on his website.