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February 7, 2007
If The Rumor Is True I'll Have To Rethink My Support Of Edwards
The right-wing blogosphere has gotten its scalps -- John Edwards has fired the two controversial bloggers he recently hired to do liberal blogger outreach, Salon has learned.The bloggers, Amanda Marcotte, formerly of Pandagon, and Melissa McEwan, of Shakespeare's Sister, had come under fire from right-wing bloggers for statements they had previously made on their respective blogs. A statement by the Catholic League's Bill Donohue, which called Marcotte and McEwan "anti-Catholic vulgar trash-talking bigots," and an accompanying article on the controversy in the New York Times this morning, put extra pressure on the campaign.
Speculation from sources that the two bloggers might be rehired was bolstered by Jennifer Palmieri, a spokeswoman for the Edwards campaign, who said in an e-mail that she would "caution [Salon] against reporting that they have been fired. We will have something to say later."
So did he or didn't he? I will tell you one thing though, if he does fire Melissa and Amanda, bowing to the radical, hypocritical right wing and their complete disconnect from reality, then I'm done with Edwards. I await the official comments from his campaign.
Until then we return you to your regularly scheduled Daffodil Lane.
Found via Salon.com.
Read more at Shakespeare's Sister as well.
Posted by Dianne at February 7, 2007 5:12 PM
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