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On January 30, 2007, the [[John Edwards]] [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008]] [[presidential campaign]] hired Marcotte to act as the campaign's [[blogger|blogmaster]]. In the days that followed, several [[conservative]] bloggers called attention to some of Marcotte's earlier writing, particularly to some of her opinions regarding [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[dogma]] on the topic of [[reproductive rights]]. As a result of these allegedly [[Anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] opinions, the [[Catholic League]] publicly demanded that the Edwards campaign terminate Marcotte's appointment. On February 7, 2007, [[Salon.com]] reported that she had, in fact, been terminated. |
On January 30, 2007, the [[John Edwards]] [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008]] [[presidential campaign]] hired Marcotte to act as the campaign's [[blogger|blogmaster]]. In the days that followed, several [[conservative]] bloggers called attention to some of Marcotte's earlier writing, particularly to some of her opinions regarding [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[dogma]] on the topic of [[reproductive rights]]. As a result of these allegedly [[Anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] opinions, the [[Catholic League]] publicly demanded that the Edwards campaign terminate Marcotte's appointment. On February 7, 2007, [[Salon.com]] reported that she had, in fact, been terminated.[http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/07/edwards_bloggers/index.html] |
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Revision as of 16:53, 8 February 2007
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Amanda Marcotte is a feminist, social commentator and blogger based in Austin, Texas. She runs the popular liberal feminist weblog Pandagon.
Edwards campaign
On January 30, 2007, the John Edwards 2008 presidential campaign hired Marcotte to act as the campaign's blogmaster. In the days that followed, several conservative bloggers called attention to some of Marcotte's earlier writing, particularly to some of her opinions regarding Catholic dogma on the topic of reproductive rights. As a result of these allegedly anti-Catholic opinions, the Catholic League publicly demanded that the Edwards campaign terminate Marcotte's appointment. On February 7, 2007, Salon.com reported that she had, in fact, been terminated.[1]
External links
- Pandagon blog
- John Edwards 2008 Presidential Campaign Official Blog
- Catholics slam bloggers hired by Edwards
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