NOTE: Just assume all the links here have a profanity warning, and, if you trust me (why wouldn’t you?), there’s really no reason to go check them out.
Amanda Marcotte, here’s something to consider: Maybe it’s you.
How blissfully unaware can someone so hate-filled be? I have some views that people would consider extreme – everyone does – but I understand what I would look like trying to shove those views down everyone’s throats because IT’S SO OBVIOUS THAT I’M RIGHT TO ANYONE WHO IS NOT INSANE OR STUPID OR PART OF THE PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSORS!!! @#$% YOU ALL IN THE @#$%!!!
Amanda Marmoset apparently lacks such filters. Forced to resign (let’s not pretend she wasn’t; she was obviously a huge distraction from Edwards’ luscious hair), she rants on about the women hating patriarchy that was out to get her (she actually just put up a new post with the phrase “random misogynist scapegoating is all too real in a patriarchy”; maybe it’s satire).
Meerkat, did you ever consider that maybe that wouldn’t be so easy if you weren’t such a low hanging fruit? It might be hard for people to paint you as a lunatic without you weren’t constantly cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
Of course, the insane do not tend to be aware of their insanity… especially when you have the denizens of the nutroots urging you on. After all the controversy, Amanda Macaroni had to know how watched her posting was going to be, but she still wrote this in a movie review Sunday:

The Christian version of the virgin birth is generally interpreted as super-patriarchal, where god is viewed as so powerful he can impregnate without befouling himself by touching a woman, and women are nothing but vessels.

Generally interpreted? Could she maybe clue us in on what planet this is the “generally interpreted” view of the virgin birth in Christianity? Perhaps tell us as reference what Planck’s constant is in this weird wacky universe she lives in where her views are the prevalent ones?
For those who don’t know (like some who stumbled over here from a fantasical place like Pandagon), I should inform you that men actually like the “befouling” more than the impregnating.
I’m guessing that after this, Edwards determined that the beast couldn’t be tamed and asked for a resignation. I think he gave up too easy. He should have hired the Dog Whisperer who would tap Merecoot in the neck while yelling, “Tsst!” anytime she tried to go into crazy ranting. Eventually she would learn that that behavior was not acceptable, and it would be a boon to the blogosphere since Edwards would have proven that a netroots can be trained given enough time and patience.
Well, it’s done with now. Amanda Marcotte will surely rant and rave as she fades back into her well-earned obscurity. Still, there are some lesson to be learned.
FRANK ADVICE ON PICKING OUT A CAMPAIGN BLOGGER
* Before hiring a blogger, consider actually reading a few of her posts. If they tend to make the average American want to respond with a letter headed “Dear Crazy Person,” maybe you should keep looking.
* Before finalizing a hire, give the blogger some basic mental screening. If you start to get heat for how insane that ranting are of the blogger, you can say, “We’ve discovered she has a mental illness, and we’re going to get her the medical help she needs.” Then everyone will feel bad for making fun of someone mentally ill and you’ll score points with the media. It should be noted, you don’t actually have to find mental illness to back out on that excuse.
* Remember to be especially careful with liberal extremists because they have a special kind of crazy. With right-wingers, you get things like, “We must nuke Mecca now!” It’s crazy, but people can at least follow the logic. The ranting about patriarchy and what not from the men-hating feminists are not so easy to understand. You actually have to take college courses and read obscure texts to get that crazy.
* Always use disinfectant after shaking their hands. You just know these people have something, and you don’t want it. They are neither clean nor articulate.
* It should be noted that I can imitate sane at bargain prices if you’re desperate.