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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Outraged Of The Day: "Pansy"

By Marc Ambinder

Apr 29 2008, 1:42 PM ET Comment

Gov. Mike Easley, known to Obama supporters now as "Hillary's top NC surrogate," used the word "pansy" this morning to favorably compare Hillary Clinton to Rocky Balboa. Eyebrows were raised; Clinton said nothing. The pansy, is, of course, a flower of exquisite delicateness, which is probably where the 19th century taunt originated. It's now seen as a slur, albeit a slur of a lesser register than others. Not the most comfortable choice of words, but was Easley really saying that Clinton made Balboa look like a gay person? Or just an effeminate weakling? Who wrote that line for him?

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