Cybercast News Service is carrying the flap about Edward's having to encourage one of his snarfy paid bloggers to resign. I guess he didn't want to totally allienate any Catholic voters who might be inclined to support him.
A couple of excerpts from the article: "The Catholic League took particular offense to a Marcotte posting last year that mocked Catholic views on contraception and the Christian belief that Jesus was born of a virgin.
In a more recent posting on Sunday, Marcotte blogged about the movie "Children of Men" and once again took aim at the virgin birth doctrine in a way most Christians would find offensive...
McEwan, meanwhile, has sparked criticism for postings like one from last November in which she called religious conservatives President Bush's "wingnut Christofascist base." McEwan is still employed by the campaign."
With blogging staff like this, who needs Arizona Eighth?
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Not a tremendous Hynes fan, but he is in no way comparable with McEwan and Marcotte, not even close.
McEwan and Marcotte are who they are, and weren't likely to change. Edwards should have spent a little more time becoming familiar with what they did before hiring them. Unless he is so tone deaf he didn't realize that their stuff was that offensive.
The fact that McEwan and Marcotte are so influential in the Lefty blogosphere that they could secure this job should be a wake up call for the Democratic Party in general.
When Republican candidates start hiring Anne Coulter, I will become worried, but right now there is no moral equivilancy. Edwards screwed up big time.
Both "writers" are now gone. These women were ridiculously over the top and past the point of vitriolic or vulgar. They had a specific intent to develop rage against "organized religion" and give life to those who feel any sense of animosity towards the "Christian Right" or those that would be held to a pro-life vote, despite party affiliation
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