February 09, 2007
Edwards Under Fire
The John Edwards campaign felt the fire in the blogosphere this week after some controversy arose regarding the Web history of a new campaign blogger.
Amanda Marcotte, recent addition to Edwards blogging campaign staff, was outed by Phil Donahue of the Catholic League for posting vulgar rhetoric about the Catholic Church. Donahue has called for the dismissal of both Marcotte and Mellissa McEwan, for expressing anti-catholic opinions.
Many commentators in the blogosphere saw this as a make or break moment for Edwards’s relationship with the Netroots. One the one hand, if he fired the bloggers for their words, which were written prior to their hire date, he could loose the support of the liberal blogosphere. On the other hand, Edwards could alienate a fourth of the voting population - the Catholics.
After sitting on it for a few days Edwards ultimately ended up scolding the bloggers for their past writings. A promise that it wouldn't happen again ensure these bloggers kept their jobs.
Posted by Buzz Webster at February 9, 2007 05:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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