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... for all those who have, in various ways, called Amanda a "quitter", or suggested that she "gave up too easily", or "abandoned the fight":
Do you really believe that if she had stayed on and tried to fight these attacks from within the Edwards campaign that she ever could have actually "won"? And, for that matter, what would constitute "winning"? A signed letter of apology from Bill Donohue? A "mea culpa" from Bill O'Reilly? Get real.
Do you honestly think that the end result could have been anything other than the complete destruction of Edwards' presidential aspirations? (Leave aside the question of whether or not that's already come to pass.) Or is that the point – if Edwards made the mistake of hiring her, should she have hung in there until it ruined both of them?
How long would have been long enough? Until she came to actual physical harm? Would that have sufficed?
