(Update by Liza Sabater, Publisher : Hello Salon Readers! Feminist bloggers are not taking the attacks against Amanda, Melissa and other feminist bloggers lightly. We are working now harder than ever to create a Feminist Bloggers PAC [1].)

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Richard Cranium is calling for an email campaign and blogswarm [2].

Let’s be clear on something - Amanda and Melissa are among the most savvy, articulate progressive commentators in the blogosphere. The Edwards’ campaign is most fortunate to have both of them working on internet outreach. So, to me, this is just another example of right wing blogs pushing a story into the mainstream media to create some noise based on out-of-context cherry picking of inflammatory buzzwords and snarky posting. But afterall, isn’t that what this medium is all about?

Ok, so, I’m going to ask you to do something. If you feel as I do, that this is a trumped up manufactured controversy by organizations that wouldn’t vote for Edwards in a million years anyway, please drop a line to the Edwards campaign [3].

We need to support our own in this regard. If the Edwards campaign buckles on this one, and fires Amanda and Melissa, I will immediately drop my own support for John Edwards. It’s not that I will have changed my views on his issues, but that his campaign will have shown no spine early on. And I want a candidate (and campaign) with spine.

Make sure you put "SUPPORT AMANDA AND MELISSA" on your email to the Edwards campaign.

Here's a list of posts so far :

me : The swiftboating of John Edwards Political Courage [4]

Zuzu at Feministe : This is really getting out of hand [5] and Jill with The Backlash Against the Edwards Bloggers [6]

Chicago Dyke at CorrenteWire : Courage vs. Popularity [7]

Misty at Shakespeare's Sister : Ol' Bill is ticked [8]

Jessica at Feministing : The post in which I scrub my skin off with a brillo pad [9]

UPDATES!

Shelzebub at Pinko Feminist Hellcat : Further adventures in right-wing hypocrisy [10] and More on that conservative hypocrisy [11]

Glenn Greenwald at Unclaimed Terrirtory : A look at John McCain's blogger-consultant [12]

Barbara at Mahablog : Intimidation [13]

Evan at Alternet : Updated: John Edwards campaign deciding fate of bloggers [14]

Martin at Booman Tribune Edwards Need to Show Some Spine [15]

McJoan at Daily Kos Edwards and the Bloggers [16]

Ann at Feminist Law Professors : In Support of Amanda Marcotte [17]

Ann at Feministing : Advice to Associated Press headline writers [18]

Duncan at Eschaton : Uh, Edwards Campaign? [19]

Elayne at Penn-Elayne : Bit of a Blogaround [20]

Matt at MyDD More Instability [21]

Ezra : Edwards, Marcotte, and McEwan [22]

Micah at Personal Democracy Forum : Still More on Edwards-Marcotte Non-Scandal [23]

Mark at Tapped : WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON, EDWARDS? [24]

P at PSoTD : Piling On [25] and Suburban Guerrilla [26]

John at Crooks and Liars : ABC’s Terry Moran should be ashamed [27]

Scott has 2 from Lawyers, Guns and Money : Department of Offensive Historical Analogies [28] and People Who Are Paid to Use The Language Of Anti-Bigotry to Mask Crackpottery: To Be Ignored [29]

Steve at News Blog : Are you shitting me? [30]

Sean at The Agonist : John Edwards Bowing To Winger Pressure? [31]

Gavin at SadlyNO! : Terry And The Pirates [32]

Tennessee Guerrilla Women feminist.html" title="reference on Edwards reconsiders hire" target="_blank"> Edwards reconsiders hire [33]

Matt at Rights Field Conservative Media [34], A bar so low [35] and Huffington Post [36]

Ilyka Damen : Great moments in mud-slinging [37] and Why I support Amanda and Melissa [38]

Angry Black BitchMy people call it accurate [39]

Echidne of the Snakes The Fuckity-Fuck Post [40]

Barry at Alas a Blog : The Attack on Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan [41] and The Attack on Amanda and Melissa, part 2: What’s At Stake Here [42]

Sara at F-Words : Bewildering [43]

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo : (February 07, 2007 -- 04:55 PM EDT) [44]

BFP over at Women of Color Blog : Edwards the coward [45]

It's 8pm and the list just keeps growing. Please also take a look at the comments. People are add their posts there as well

Kangro X at Daily Kos Does ABC News Condone Hate Speech? [46]

More from the Shakespeare's Sister bloggers: Paul the spud [47]'s and Waveflux's posts [48].

The Heretik : A polite update [49]

The Carpetbagger Report : Targeting John Edwards’ bloggers [50]

State of the day : Shakes in the news [51]

Media Matters : NY Times, AP reported Donohue's criticism of Edwards campaign bloggers -- but ignored Donohue's own controversial comments and inconsistent outrage [52]

Tiny Cat Pants John Edwards, Listen Here [53]

Rising Hegemon : Don't do it [54]

Pam Spaulding Caving in to the right wing never works [55]

And the growing list at Punkass blog's The series of tubes have spoken [56]

Violet Socks at The Swift-Boating of Amanda, and the Duke First-Degree Sexual Assault (which includes raping someone with a broomstick) Case [57]

Chris Bowers at MyDD : Waiting To Hear From Edwards [58]

Bob over at Democrats.com Edwards must not surrender [59]

The Continental Op : Stand by your bloggers John [60]