Herdwatching

Recently some of the more amusingly ignorant in the “radical feminist” blog-o-sphere have once again indulged their obsession with breasts. It’s good to see that they have taken some time off from all that porn they keep thinking about, someone could go blind. Before I go on, as a service to the radical feminist community [...]

Personally I have always liked Lance Armstrong. He is a good guy and a super athlete. His devotion to fighting cancer is also unquestioned. One of the things I admire about him is that he has always managed to avoid being hateful or acting in a way that seemed out of control or full of [...]

It was with mixed emotions I saw Amanda Marcotte take her leave / get kicked out of the Edwards presidential campaign. I certainly think it was a mistake to hire here and he is much better off without her but I’d be lying to say that I kind of wished the freak show had continued. [...]

Amanda Marcotte resigned from the John Edwards campaign. Of course I think we can all agree that this was most likely a resignation in name only. My personal thoughts? One of the following things happened. She was asked to leave because even after one of the least sincere apologies of all time after a spanking by one [...]

Since things tend to get deleted in Amanda Marcotte’s universe, I have updated my post on her apology to include the text. Worth having safe. [tags]edwards, election, netroots, apology, amanda marcotte[/tags]

Those of you who remember the words of Amanda Marcotte from back before she became the semi-housebroken pet blogger for John Edwards will also remember her chocked-out-between-gritted-teeth apology. Her years long history of racism and bigotry were just satire! “My writings on my personal blog Pandagon on the issue of religion are generally satirical in nature [...]

Let’s face it, the Edwards Campaign has a big problem still on it’s hands and the recent attempt at middle of the road spin isn’t going to change it. For a great discussion of why this problem still looms, check out the FAQ by Dean Barnett. However let’s recap where we are. John Edwards is [...]

Poor Edwards. I think this typifies what his campaign will be like in the same way I think it typifies what the man is like. Well meaning Desperate to be popular Entirely misguided Leading to the empowerment of screaming whack jobs Recently candidate Edwards’s organization put Amanda Marcotte in charge of the official John Edwards [...]