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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
By Amanda Marcotte

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  • Friday, February 16, 2007 06:20 AM

    FNRP

    This isn't about freedom of speech. The power of the state is not being invoked to silence Ms. Marcotte. She's as free as she ever was to say whatever she wants.

    Her original thoughts were speech. What Donohue said was speech. Then a lot more speech went flying around. The Edwards campaign listened to all the speech and made a business decision (then unmade it, but whatever).

    You are entitled to say what you want. Your employer has no obligation to keep you on the job if what you say is offensive or damaging to them. This is the way it's always been.

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