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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
By Amanda Marcotte

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  • Saturday, February 17, 2007 03:22 PM

    What is distinctinctive about Ms. Marcotte?

    What is distinctive about Ms. Marcotte's writings? It's a rhetoric not previously heard in the campaigns of serious candidates for the presidency. It's a rhetoric which the good sense of American voters overwhelmingly reject, instinctively, based on their multi-generational experience with the rites of democracy and the civility essential to democracy's survival in a diverse populace.

    I offer this entire comments thread as evidence in support of my argument.

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