“Before Amanda Marcotte’s short-lived tenure as blogger for the John Edwards campaign, I was offered the job. Here’s why I said no.”
3QD friend, and well known blogger, Lindsay Beyerstein in Salon:
“I’m probably not … the person you want,” I said, finally. “I mean, I’m on the record saying that abortion is good and that all drugs should be legalized, including heroin. Don’t you think that might be a little embarrassing for the campaign?”
Bob assured me that my controversial posts weren’t a problem as far as the campaign was concerned. They were familiar with my work. And Bob did seem to know my writing. I didn’t get the impression he was a daily reader, but it was obvious he had been reading the blog for a while.
“That’s you, that’s not John Edwards,” he said.
Bob was confident that people would understand the difference. I wasn’t so sure.
“So, it’s not a problem that I’m an outspoken atheist?” I asked.
Every blogger says controversial things from time to time, Bob assured me. He admitted that he’d drawn some fire for a tasteless joke on his own site a while back. It hadn’t been a big deal.
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