http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1020 Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:11:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1020&cpage=1#comment-27556 Amanda Marcotte Resigns From Edwards Campaign To Oppose Tactics of the Religious Right - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:46:46 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1020#comment-27556 [...] Amanda Marcotte has posted a notice at Pandagon that she has resigned her position with the Edwards campaign following the attacks from Bill Donohue. Her post begins: I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills and talents I bring to the table, and my willingness to work hard for what’s right. Unfortunately, Bill Donohue and his calvacade of right wing shills don’t respect that a mere woman like me could be hired for my skills, and pretended that John Edwards had to be held accountable for some of my personal, non-mainstream views on religious influence on politics (I’m anti-theocracy, for those who were keeping track). Bill Donohue—anti-Semite, right wing lackey whose entire job is to create non-controversies in order to derail liberal politics—has been running a scorched earth campaign to get me fired for my personal beliefs and my writings on this blog. [...] [...] Amanda Marcotte has posted a notice at Pandagon that she has resigned her position with the Edwards campaign following the attacks from Bill Donohue. Her post begins: I was hired by the Edwards campaign for the skills and talents I bring to the table, and my willingness to work hard for what’s right. Unfortunately, Bill Donohue and his calvacade of right wing shills don’t respect that a mere woman like me could be hired for my skills, and pretended that John Edwards had to be held accountable for some of my personal, non-mainstream views on religious influence on politics (I’m anti-theocracy, for those who were keeping track). Bill Donohue—anti-Semite, right wing lackey whose entire job is to create non-controversies in order to derail liberal politics—has been running a scorched earth campaign to get me fired for my personal beliefs and my writings on this blog. [...]

]]> http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1020&cpage=1#comment-26802 Edwards Doesn’t Give In To Right Wing Attacks–But Should Have Been Better Prepared - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:47:27 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1020#comment-26802 [...] Edwards certainly made the right decision in resisting pressure from right wing hypocrits. He certainly had no choice if he had any desire to maintain his degree of support in the blogosphere. I do find it puzzling that this controversy was allowed to go on for so long considering that this should have been predicted. While I haven’t read Pandagon, having read Shakespeare’s Sister made me think that the language used there was going to become an issue. I would think that this is something the campaign should have considered and have been prepared for. While the comments of a blogger on their own blog hardly have any bearing on my views of a candidate, it is possible that others would see it differently. I would think that the campaign should have been aware of their writings before hiring them. [...] [...] Edwards certainly made the right decision in resisting pressure from right wing hypocrits. He certainly had no choice if he had any desire to maintain his degree of support in the blogosphere. I do find it puzzling that this controversy was allowed to go on for so long considering that this should have been predicted. While I haven’t read Pandagon, having read Shakespeare’s Sister made me think that the language used there was going to become an issue. I would think that this is something the campaign should have considered and have been prepared for. While the comments of a blogger on their own blog hardly have any bearing on my views of a candidate, it is possible that others would see it differently. I would think that the campaign should have been aware of their writings before hiring them. [...]

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