The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte's and Melissa McEwan's posts personally offended me. It's not how I talk to people, and it's not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that kind of intolerant language will not be permitted from anyone on my campaign, whether it's intended as satire, humor, or anything else. But I also believe in giving everyone a fair shake. I've talked to Amanda and Melissa; they have both assured me that it was never their intention to malign anyone's faith, and I take them at their word. We're beginning a great debate about the future of our country, and we can't let it be hijacked. It will take discipline, focus, and courage to build the America we believe in.
Had those women spoken of racial minorities, or believers in minority religions, in the same foul-mouthed and hate-filled way, they would have been fired at once. And they should have been. This is not about disagreeing with or merely (if strongly) criticizing another faith. That would be fine. This is about complete contempt, spoken of using filthy verbiage. But it is not a firing offense in the Edwards campaign to speak of Catholics/Catholicism as Amanda Marcotte did, or of one's political opponents in that gutter-mouthed way. This is useful information to have. Tells us a lot about John Edwards.
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Correction to above: Meant to say: It's not an anti-gay diatribe and comes nowhere close to the ugliness etc. I need an editor...
"Love the sinner, hate the sin" means, as long as gay people promise to never, ever have a fulfilling relationship, as long as they promise to never experience real intimacy with the person they love, as long as they promise to be miserable their entire lives, then hey, they're OK with us. We love you, gay people!
This just in: In an attempt to prove that he's not anti-catholic, and that "hot white sticky" need not be offensive, John Edwards has hired a new personal hairstylist. http://www.cameron-diaz.com/scripts/viewfull.asp?img=about564.jpg
Oops, the above post is in the wrong thread. Will repost elsewhere.
I'm just curious, Rod. What is behind this business of calling Edwards "the Kingfish"? Yes, I get the reference to Huey Long (and before that, to the character George "Kingfish" Stevens on *Amos n' Andy*). Is this meant to suggest that Edwards is the same sort of demagogic populist as Huey Long? (To paraphrase Tom Lehrer, when Huey Long was my age, he'd been dead for two years!)
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