The Edwards Dilemma

If you have been looking at various blogs and news sources you may have seen the surge of anger cattiness.


Edwards set up a site and blog to encourage discussion and share information. The people hired to handle this, Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan. In their previous lives, as bloggers on Pandagon and Shakespeare's Sister, made comments that have been deemed by some (Right-Wing) as cruel, crude, and vile. You would need to look up what was said for you to judge them. Suffice to say, they were not glowing praise of Catholicism. And when Bill Donohue, of the Catholic League (in no way affiliated with the Justice League), comes out upset, it must be bad...oh wait, no. He'll come out if you don't act like, become, or praise Catholicism. He's a premium nutter. Coo-coo for coco puffs.

With the "outrage" came pressure to dump the 2 bloggers, for actions unrelated to their current work. For some, like PZ Meyer, it was a litmus test for John Edwards as a candidate.

The likes of Michelle Malkin and Bill Donohue, those are an important constituency for Democrats...wait.

So...what would Edwards do.

As shown on Crooks and Liars,

The Edwards Campaign:

The Edwards campaign just released statements from Edwards and the two bloggers in the thick of the controversy, and it looks as if the two won't be fired. The statement says Edwards was "personally offended" by their writings, but that he also believes in "giving everyone a fair shake" and that he's "talked" to the bloggers, that they've assured him "that it was never their intention to malign anyone's faith," and that he takes them "at their word."

So Edwards chose the better angels of his nature. Good for him, and anyone else a part of this decision. He chose the right people to snub, the ones who had no interest in his agenda to help people, the ones only looking for something to complain about. Brilliant.


But as is pointed out, this is VERY early in the campaign season. This is one of the first Swiftboat maneuvers. More will be coming down river. We hall have to be ready, to help, at the very least, keep reality in sight. If their are people like Malkin who are working hard to drown us all in minutia. Don't let her, or anyone else snow job you. You owe it to yourself.


Daily Kos has more on the blog battle

The Edwards campaign just released statements from Edwards and the two bloggers in the thick of the controversy, and it looks as if the two won't be fired. The statement says Edwards was "personally offended" by their writings, but that he also believes in "giving everyone a fair shake" and that he's "talked" to the bloggers, that they've assured him "that it was never their intention to malign anyone's faith," and that he takes them "at their word."

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Oh, and for those loking to suffer some more, here is an article on Media Matters. It gives you a look at Bill Donohue, Catholic League president. Much has been made at just how hurt he is as a Catholic to read the nasty things said about his faith. He love the word anti-Catholic.

A couple of his classics, look at the link for more:

"People don't trust the Muslims when it comes to liberty."
"[W]hy didn't you just smack the clergyman in the face? After all, most 15-year-old teenage boys wouldn't allow themselves to be molested. So why did you?"

and the classic deluxe

"Well, look, there are people in Hollywood, not all of them, but there are some people who are nothing more than harlots. They will do anything for the buck. They wouldn't care. If you asked them to sodomize their own mother in a movie, they would do so, and they would do it with a smile on their face."


His poor, poor sensitive nature, indeed.