On "liberal" tolerance

Matt Drudge reports today that Playgirl editor-in-chief Michele Zipp has been fired after revealing that she voted Republican last November. In an e-mail to Drudge, Zipp wrote:

"After your coverage of my article about coming out and voting Republican ... [c]riticism from the liberal left ensued. A few days after the onslaught of liberal backlash, I was released from my duties at Playgirl magazine. ... I also received a phone call from a leading official from Playgirl magazine, in which he stated with a laugh, 'I wouldn't have hired you if I knew you were a Republican.' I just wanted to let you know of the fear the liberal left has about a woman with power possessing Republican views."