Stubborn Facts neatly sums up the post-Edwards campaign Marcotte story to date:
Amanda Marcotte has a three-page web article in Salon in which she copiously demonstrates why she should never have been hired in the first place. (You have to suffer through a short web commercial for the full access required to suffer through the rest.)Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign
I realized that I couldn't handle the stress of having people flinging an endless stream of baseless accusations at me without being able to come out and defend myself, so I resigned from the campaign.
Marcotte has a little history of flinging things herself, using vulgarity and vituperation in much the same fashion that annoyed primates utilize their excretions. Given open "prime time" access in Salon, she manages to confirm that she's definitely not ready for prime time, with the fecal fallout beginning in short order.
She does manage to get to the second page before throwing the first f-bomb. As to be expected, it's all the fault of the Godbag Patriarchy and the Right-Wing Smear Machine, intent on smothering any legitimate feminist voices in the political arena. Her own egocentric "coarse, comedic vernacular," readily apparent anger management problem, near-psychotic rants and smugly histrionic tantrums were, of course, not in the least to blame.
It is hard to believe there are folks willing to champion Marcotte after she basically comes out and says the reason she left the Edwards campaign was because it really cut into her ability to be a full-time victim.
She would also have folks believe there is something stressful about being on the receiving end of criticism from folks you don't respect in the first place.
In reality there is nothing to it.
No comments:
Post a Comment