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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
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    the democracy industry

    Are pandagon bloggers obsessed with the H.P.Lovecraft figure "Dagon?" Does this mean they plan to explore a panoramic view of the Lovecraft Oeuvre?

    The music industry isn't selling music, it's selling sex. E.g. britney, spice girls.

    The democracy industry isn't selling democracy. It's peddling manipulation. The system has been carefully crafted to ensure that the leader of the free world is nearly guaranteed to be a babbling fool, although the system has occasionally been foiled.

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