The Anti-Catholic John Edwards Campaign?

John Edwards’ campaign “blogmaster,” Amanda Marcotte wrote the following on the Pandagon blog in June of last year:

Q: What if Mary had taken Plan B after the Lord filled her with his hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit?


A: You’d have to justify your misogyny with another ancient mythology.

Details Here (including some outrageous quotes from Marcotte about religion). Note that Amanda seems to have a chip on her shoulder about religion in general, but specifically Catholicism. The actual blog entry shows a misunderstanding of Catholic Teaching, dismissal of actual statistics, and is filled with sarcasm. A controversy is currently brewing over another sarcastic, extreme left post Amanda has made about the Duke Lacrosse Scandal. Maybe I am just slow to get on board, but do blog entries have to be angry and sarcastic?

Please don’t tell me Amanda Marcotte represents the so-called Democratic base. You know, the same base that excitedly elected Ned Lamont in the Connecticut primaries only to get thrashed by Joe Lieberman in the Fall. If this is the future of the Democratic party, they will truly become unelectable. Working Class Catholics are not going to warm-up to this sort of thing. Not many people at all are going to warm up to this sort of thing! And remember: many freshmen Democratic members of Congress lean to the right. The recent election was a referendum on the pathetic performance of the Republican Congress and the President, and not a call to a liberal revolution.

If John Edwards has any sense, Marcotte will be history, because if she truly represents his views, his campaign will be history.

(Thanks to The Catholic Report for bringing this to my attention)

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One Response to “The Anti-Catholic John Edwards Campaign?”

  1. NiceneHobbit Says:
    February 8, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    I had no idea, David, and am shocked and quite angry. Every decent Catholic, Orhtodox, and Protestant ought to write Mr. Edwards directly and raise some holy hell over this. I am certainly going to RIGHT NOW!

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