Tell me who's been foolin' who?

As an unapologetic Liberal blogger, I get email from some pretty strange places. Recently I got some email from something called FaxDC.com, full of birther/teabagger nonsense. The web site looks awful, I'm guessing to make it seem home brew. It offers the ability to fax complaints to every member of Congress/Senate:

Get this, the liberal hordes think they can just take over our government for their own enrichment and outlandish purposes. We The People say: NO MORE!

Read this, It's going to be a cold day in HELL before We The People submit to the National Socialist agenda. It is time to put them on notice!

I did a Whois search on Faxdc.com, and came up with this:

Rua Dr. Brito Camara, n 20, 1 Funchal, Madeira 9000-039 PT Phone: 1-902-7495331

Translated, that's someone at 20, Dr. Brito Camera Road, Madeira, Portugal. I did some more digging with Teh Google™, and found that it's actually Domain Discreet, who registers hundreds of random web sites at that address. Weird. Why would a patriotic American grassroots campaign use a proxy anonymous domain host?

But the 902 area code turns out to be Canada, specifically Nova Scotia/PEI. So who the actual hell is Faxdc.com?

A deeper look at the headers of the actual email shows that it comes from @lists.timbueler.com. While that search results in a 404 error, timbueler.com leads to:

http://electionimpactgroup.com/

And who are these folks? Quotes from their site:

If you have ever worked on a campaign before, you know that winning is certainly better than losing. And in today's highly competitive electoral matches it is those candidates who have prepared themselves and their teams with experienced professional help that make it to the finish line a winner.

Advertising - Direct Mail, Radio & TV, Online, and Print Campaign Management, Targeting, and Strategy Field Operations and Grassroots Organizing Fundraising - Direct Mail, Event Planning, Major Donor Programs Legal Compliance - Federal and State Media and Press Relations - National & State Online Web Operations - Basic and Full Service Polling - Integrated and Autodial Printing - Direct Mail, Yard Signs, Bumper Stickers, and more! Telephone Contact Services

And this:

In 2008 many consulting firms and campaigns came to EIG for help in specific targeted areas of their campaigns. Although we were not the General Consultant in any of these races, we were proud to be a part of these campaigns:

Mike Huckabee (Republican)
President of the United States

Greg Davis (Republican)
Mississippi, US Congress District 1

Chris Gorman (Republican)
Louisiana, US Congress District 4

Jack Kelly (Republican)
New Jersey, US Congress District 3

Wayne Parker (Republican)
Alabama, US Congress District 5

Charlie Ross (Republican)
Mississippi, US Congress District 3

Craig Schmidtke (Republican)
Alabama, US Congress District 2

Hal Valeche (Republican)
Florida, US Congress District 16

Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project

Congress of Racial Equality

Mississippi Forward

This is pretty disgusting:

At this time EIG was also called to work with the Congress of Racial Equality to form a chapter in the state of Mississippi. National media was giving attention to the trial of Edgar Ray Killen for the 1964 Civil Rights murders, and EIG was tapped to handle all public relations on outlets such as Court TV and CNN.

The plot thickens. As is often the case, what seems like a slightly bumbling but earnest grassroots effort is actually the spawn of a rightwing consulting firm. So who exactly is electionimpactgroup.com? Another Whois search reveals:

Registrant: Election Impact Group Harold Morgan PO Box 2078 Oxford, MS 38655 US Phone: +1.6628328882 Email: howie@netdoor.com

But even easer is going to the "Contact us" page of the web site, where we find this:

Howie Morgan, President
Election Impact Group
PO Box 2078
Oxford, MS 38655
(662) 832-8882
(662) 234-0336 fax

Tim Bueler
Media Consultant
24338 El Toro Rd. E-108
Laguna Woods, CA 92637
(310) 855-3460
media@timbueler.com

Here's more about Howie Morgan:

Although immediately successful in taking his newfound knowledge to work in races recommended to him by Virginia GOP Committeeman Morton Blackwell (winning 4 of his first 5 elections, including a 5 way GOP primary), Morgan received his first major task when called by his good friend Tennessee State Senator Marsha Blackburn.

Senator Blackburn tapped Morgan to lead her open seat challenge for the 7th Congressional seat of Tennessee. With only 4 months to work with, the Blackburn Team handily won a 7 way GOP primary. Three of these opponents raised $250,000 for their respective campaigns, but they were no match for the $400,000 raised by the Blackburn Team in this same time period. This victory placed Election Impact Group on the national political map and earned EIG public praise by former Republican National Chairman Haley Barbour.

Right after working with Congressman Blackburn, Morgan immediately returned to Mississippi to help fellow conservatives win office. EIG became involved in races across the state for seats on the Board of Supervisors, House of Representatives, and State Senate.

Bottom line is, another fake grassroots astroturf outfit, proudly announcing that they help conservatives get elected.

Bastards.