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Friday, February 16, 2007 12:00 AM

Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign

During my brief tenure as blogmaster for a Democratic presidential contender, I experienced the right-wing smear machine firsthand

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  • Friday, February 16, 2007 10:27 AM

    Did you really jump?

    Blogging is like email writ large. One should never be surprised if messages thought at the time to be clever look quite different later. Memo to bloggers: just like everyone else, if you can't predict the future think twice about your behavior today. It can come back to haunt you. It can close doors.

    I take note of Salon's comment policy, "Salon reserves the right to delete any letter at its discretion; for example, we may remove letters that are far off-topic or excessively rude, or that violate the law or common decency".

    Would Salon allow a post that included the worst of your commentary? I doubt it.

    In sum, your writings were vulgar, violative of common decency, nasty and wholly tasteless. Is it a wonder that a politician who wants to win would distance himself from your stuff?

    Come clean, did you jump or were you pushed?

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