2.14.07: Second blogger resigns from Edwards campaign
By Richard Koman - February 14, 2007
Following the Swift-blogging of Edwards' blogger Amanda Marotte, a second campaign staffer, Melissa McEwen, has resigned over Christian right attacks on her pre-campaign writing. Her resignation post is here:
There will be some who clamor to claim victory for my resignation, but I caution them that in doing so, they are tacitly accepting responsibility for those who have deluged my blog and my inbox with vitriol and veiled threats. It is not right-wing bloggers, nor people like Bill Donohue or Bill O'Reilly, who prompted nor deserve credit for my resignation, no matter how much they want it, but individuals who used public criticisms of me as an excuse to unleash frightening ugliness, the likes of which anyone with a modicum of respect for responsible discourse would denounce without hesitation.
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Comments (2)
Richard, I read the original post and there's no mention of the Christian Right.
Also, please note that most mainline Protestants like myself (I'm a Presbyterian) abhor the Christian Right.
Many may argue that there's a Christian Left (and I believe that there is), but there are also a lot of Christians who are not necessarily Left or Right, but support peace. Think of the historical peace churches like the Mennonites. Also, I'd argue that those following the Revised Common Lectionary, although many may be personally conservative, are hardly Rightists. This includes many/most United Methodists, Presbyterians (PCUSA), Lutherans, Congregationalists, Disciples of Christ, Anglicans/Episcopalians, and many other Protestant denominations.
And, to go further, many Evangelicals are NOT Rightists (e.g., Rick Warren, perhaps today's best-known evangelical after Billy Graham), and many Pentecostalists are not Rightists (although there are some wacky Pentecostalists like Pat Robertson).
Christian Rightists have a large voice in part because the Fourth Estate is dumb enough to give them a platform. But the majority of Christians, be they Protestants, Catholics or Orthodox, are NOT Rightists.
Posted: February 18, 2007 5:16 AM
The attacks were initiated by Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League - Christian Right if ever there was (although not evangelical). The bloggers clearly had an archive of outrageous, angry posts about the attack on women's rights from the Christian Right. Probably not the best choices for Edwards. But the level of vitriol and hate leveled at them is disturbing.
Posted: February 19, 2007 9:22 AM