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Amanda Marcotte may have been fired, and guess how the liberal blogs are reacting?

Did you answer "With angry, over the top obscenity laced rants"? Then you're right! And if you added "Also, they're acting like this is the most important issue ever... just like they do with any of their piddling crap issues they latch onto," then you get bonus points.

I'm getting the feeling that the netroots just don't like the idea that, just because they're a bunch of hate-filled lunatics, they should be considered political liabilities (i.e., the "reality-based" community is getting angry at reality). Sure, the Democrats like the netroots' money and votes, but they want to do that exchange in a back alley out of the public eye and deny it later. That has to hurt their feelings.

What's this mean for us? Well, if Edwards fires Marcotte, then he will officially have responded quicker to right-wing blogs than any Republican making him my favorite candidate. Since no politician out there will do what we want out of principle, maybe we should settle for one we can successfully bully.

Seriously, though, this whole thing reminds me of a scientific research that, while it's better to study for a test sober, if you do study drunk then you're better off taking the test drunk. Similarly, Edwards never should have hired Marcotte, but, since he did, he's better off keeping her. If he bows to pressure to fire her, then he'll just seem even more like the preening little sissy we all know he is. The best thing for him to do is embrace Marcotte and officially become the hate-filled lefty candidate. He can probably run with that all the way to a victory in the primary before being inevitably being trounced by whatever wishy-washy idiot we nominate.

UPDATE:

It looks like he followed my advice: Edwards says Amanda and Melissa will stay.

Just leave yourself elbow room to fire them after the primary, Edwards... that's what a shrewd politician would do.

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