Ron Paul should look into this and release a statement. Gibson is a very well known brand, and favorite of many famous musicians who may be somewhat politically apathetic. Coming out in support of Gibson may leave a lasting favorable impression of Ron Paul in their minds, and I imagine musicians...
Don't trust that website. Said my local BB had them in stock, raced over there while on the phone waiting for an answer the whole way. They had sold out 2 hours prior to a line of 80+ people waiting on the shipment.
You can almost never track down a DDoS source, and it's not very hard to do. Not headline worthy for sure. This happens on the internet all the time. It is likely one guy somewhere that one of RP's supporters pissed off. Don't think it is some conspiracy, heh.
The campaign would be better off without anyone who attempts to attach their theories to it. Such people make garnering new supporters that much more difficult. I want your vote, not your opinions. We're winning support for Ron Paul, not you. Talk about his views, not yours. If you aren't...
I think Ron needs to not relax. He needs to do his normal routine, he needs to do his morning exercise, meet and greet, do some interviews, own the debate, do some more interviews, win Ames, and then eat some of his wife's chocolate chip cookies.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1389/saturday-night-live-dont-buy-stuff
Seems like a nice innocent non political way to knock some sense into people before leading them our way.