Posted on 02/07/2007 11:10:05 AM PST by abb
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."
This isn't the first Internet-related misstep for the Edwards campaign, which had been making an effort to reach out to the "netroots" but has found its popularity dropping in a straw poll done on the landmark liberal blog Daily Kos. Though he still leads the poll by one point over Sen. Barack Obama, Edwards' support has dropped nine points in the past three weeks. He has also come under fire in the liberal blogosphere for his statements on Iran and his campaign's failure to return the calls of supporters and press, and was embarrassed when his Web site mistakenly revealed his candidacy a day before his official announcement in New Orleans.
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Both women. Interesting.
That didn't take long.
Edwards has always proved that, at least in politics, he is as dumb as he looks.
Malkin was right in the battle on this one.
Thank you Michelle!
Malkin was right in the battle on this one.
Thank you Michelle!
The right-wing blogosphere
PFLR
Likely they are pro-abortion, and you know how those Catholics are.... /sarc
"The right-wing blogosphere got it scalps"
BS characterization.
And away they go. This should get the moonbats flaming mad.
He should just go back to chasing ambulances.
Go over to Edwards' blog. They are in full moonbat meltdown.
"The right-wing blogosphere got it scalps"
I say GOOD FOR US!
And MORE POWER to US!!!
Man that was fast.
Edwards was a lucky 1 term Senator who could not win re-election in his own state, or even deliver his own state to his party as the VP candidate. Fact is he got a pass to win the 1 term in the Senate he got, made his wealth largely on trumped up bs litigation.
This guy is no more presidential material than Hillary Duff is an actress.
reach out to the "nut roots"
Graveyard dead...
whistling
Hillary Duff is more qualified. She has better hair.
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