AFP NJ Tries To "Disrobe" Courts; Gets Caught With Pants Down Instead

by: KendalJames

Thu Jun 30, 2011 at 12:30:24 PM EDT

The New Jersey branch of Americans for Prosperity recently launched a judicial elections initiative, promoted via a press release that also touted the website "NJDisrobed.com" as a source for "information about decisions and implications on the electorate." One minor problem: no one had actually bothered to buy the URL yet, a situation that was quickly "rectified" by a liberal activist, who in turn pointed it at the Sourcewatch entry on Americans for Prosperity. Which of course lovingly details the group's funding by the conservative Koch Brothers and its work on behalf of union-busters and the tobacco industry.

Besides being a true joy to tell you about, this particular screw-up is worse than the oopsie that led to that excellent Jane Corwin parody campaign site a couple of months ago, since at least Corwin's staff had bought her OWN domain. Hey kids! Be sure to click on your link before you put it in a press release. Ah, sweet amateurs - without them, who would keep pros like us in business?

It seems that the gaffe went overlooked for a number of days before AFP realized the mistake and scrubbed the URL from their website, which now simply states that an unnamed website is forthcoming.