Quote from drmarkan:
While I have to say that Coulter definitely should not have made the comments she made, I also found Edwards' own reply to them quite comical considering his hiring of Amanda Marcotte and McEwan for his blog. Here are his comments on the situation:
"I think it's important that we not reward hateful, selfish, childish behavior with attention. I also believe that it's important for all of us to speak out against language of this kind because it is the place where hatred gets its foothold and we can't stand silently by and allow this kind of language to be used."
I agree with what he is saying here. What I find funny is the fact that he rewarded Marcotte and McEwan for their hateful speech by keeping them on until they finally resigned on their own. Here was his statement with regards to Marcotte and McEwan:
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.
Now will he take Coulter on her word that it was just a joke and give her a fair shake? Probably not. Does she deserve one? No. However, he should have had the balls to fire his bloggers when they did the exact same thing, but he didn't. I think ultimately this is going to hurt him, although I don't really think he has a chance anyway.
