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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Edwards' blogger resigns and plays the feminist card

Well, we won't have Amanda Marcotte to kick around anymore. The blogress who had been hired by the Edwards campaign despite having a propensity for obscenity-laced anti-Catholic blogs, has decided to return to her own blog where she will be free to write what she wants and not worry about hurting the Edwards campaign.
Days after Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards decided against firing two liberal bloggers with a history of inflammatory writing, one resigned last night with a blast at "right wing shills" for driving her out of the campaign.

Amanda Marcotte, whose writings were assailed as anti-Catholic, wrote yesterday on her blog that the Edwards camp had accepted her resignation. She blamed her most vocal critic, Bill Donohoe, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, writing that he "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," which Marcotte described as being "anti-theocracy."

Marcotte charged that Donohoe had been running a "scorched earth campaign" against her and that he "made no bones about the fact that his intent is to 'silence' me. . . . It was creating a situation where I felt that every time I coughed, I was risking the Edwards campaign. . . . Bill Donohue doesn't speak for Catholics, he speaks for the right wing noise machine."
Why do some women reach for the feminist card when they get in a jam. Nancy Pelosi was the same when she was defending herself against charages that she was overreaching in her request for a military plane to take her to San Francisco.
“As a woman speaker of the House, I don’t want any less opportunity than male speakers have had.”
As if being a woman had anything to do with either the plan story or the blogger story. The Republicans would have criticized a male speaker in the same exact way. And a male blogger who had written some of the things that Marcotte had written, there would have been just as much criticism.

See Michelle Malkin for a roundup of reaction to the end of the Marcotte story.
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Well, we won't have Amanda Marcotte to kick around anymore. The blogress who had been hired by the Edwards campaign despite having a propensity for obscenity-laced anti-Catholic blogs, has decided to return to her own blog where she will be free to write what she wants and not worry about hurting the Edwards campaign.

Days after Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards decided against firing two liberal bloggers with a history of inflammatory writing, one resigned last night with a blast at "right wing shills" for driving her out of the campaign.

Amanda Marcotte, whose writings were assailed as anti-Catholic, wrote yesterday on her blog that the Edwards camp had accepted her resignation. She blamed her most vocal critic, Bill Donohoe, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, writing that he "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," which Marcotte described as being "anti-theocracy."

Marcotte charged that Donohoe had been running a "scorched earth campaign" against her and that he "made no bones about the fact that his intent is to 'silence' me. . . . It was creating a situation where I felt that every time I coughed, I was risking the Edwards campaign. . . . Bill Donohue doesn't speak for Catholics, he speaks for the right wing noise machine."

Why do some women reach for the feminist card when they get in a jam. Nancy Pelosi was the same when she was defending herself against charages that she was overreaching in her request for a military plane to take her to San Francisco.

“As a woman speaker of the House, I don’t want any less opportunity than male speakers have had.”

As if being a woman had anything to do with either the plan story or the blogger story. The Republicans would have criticized a male speaker in the same exact way. And a male blogger who had written some of the things that Marcotte had written, there would have been just as much criticism.

See Michelle Malkin for a roundup of reaction to the end of the Marcotte story.

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HOME Betsy neither necessarily uses, nor endorses, the products advertised on this site. The truth about Avesil Cheap Hosting Atlanta Bankruptcy Attorney Dallas Bankruptcy Attorney Wikio Get exclusive travel deals and book discount cheap flights Online Bachelors Degree Comments from an AP history and government teacher in Raleigh, NC. e-mail betsynewmark AT gmail.com Commissions earned from selling items through Amazon will go towards buying materials for my classes. Thank you. Site Feed		Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Edwards' blogger resigns and plays the feminist card Well, we won't have Amanda Marcotte to kick around anymore. The blogress who had been hired by the Edwards campaign despite having a propensity for obscenity-laced anti-Catholic blogs, has decided to return to her own blog where she will be free to write what she wants and not worry about hurting the Edwards campaign. Days after Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards decided against firing two liberal bloggers with a history of inflammatory writing, one resigned last night with a blast at "right wing shills" for driving her out of the campaign. Amanda Marcotte, whose writings were assailed as anti-Catholic, wrote yesterday on her blog that the Edwards camp had accepted her resignation. She blamed her most vocal critic, Bill Donohoe, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, writing that he "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," which Marcotte described as being "anti-theocracy." Marcotte charged that Donohoe had been running a "scorched earth campaign" against her and that he "made no bones about the fact that his intent is to 'silence' me. . . . It was creating a situation where I felt that every time I coughed, I was risking the Edwards campaign. . . . Bill Donohue doesn't speak for Catholics, he speaks for the right wing noise machine." Why do some women reach for the feminist card when they get in a jam. Nancy Pelosi was the same when she was defending herself against charages that she was overreaching in her request for a military plane to take her to San Francisco. “As a woman speaker of the House, I don’t want any less opportunity than male speakers have had.” As if being a woman had anything to do with either the plan story or the blogger story. The Republicans would have criticized a male speaker in the same exact way. And a male blogger who had written some of the things that Marcotte had written, there would have been just as much criticism. See Michelle Malkin for a roundup of reaction to the end of the Marcotte story. Labels: Election 2008 posted by Betsy Newmark permalink 6:47 AM 0 comments Comments: Well, we won't have Amanda Marcotte to kick around anymore. The blogress who had been hired by the Edwards campaign despite having a propensity for obscenity-laced anti-Catholic blogs, has decided to return to her own blog where she will be free to write what she wants and not worry about hurting the Edwards campaign. Days after Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards decided against firing two liberal bloggers with a history of inflammatory writing, one resigned last night with a blast at "right wing shills" for driving her out of the campaign. Amanda Marcotte, whose writings were assailed as anti-Catholic, wrote yesterday on her blog that the Edwards camp had accepted her resignation. She blamed her most vocal critic, Bill Donohoe, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, writing that he "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," which Marcotte described as being "anti-theocracy." Marcotte charged that Donohoe had been running a "scorched earth campaign" against her and that he "made no bones about the fact that his intent is to 'silence' me. . . . It was creating a situation where I felt that every time I coughed, I was risking the Edwards campaign. . . . Bill Donohue doesn't speak for Catholics, he speaks for the right wing noise machine." Why do some women reach for the feminist card when they get in a jam. Nancy Pelosi was the same when she was defending herself against charages that she was overreaching in her request for a military plane to take her to San Francisco. “As a woman speaker of the House, I don’t want any less opportunity than male speakers have had.” As if being a woman had anything to do with either the plan story or the blogger story. The Republicans would have criticized a male speaker in the same exact way. And a male blogger who had written some of the things that Marcotte had written, there would have been just as much criticism. See Michelle Malkin for a roundup of reaction to the end of the Marcotte story. Labels: Election 2008 posted by Betsy Newmark permalink 6:47 AM 0 comments Comments: Post a Comment