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Friday, February 16, 2007 12:00 AM

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 07:26 AM

    Bending the debate to your agenda

    The first half of your post is informative reading that had good potential of being widely read, exposing the tactics of the right-wing thus decreasing their power.

    Then you blow it. This has little, if anything, to do with feminism. They just pushed the buttons they knew would get you upset. You just bent the debate to your own agenda because you are in the limelight. If you care this little about the real issues at hand, such as the conservative machine and the blogospheres impact on politics, then you should have resigned. You just did a huge disservice to yourself, bloggers, and this race.

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