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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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  • Saturday, February 17, 2007 02:36 PM

    FAMOUS LAST WORDS/NEW BEGINNINGS

    "I had to listen to how the poor dear lacrosse players at Duke are being persecuted just because they held someone down and f**kedher against her will—not rape, of course, because the charges have been thrown out. Can’t a few white boys sexually assault a black woman anymore without people getting all wound up about it? So unfair."

    Amanda Marcotte, 1-21-2007

    "At this bus stop in the blogosphere, I am Queen C*** of F*** Mountain."

    - Melissa McEwan, 3-31-2005

    After reading their expletive-included rants, one can only believe that the comedy team of Marcotte & McEwan left the Edwards campaign team to embark on their real missionary positions in life: tenure as Virgins #71 and #72 in Paradise Lost.

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