Former Sen. John Edwards says he is offended by the vile posts of his presidential campaign's two anti faith bloggers, but apparently not enough to fire them. Edwards defends his decision to retain Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan in a press statement. "I talked personally to the two women who were involved. They gave me their word they, under no circumstances, intended to denigrate any church or any body's religion, and offered their apologies for anything that indicated otherwise. I took them at their word."
Given the level of obscenity and vituperation in the women's words, Edwards should have taken them to the woodshed instead. When actor Isaiah Washington slandered a homosexual, he was institutionalized. When Mel Gibson lashed out against the Jewish community in a drunken tirade, he became a Hollywood outcast.
Marcotte and McEwan are being allowed to blog on in Edwards' name. Edwards said, "That kind of intolerant language will not be permitted from anyone on my campaign." What he does not say is why it was acceptable to utter such language in the recent past
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