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HE GOT TRICKED BY ONE OF THESE
REPUBLICAN WEBSITES.
>> I GOOGLE HIS NAME AND THINGS
OF THAT NATURE AND I'M THINKING
I'M AT THE RIGHT WEBSITE.
I SEE HIS LOVELY PICTURE RIGHT
THERE.
>> Reporter: THE SITE SURE
LOOKED LIKE THE RE-ELECTION
CAMPAIGN WEBSITE FOR DEMOCRAT
JOHN BARROW.
AT LEAST IT DID TO FRALES.
>> ALL I SEE IS THE BLUE.
JOHN BARROW FOR CONGRESS,
DONATE.
>> Reporter: AND HE DID.
$1,000, THEN THE SURPRISE.
>> GEORGE BUSH'S PICTURE POPS UP
AND SAYS CONGRATULATIONS,
SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU
DONATED TO HELP DEFEAT JOHN
BARROW.
AND I TELL MY WIFE, OH, MY GOD,
YOU KNOW, I JUST DONATED TO THE
WRONG WEBSITE.
>> Reporter: FRAILS BELIEVES HE
WAS TRICKED BY A DECEPTIVE
WEBSITE.
JOHN BARROW 2014 IS ONE OF AT
LEAST 15 WEBSITES ABOUT
DEMOCRATS THAT THE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE HAS BUILT IN WHAT AT
LEAST THEIR SPOKESMAN THINKS IS
A MASTERFUL STROKE OF ONLINE
INGENUITY.
USE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES,
DEMOCRAT NAMES AND IMAGES TO GET
THE MESSAGE OUT.
>> DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE A BIG TO
DO ABOUT IT SO WE WERE PRETTY
SHOCKED, ACTUALLY, THAT THEY HAD
LEFT A LOT OF URLs SITTING OUT
THERE FOR THEIR CANDIDATES.
WE FIGURED, IF THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO USE THEM, WE WILL.
>> Reporter: THE N RCHL KRCHL C
BOU
NRCC BOUGHT UP HUNDREDS OF URLs.
GOOGLE SEARCHES LOOKING FOR
INFORMATION GOES TO THE FAKE URL
SITES.
DECEPTIVE?
HE SAYS IT'S PURE GENIUS.
>> WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS
PROGRAM.
>> Reporter: YOU DON'T THINK
SCOOPING UP THE URL NAMES OF
DEMOCRATS, BUYING UP ALL OF THIS
POTENTIAL DEMOCRATIC ACCESS AND
THEN USING THE DEMOCRATS' NAMES
TO -- AND I WILL SAY, IT'S
DECEPTIVE.
DECEPTIVELY DELIVER THE
REPUBLICAN MESSAGE?
IS IT ***?
>> NO, I THINK THEY DROPPED THE
BALL.
>> Reporter: MONTANA DEMOCRAT
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE JOHN
LEWIS, OBVIOUSLY, HAS A
DIFFERENT OPINION.
HE'S ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS THE
REPUBLICANS BUILT A WEBSITE
ABOUT.
JOHNLEWISFORCONGRESS.COM.
>> THEY ARE CREATING A WEBSITE
THAT AT FIRST BLUSH IS DESIGNED
TO LOOK LIKE YOUR WEBSITE.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF
UNFORTUNATE USES OF DECEPTION IN
THE LAST FEW ELECTIONS AND IT'S
JUST ANOTHER IN A LONG STRING OF
THAT.
>> Reporter: THE NRCC INSISTS
THE SITES AREN'T MEANT TO FOOL
ANYONE AND IF YOU JUST READ
THEM, YOU'LL QUICKLY FIND OUT
THE TRUTH ABOUT WHO PRODUCED THE
SITE AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE
NRCC SAYS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATS THAT THEY ARE TRYING
TO DEFEAT, LIKE JOHN LEWIS.
>> MONTANANS KNOW WHO I STAND
FOR AND THEY ARE GOING TO SEE
THROUGH A WEBSITE THAT IS BASED
ON DECEPTION.
>> Reporter: THE REPUBLICANS'
RESPONSE, DEMOCRATS DO IT, TOO.
>> THEY REGULARLY ATTACK
CANDIDATES ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> Reporter: BUT THEY DON'T LOOK
LIKE CAMPAIGN WEBSITES OF YOUR
CANDIDATE.
>> BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ATTACKS
ON OUR CANDIDATES OUT THERE SO I
THINK THAT WHILE THE STRATEGY
MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, I
DON'T THINK EITHER CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE HAS GIVEN UP ON
GETTING INFORMATION OUT THERE
ONLINE.
>> Reporter: SO WOLF, DO THE
DEMOCRATS REALLY DO THIS?
THE REPUBLICANS SAY YES AND
POINT TO A STATE DEMOCRATIC SITE
IN FLORIDA THAT WAS REALLY
MOCKING A REPUBLICAN.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS SAY IT'S
NOT THE SAME THING AND IT'S NOT
THEM.
THE DEMOCRAT CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, THE DCCC
GAVE US THIS STATEMENT.
IT'S NOT THE DCCC'S PRACTICE TO
MAKE WEBSITES THAT COULD BE
CONFUSED WITH THE OPPONENT'S
SITE AND AS FOR RANDY FRAILS, HE