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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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  • Saturday, February 17, 2007 06:29 PM

    It is not misogynistic to go after something so blatantly stupid as!

    Q: What if Mary had taken Plan B after the Lord filled her with his hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit?

    A: You'd have to justify your misogyny with another ancient mythology.

    You are surprized that people took offense to this little tittle of yours, just what did you expect. Yes on a private blog you can say anything you like, no matter how ignorant or distasteful, but to enter the public arena you have to know that any and everything you have done, said, written, insinuated or other is going to come back to hit you.

    I am a progressive and a Christian, I don't believe a real Conservative can be a Christian as Jesus and His Message was of utmost Liberty and Liberality, but I was highly offended by the above posting of yours. You apparently thought yourself clever in writing it, you have now found out that what seems clever at one time, may come back to bite you on your rear end, that is not misogynistic, that is politics, something you were obviously not clever enough to consider when you stuck your poker in Christian Peoples Eyes with the above posting!

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