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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
  • Reflexive lack of irony detected

    So cminimus, your response wasn't sufficient unless it had your insult to Chloe: she's a zell miller democrat, a dino. Good job! Now you don't have to listen to anything she might have to say.

    That's a rather... idiosyncratic... intepretation on your part, considering that I then spent the next two paragraphs responding to what Chloe had to say.

    (And are you going to say my characterization is wrong, then? She did use a term used by conservatives to refer to Democrats in a way no liberal or moderate would. If someone said "as an Orthodox Jew, I'm very worried that virtually none of my co-religionists have accepted Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, into their hearts," would you really believe they were an Orthodox Jew?)

    I'm willing to argue with an honest conservative, or an honest anybody else for that matter. Part of that means admitting what you are. I am a liberal Quaker. Chloe seems to be a conservative Catholic. You are whatever you are; you didn't say, but smart money says some variant of conservative.

    Yes, yes, I am certain you are a pandagon commenter. You have the behavior down pat.

    My hunch is that this is your attempt to dehumanize me in an attempt to dismiss what I'm saying, but I choose to take it as a compliment instead.

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