* Some of you have pointed out in comments that if you Googled Kirk Dillard’s name you were directed to a campaign website that was apparently still under construction.

The Sun-Times has more…

On that page you see a pitifully amateur-looking error page that says “under construction” and links back to Dillard’s Facebook page.

But on today’s news release accompanying Dillard’s launch the web address of kirkdillard.com is listed. It indeed is a professional-looking Web site and his campaign said it was launched last night to coincide with today’s announcement.

When the Sun-Times called Wes Bleed, one of Dillard’s press people, to ask about it, he confirmed Kirkdillard.com is the official site for the gubernatorial race.

So what’s the deal with the other web address? Was that a prank by a rival?

“Let’s put it this way,” says Bleed, “I’m not familiar with it.”

You’re not familiar with it, Wes?

Really?

Um, all it took was a quick check of the Network Solutions page to find that electdillard.com is owned by none other than Kirk Dillard.

And now the page shows this…

C’mon, people! You never heard of auto-forward???

Get in the game!

* Meanwhile, there are real perils with using stock images in campaign ads…

Kirk Dillard’s new professionally-produced campaign video that attempts to conjure images of a revitalized Illinois features a sign at a cafe called Lift Coffee Shop with an employee next to a sign that reads: “open.”

The business is open.

But in a different state.

A worker at Lift Coffee Shop said the cafe is in Richmond, Virginia and it is independently-owned.

The campaign admitted it goofed.

The video has since been deleted. Here’s the new video. Rate it…