This seemingly pro-Scott Walker website actually takes you to a Planned Parenthood page

It’s not as bad as CarlyFiorina.org, but ReadyForWalker.com is a good reminder to politicians that they need to cover all of their bases when it comes to purchasing domain names.

Instead of being a pro-Scott Walker page with campaign promises and the all-important "donate now" button, the site redirects users to Planned Parenthood Action Fund. During his official announcement Monday that he was entering the increasingly crowded GOP presidential race, the Wisconsin governor proudly stated that under his watch, the state defunded Planned Parenthood. The organization still has money for a website, though, and in a post titled "Gynotician Alert: Scott Walker Edition," Planned Parenthood argued that Walker's signing of five abortion restrictions into law are a "stark reminder of the extreme agenda that he'd bring all the way to the White House if given the chance."

One problem with this redirect is there isn't an actual Ready for Walker group, so there aren't tons of Walkerites clamoring to type the address into their browser. But, since it does sound like a hokey organization belonging to a politician, it wouldn't be surprising if it did get a lot of traffic. Let this be a lesson to all current and future candidates: Purchase every single website address that could possibly be used against you. All of them.

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