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Regarding Marcotte's problems with the Duke case, I was part of that dustup at Pandagon. My problems with Marcotte's blogging on this were posted here:
http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2007/02/our-collective-voice-limits-of-social.html
Marcotte's inability to get past her slant of feminist theory to the facts of the lacrosse case is what sunk her in that matter. It's always good to actually know what you're talking about when going into a debate about something.
It's also good when you want to get elected not to alienate a large bloc of potential voters. You'll note that Marcotte's mouth and Edwards' interests diverged at this point, signaling why her employment with Edwards' campaign was going to be brief.
There are more Catholics than readers of Pandagon and the vast majority of those Catholics have no love at all for the fascist Donohue and his beliefs. They just don't like to be insulted.
Marcotte and many of her supporters want to make this a match between good and evil, Marcotte being good and Donohue being evil. Amanda wants to portray her failure in the political arena as a great battle and amplify the tragedy of her fall, a struggle of epic proportions. Tragedy doesn't befit a spear carrier. That's why she is gone from Edwards' campaign.
