Joe Stanley, NAMBLA and Democrat Politics

Joe Stanley is a Democrat/ick political hack who has a penchant for usurping the identities of political opponents by buying up domain names. It may be legal but it is certainly unethical and smarmy to boot.

Sometimes he creates slick little websites impugning the integrity and character of good people and when called to task claims it is "parody".

Sometimes he re-directs the domain names to the campaign site of the candidate he his working for. For example, let's say you are looking for information about Fred Smith. You do a google and see a link to fredsmith.com. But the link takes you directly to ImaJerk.com who is Fred Smith's opponent. Isn't that special?

He decided to pick on the Old Dominion Blog Alliance, bought the domain name and re-directed it to NAMBLA (North American Man Boy Love Association). It is unclear at this time, as far as I can determine, whether he has a connection within that organization that gave him permission to link to NAMBLA.

I thought I would use this blog post to link to a few items and stories about Joe Stanley. The man seems to personify an ethically challenged entity without a moral compass that mascarades these days as the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Current from Joe Stanley's website, yellowdogstrategy.com:
Client List:
Political
Al Weed for Congress
Creigh Deeds for Attorney General
Eric Ferguson for Delegate 2005
James Webb for US Senate
Ferguson for Delegate 2007
Public Policy Virginia
Change America Now
Elmendorf Strategies, LLC
Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee

Commercial
MVP Sporting Goods
The Food Network
Credit Suisse|First Boston
DK Travel Guides
New York Knicks
Knick City Dancers
CBS Sportsline
Salomon SmithBarney
Conde Nast Publications
New York Blood Center
The Robin Hood Foundation
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Fashion Institute of Technology

Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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Ferguson's campaign that year was the closest any Democrat has come to defeating Dudley since he first won election in a close race over Wes Naff in 1993. With a campaign orchestrated by political consultants Dave "Mudcat" Saunders and Joe Stanley, Ferguson cast himself as an "Old Timey Democrat" in the mold of Harry Truman. He used radio ads broadcast on country music and conservative talk radio stations to attack Dudley both personally and politically.

Stanley strikes again

Web surfers looking for Mac McCadden's campaign Web site might end up confused if they're searching by domain name.

Enter macmccadden.com, .net or .org and your Web browser will take you not to the site of the man challenging Onzlee Ware for the Democratic nomination in the 11th House District, but to Ware's site. Instead, McCadden's site is at www.mccaddenfordelegate.com.

Blame it on Joe Stanley, a Franklin County political consultant who in 2005 acquired allendudley.com when his client, Rocky Mount lawyer Eric Ferguson, was running against Del. Allen Dudley in the 9th District.

Last year Stanley did some more speculating on domain names. He purchased a number of domains from godaddy.com for $1.99 each. His purchases included a variety of sites based on the names of various political candidates, including both allies and enemies.

Stanley bought onzleeware.com, which he ended up designing for the incumbent delegate. He then directed the McCadden domains, which he purchased in January, to Ware's site.

Likewise, allendudley.com, along with the domains consisting of a number of other potential Republican candidates in the 9th District, now point to Ferguson's campaign site.

Despite all this, Stanley said he's been unable to acquire his own domain name. Unfortunately, he said, joestanley.com has been unavailable since he started inquiring about it in the late '90s.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Republicans and Democrats in Franklin County have chosen their candidates for sheriff.
Republicans have selected longtime sheriff's office Lt. Ewell Hunt, and Democrats have chosen Capt. W.Q. "Billy" Overton.
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With the sheriff's race so closely contested, Joe Stanley, head of the Franklin County Democratic Committee, said the name Overton works in the favor of the younger Overton.
"With the name Overton, you know you're going to get a good person for sheriff," Stanley said. "This is about name recognition, and it's overwhelmingly in his favor."

Saturday, September 09, 2006
A volunteer for Sen. George Allen's re-election effort will avoid a campaign-related trespassing conviction so long as the volunteer stays out of legal trouble for the next 90 days, a Roanoke judge ruled Friday.

Judge Jacqueline Talevi said that although there was enough evidence to convict James Hunter Pickels of a misdemeanor trespassing charge, she would be willing to dismiss the case in three months.

Joe Stanley, a Democratic Party organizer, alleged that Pickels refused to leave an April 27 kickoff rally in Roanoke for James Webb, the Democratic candidate challenging Allen, a Republican, in November.

At the time Pickels was working as a "tracker" for the Allen campaign, following Webb around the state with a video camera.
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Pickels testified that once he left the building, he did not return. Stanley, however, told the court that Pickels hovered on the doorjamb after being told to leave.

Nixon, who was representing Pickels pro bono, argued that his client did not think he was trespassing because he had responded to an invitation posted on a Web site run by Virginia Democrats. Pickels noted that he had responded to similar invitations for other events throughout the state and had attended them without incident.

Saturday, 23 December 2006
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Goode's press conference, which took place in the Franklin County Courthouse, was secured by a number of county sheriff's deputies. Franklin County Sheriff W.Q. "Quint" Overton said Goode had requested the security because he wanted to ensure that only members of the media attended. The only person turned away was Joe Stanley, the chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Committee.

Overton said Goode had received threats. Goode declined to comment on that matter.

November 2, 2004
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Also on Thursday night, in rural Franklin County theives were so brazen that they drove right into the large front yard of Joe Stanley, grabbed his sign, and then sped away, leaving large tire ruts in the yard.
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Campaign workers acknowledge that the high theft rate may be attributed to college students stealing the signs because of the connotations of ‘Weed’.