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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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  • Thursday, February 15, 2007 09:53 PM

    Why do you have to ban so many people Amanda? You ban more than anybody. Why you?

    Gosh Amanda, I don't know of any sites on the net that ban more people and delete more comments than your site.

    Why is that?

    Your comment section reads much more like the right wing (hate speech) sites like Free Republic, Little Green Footballs, Hot Air, Protein Wisdom, Patterico, Riehl World, The Anti Idiotarian Rottweiler than it does like any of the prominent left wing sites.

    The comments at Atrios', Hullabaloo, FireDogLake, ThinkProgress, TalkingPointsMemo, TalkLeft -- none of these comment sections read anything like yours. And none of them ban or delete even 1/100th of the comments that you do.

    What is it about your writing that engenders so much dislike for you? Why have you had to ban men, women, heterosexuals, gays, lesbians from your site?

    I feel very sorry for you that you have been the victim of all of these people.

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