Power Liners Clarify Haley Web Spat

We’ll double-check our records, but we remain firmly convinced that a source at the political web development firm “Under the Power Lines” told us last week that the campaign of U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett was responsible for yanking South Carolina gubernatorial rival Nikki Haley’s website from the Internet last week.

Bear in mind this was just one of many sources we had for this particular element of the controversial story, which is why we went with it.

In fact, both before and since we spoke with “Under the Power Lines” last week, we’ve heard from multiple sources who have confirmed to us that the request to pull Haley’s site came directly from Barrett’s Congressional office in Washington, D.C.

Specifically, we’re being told that the rather discourteous move was supposed to serve as a “shot across the bow” from a former Haley staffer who now works in Barrett’s communications office.

This theory also passes the common sense test, seeing as “Under the Power Lines” is the provider-of-record for Barrett’s gubernatorial website, and as such would have no doubt heard from his campaign in the event it was providing web hosting for one of his rivals.

Be that as it may, “Under the Power Lines” is now stating for the record that it pulled Haley’s website of its own volition after being alerted by an individual who is not associated with the Barrett campaign.

Our source at the company acknowledged that the person who filed the initial complaint with the company “may be supporting Barrett” but stated definitely that the individual is neither employed by Barrett’s Congressional office nor his campaign organization.

Fine … duly noted.

It’s still painfully obvious to anybody with two brain cells bouncing around their head that the Barrett campaign’s fingerprints are all over this …

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