Edwards Stands Up
08 February 2007 9:18 am by Taylor Marsh
Edwards Finally Stands Up?
Just received this via email.
EDWARDS STATEMENT ON CAMPAIGN BLOGGERS AMANDA MARCOTTE AND MELISSA McEWEN
Chapel Hill, North Carolina – The statements of Senator John Edwards,
Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwen in reference to their work as independent
bloggers before joining the Edwards campaign are below.Senator John Edwards:
“The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte\’s and Melissa
McEwen\’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.”
Shorter version: Edwards stands up, sort of, takes the heat and comes out on top. Thankfully,
it looks like he did learn from \’04. I think.
That said, this hung out there way too long. They need to be a lot faster on
the uptake. This should have been handled yesterday. It doesn\’t take 24 hours
of unending bad press to put out a statement like this one. Edwards needs to
buckle down his team. They\’re playing for all the marbles on this one. You don\’t
get many retakes and frankly, I\’m not sure what this means.
To add… Strike that last one, I do know what it means. It took Edwards 24 hours and a drubbing to know he shouldn\’t let the wingnut screamers push him around. I\’m glad he came to this conclusion, but it took way too long to figure it out.
