Here's the site I've been looking for that has the Real Story about Lieberman's web site.
"Update: DailyKos points out that none of the other 73 sites hosted on that same server are down. That really kills the credibility of the Lieberman campaign claiming it was a DoS attack."
If there was an attack all the web sites on that server would be down. And if someone copied over Liebermans site it only takes a few minutes to restore from backups.
I don't know what's really happening but I know what's not happening and that's Lieberman's version. Someone needs to ask the hosting company for an explanation.
Letter to the Editor
Anti-war activist Ned Lamont, a political unknown who has never held public office has won over a pro-war Democrat Joe Lieberman, who just 6 years ago was almost elected vice president. Clearly the people are sending a message that we are against the war, we are against Bush, and we are going to vote out Democrat collaborators who support a right wing agenda. The time has come for the people to rise up against this failed congress and vote the bums out. If you are a Democrat or a Republican it's time that you get the message. No to war, no to Bush. If you don't get it then we'll replace you with someone who does.
Being a web host myself I'm not buying this story that Jieberman's site was hacked story. His site has been down far too long for that excuse. Unless he is totally incompetent all you have to do is restore from backups and put it back online. If someone hacked any site on my servers it would take me less that 10 minutes to restore.
The other version, that he didn't pay his bill is more likely. Many vendors get stiffed by politicians during elections. If the vendor wasn't paid and thought he was going to get screwed then he might pull the site. There are blogs out there that captured the original message that his site was pulled for not paying his bill.
Lieberman's accusation that he seems to know that Lamont did it is just an election day ploy. Even if he were hacked, how whould he know who did it?
The WHOIS data on the joe2006.com site is interesting.
Friends of Joe Lieberman
P.O. Box 231294
Hartford, CT 06123
US
Domain Name: JOE2006.COM
Administrative Contact:
Diana Fassbender fassbenderdw@yahoo.com
Friends of Joe Lieberman
P.O. Box 231294
Hartford, ct 06123
US
Phone: 203-449-7365
Fax:
Technical Contact:
Domain Administrator hostmaster@securesites.com
Friends of Joe Lieberman
PO Box 3895
Englewood, CO 80155
US
Phone: +180.14370220
Fax:
Billing Contact:
Diana Fassbender fassbenderdw@yahoo.com
Friends of Joe Lieberman
P.O. Box 231294
Hartford, ct 06123
US
Phone: 203-449-7365
Fax:
Record updated on 2005-09-03 13:33:00
Record created on 2002-06-23
Record expires on 2007-06-23
Database last updated on 2006-08-08 16:23:29 EST
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.THEPLANET.COM 207.44.128.228,207.44.128.229,70.86.61.133,70.86.61.134,70.87.7.70,70.87.7.71
NS2.THEPLANET.COM 207.44.128.230,207.44.128.231,70.86.61.135,70.86.61.136,70.87.7.72,70.87.7.73
TransferGuard LOCK Status => DISABLED
Notice the transfer lock as disabled. That's just a little sloppy for a political candidate.