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Monday Morning Rant

Here's something I wanted to rant about last week but it got totally side-tracked by the John Edwards bloggers debacle. Especially since it is a perfect follow-up to the hypocrisy surrounding that debacle. A hypocrisy based on how a certain kind of woman uses language.

I was told by a party insider they could not link to this blog because I used the word "panties" in one of my posts.

Yes people. Like 9 year-olds, Democrats are skittish of the word used for a girls' cootie catcher.

Do I have to be a multi-millinaire political socialite or a couple of guys dressed in blog drag for it to be acceptable? What of the DNC linking to the aforementioned blog back in 2004 when it had a media dilettante who's shitck at said blog was to endlessly pepper her posts with sodomy jokes?

Does choosing not to link to this blog have something to do with common decency or is it just out right censorship?

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Redefining patriotism

It is time to be patriotic about something other than war.

— John Edwards, 2008 Presidential hopeful
DNC Winter Meeting, 2007

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Redefining politics

This is not the time for political calculation, thisis the time for political courage.

— John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Hopeful
2007 DNC Winter Meeting

Submitted by liza on 6 February 2007 - 10:10am.
Activism | Politics | 2007 Democratic National Convention Winter Meeting | John Edwards

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