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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
By Amanda Marcotte

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  • Friday, February 16, 2007 01:19 PM

    "Well, try this. The words "natural family," "marriage," and "family values" now constitute hate speech, according to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today."

    Uh, no, the court didn't decide anything today. They had a special session oral argument on the case, but they haven't decided anything, so maybe, instead of copying and pasting directly from World Net Daily, you should have kept reading the world net daily article, in which an attorney is quoted as saying, "This case has the potential to make a horrible judicial edict ..."

    Or even better, go educate yourself on the Pickering balancing test that applies to this case.

    Or even better, STFU.

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