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R.N.C. Creates Facebook Parody Site for Obama

The RNC is proving itself consistently willing to mess around online, having some fun and seeing what might work. The question is, are they free to do so having got online organizing nailed down, given that conventional wisdom is that the Bush '04 race demonstrated the GOP's mastery of voter targeting and GOTV? Or is stuff like BarackBook a diversion and waste of resources?

An early glance at the R.N.C. mockup shows Mr. Rezko with his own profile page that lists links to Mr. Obama and other "friends" of the Illinois senator. Other "BarackBook" friends include, Eric Holder, a Washington lawyer and member of Mr. Obama's vice presidential selection team, and William Ayers, one of the founders of the radical group Weather Underground.

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