http://www.herdwatching.com/items/date/2007/02/06/john-edwards-insanity-party-candidate/

Enjoy!

It is as if John Edwards were a drowning man, and he called out for someone to throw him a life preserver. Subsequently, said life preserver arrived in the form of Amanda.

Unfortunately for him, Amanda is turning out to be more anvil than life presever.

By all means, do continue to put your faith in Mr. Edwards’ campaign while it still exists.

That such was stopped beforeee it got there dos not change th fact that they were being railroaded very thoroughly and in many ways similarly to thee Scottsoro Boys.

3 fellows of the wrong race accusd by a woman of the right race MUST be guilty, right? Evidence? We don’t ned no stinkin EVIDENCE!

The parallels are quite obvious – that collective action has shamed someone into action BEFORE they ere convicted is a nice step in the right direction, though.

You say that you are

“surprised that [you] clearly missed the Duke lacrosse players being convicted of rape and sentenced to death.”

Um, maybe that’s because the blogdom stopped that from happening!

I follow the news pretty closely, so I’m surprised that I clearly missed the Duke lacrosse players being convicted of rape and sentenced to death.

A place for everything. This was supposed to be a plus for Edwards.

See, John Edwards, a certified smart person, is trying to be thought of as au courant, forward thinking, etc. on techie things, &, in this regard supposedly understands that it’s important to have a voice on the ‘net.

Various people who are interested in ‘netdom & interested in politics think that Ms Marcotte is not the blogger-in-chief that a smart sophisticated candidate who wants to look smart & sophisticated, techie-wise to all parts of the political spectrum would hire.

Therefore, they are using the ‘net to giggle at Edward’s lack of ‘net sophistication & lack of ‘net smarts.

Get it?

And, yes, most of those on this thread seem not to be Edwards fans to begin with. But that doesn’t disqualify them from noting & enjoying what they see.

Also, it seems to me that in this thread nobody is saying that

-this is Edward’s now-all-his-hopes-are-dashed defining moment like Gerry Ford’s remark about Eastern Europe or Blaine’s “Rome, Romanism and Rebellion”,

-this event will make headlines in the dinosaur media, which is ‘net-phobic, or

-this will be other than little known to nor long remembered by anyone who does not care about blogdom.

But it was supposed to be a plus for him. Get it?

Excuse me?

Mandy is hired as a writer, ostensibly to represent Edwards’ views to the public and to attract voters to his camp. And not just any writer but being put incharge of Edwards’ official weblog.

That context makes Mandy’s own body of work a legitimate area of scrutiny.

Her recent comments on the Duke case are only one aspect of her body of work.

She’s a bigot. How can that not be relevant to her being prominently connected to Edwards’ Presidential campaign?

Why do you keep interjecting Marcotte’s gender into the discussion? She would be just as objectionable if she were a he.

It was a lame comment the first time you made it.