Those net-savvy Republicans! They have come up with "the most significant change to the Internet since its inception"!
The Republican State Leadership Committee, Inc. has secured the internet domain .gop and is making at least some URLs with the ending .gop available to anyone with the cash to pay the price tag. And just how much would that be? The standard rate is $20.16. Certain URLs, however, carry a premium price tag. E.g., ....
crooks.gop: $250.
cheney.gop: $500
dirty.gop: $5,000
butt.gop: $5,000
Denizens of Twitter, among others, are having fun with this.
Kara Buffington @kara_buffington Jul 8
Hahaha. Really hope someone bought http://mandatorysharialaw.gop today. #dotGOP
sodomy.gop is available for the standard rate of $20.16!
However, not every domain name is available. Among the unavailable URLs are...
WhitesOnly.gop,
BlackPeople.gop, and
BindersFullOfWomen.gop.
As noted at Allvoices.com,
There's smart branding, and there's losing-control-of-your-narrative branding. thinking #dotgop might be the B there.
Here's the
link to try the product of your own brainstorm.