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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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  • Friday, February 16, 2007 02:40 PM

    If You Can't Take The Heat,

    then get back in the kitchen and rattle those pots and pans, Amanda!

    When you play with the big boys it's not the kind of game where you can run and cry to mama when you lose.

    Catholics have freedom of speech too, and even though you say (wink, wink) you did not intend to offend, you offended plenty.

    You seem to think freedom of speech is your own special property, or maybe the property of the left. It is not.

    When you speak people have every right to criticize that speech. That is a legitimate exercise of their freedom of speech.

    Grow up, little Amanda, or go home to mama.

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