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Yes, you can still visit Bob Dole's 1996 campaign website. Here is its story.
Welcome to Dial Up, Mashable’s most excellent look at technology in the '90s, from the early days of the World Wide Web to the clunky gadgets that won our hearts.
It’s Oct. 6, 1996. The night of the first presidential debate between President Bill Clinton and the Republican nominee, Bob Dole. Clinton is the young, popular incumbent who played the saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show. Dole is a stiff conservative, who at 73 years old looks like he yells at kids to get off his lawn.
But as the debate ends, right after he warns young people against doing drugs, Dole pulls off a first for a presidential candidate in the new internet era: he drops the URL of his campaign website, www.dolekemp96.org, on national TV. Read more...
More about President, Election, Archive, 1996, and Dial UpOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/xVIlVWdblHM/
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