Feeling some heat?
"Thank God heaven has cable"
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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BOOOOOOOOO!
Amynda Marcotte has been very vocal in the past about the "rapists" from Duke who "held down" the poor innocent dancer and "raped her" over and over. She is your typical feminist stereotype. She is a very stupid womyn.
She actually recently thought that Miller Lite wasn't selling so well because of the "sexist" man-law ads. When someone pointed out that it might have more to do with Rusty Wallace retiring and Kurt Busch taking over the #2 ride, she and her echo-chamber morons couldn't figure out what to make of it.
That didn't take long.
"Graveyard dead..."
Yep, his campaign is a joke. He's not nearly ready for the majors.
They were both picked by Edwards' wife.
Good move on Edwards' part. Two absolute dirtbags.
I think the Edwards campaign should re-hire these bigots. Let 'em keep talking. They're bound to slip up again.
No amount of Christian bashing can overcome the 'mansion' this pretty boy is building for himself.
"Liberal" bloggers are always demagogic.
What Edwards needs to do is go out and hire good writers instead of liberal bloggers -- and being able to make that distinction, is the first test of his qualification for leadership (identifying good people).
Why didn't this mincing little dweeb just come out and say "They was swiftboated!!"
Proof the MSM and the candidates have NO CLUE about the difference between blogges and a forum.
"Go over to Edwards' blog. They are in full moonbat meltdown."
They seem to agree with her 100% and are chastizing Edwards for not backing her up. Tells me a lot about Edwards and his followers, errr, leaders. Politicians will eventually learn not to associate themselves too closely with lefty bloggers. They are a hateful, ugly bunch.
Feeling some heat?
"Thank God heaven has cable"
What Edwards needs to do is go out and hire good writers instead of liberal bloggers -- and being able to make that distinction, is the first test of his qualification for leadership (identifying good people).
From post #30
She says she's a "cum-guzzling boozehound".
I just had to put those two together side by side. That's some fine leadership right there!
Good grief, 28,200 SF! What kind of energy do you think that guzzles or is that too inconvenient a truth to mention?
Dead man walking.
liberal bigots given da boot.
"Dead man walking"
Just a matter of time before he and Biden decide they maybe are not cut out for the big job.
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