The Left has whined about supression of free speech ever since 9/11, a comical gripe in the era of Michael Moore and countless nitwit entertainers spouting off against Bush.

Of course, they should know. They refuse to review books they don’t like — Douglas Feith’s to name just one — and want to supress talk radio by reviving the Fairness Doctrine.

So it’s always a chuckle when they eat one of their own. Daily Kos has banned a fellow liberal because he’s been blogging about two-timing Senator John Edwards and his recent love spawn.

About a week ago, I posted a piece on the Huffington Post called Say It Ain’t So, John. I didn’t think it would have much more impact than my usual posts…maybe a dozen comments or so, a couple of people linking to it. I cross posted on DailyKos, which is probably the best known and biggest progressive blog. I’ve been posting at Kos for a long time. As more news about Edwards has come out, I followed up with more posts which were also the subject of a large number of comments. All of them looked at the Edwards situation from my point of view; that is, a liberal who is concerned about the implications this story may have in November.

Now I’m banned. I can’t write about ANYTHING at Kos. Can’t comment, can’t post a non-Edwards piece. Nothing.

And I stand by my title - it’s largely John Edward’s fault that I’m banned. I’m now personally a small piece of fallout from the scandal. That’s because Edward’s defense is shoot the messenger, not answer the questions. The rabid response of the people on Kos is directly related to Edwards and his own response. That’s exactly why I’m saying this has the potential to hurt the Democratic brand.

So answer the effin’ questions already, John. For everyone’s sake.

I’m not sure if the DailyKos is going to take down my writing and make me a complete un-person there. Of course, real progressives are against censorship so Maryscott O’Connor’s blog MyLeftWing is my new community home. (Maryscott was the lead actress in my film Breathing Room about 13 years ago, by the way.)

But the real progressives are conservatives, Lee. Yeah, I know, it’s a radical idea, but you have to fight the paradigm etc…