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

I announced that I was taking the job on Jan. 30, and the same week, I noticed a small flare-up of oddly aggressive and misogynistic comments in my moderation queue over a short, irritated post I wrote about the coverage of the Duke lacrosse rape case on CNN. I assumed that some anti-feminist blogger had linked me and so, in frustration, I went and rewrote my by-then week-old post to mock the commenters by spelling out my views in childish, ... Full Story »

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by Aldon Hynes - Feb. 16, 2007

This is a more balanced story than I would expect from a person who has been driven out of a job by right wing extremists intent on shutting down informed political discourse. It is extremely important in terms of what will happen in the 2008 presidential election and provides great background. Note: I am very biased on this. I have close ties to the Edwards campaign, and have set up the "I am Amanda Marcotte" group on Facebook.

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