Here's my take on this issue. The right wing smear machine did a job on Edwards. They went and researched all the blogs by Marcotte and Melissa and found pieces they thought they could use against Edwards. It was a coordinated attack and the Edwards campaign took a pause. I'm sure they wanted to read all the pieces written by Amanda and Melissa to see how big of a firestorm could be created. We all wish the Edwards campaign could have just said screw the right wing attacks, but they decided to take another look at the bloggers. No one knows for sure if they have both been fired. There has been no confirmation by Amanda, Melissa or the Edwards camp. I'm hoping they choose to issue an attack against the right wing smear and keep the bloggers on their roster.
The reality is that when campaigns hire people they have to be heavily vetted no matter the circumstances. Maybe the Edwards camp was hoping the bloggers wouldn't be attacked for their previous work. They were wrong. In this ever changing political system we can expect more of these kinds of attacks against our own. And, we have to fight back. Not just by defending our fellow liberal bloggers but attacking their basis for doing so. If you look at the other side of the aisle, they could have it much worse in the future then what Edwards is dealing with right now. We all know the kinds of nasty things right wingers say on blogs, and Marcotte's blunt humor is nothing compared to their hateful rants. I'm an Edwards supporter, many of you know that, and my support will not change even if they decide to let the two bloggers go. I will not like their decision but my support will not waver. I'm hoping the Edwards camp will keep the bloggers and issue their own attack against Donahue and his ilk.
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