You can't win with the 'nutroots'…

Finally I can agree with the radical-feminist-nutroots on something. John Edwards is a wimp. As I mentioned earlier the response to ‘bloggergate’ was hopelessly lame. Now it turns out Edwards failure to correctly handle this situation is complete as he loses the support of even the minor target group he tried to kiss up to.

Here are some comments that typify the reaction and you can fine many more in threads like this and this and this.

“He’s personally offended, is he? What a twit! He called them “intolerant.” He bought into and justified this whole little freak crusade with those words.

He didn’t fire them, so I don’t automatically withdraw my support for him… I guess. Now, I’ll just have to think about it for a while.

But, I am NOT impressed.” – comment by human

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“Wimpy. I’d rather the campaign just ignored it and treated the whole tirade as the last-ditch attempt to tarnish their reputations, and the reputation of the campaign, than half-assedly addressing the comments and basically calling the women intolerant. If he didn’t want women with strong opinions who were intelligent and honest enough to express their minds, why did he hire them? Guh.

He didn’t captivate me before this, and he definitely isn’t doing anything for me after all this. Next, please! ” – comment by sheana

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“My apologies for the sexist language, but sing with me (in a child’s cadence):
“Noooo ballssssss, nooooo balllllsssss at aaaaaallllllllllll….
Noooo ballssssss, nooooo balllllsssss at aaaaaallllllllllll….”

Johnnie (may I call you Jonnie? Jonniepoo? John seems so inapropos when dealing with such a wussy…

You agree with your hardest core enemies, and apologize for your loyal friends, you validate a myth which only serves to damage you.

You have shown weakness and cowardice in the face of the wolves. I hope they eat you.” – comment by six-oh-seven-nine

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“This is a cpmpletely shitty response. He basically agrees with the wingmuts characterizations of Amanda and Melissa, but is gracious enough to “give them another chance” now that they promise to play nice.

Bullshit. Either he (or his staff) had read this blog and were hiring Amanda precisely because of her unique voice and viewpoint, in which case this statement is a complete cop out, or they just randomly picked her because they knew her blog got a lot of traffic, in which case they’re lazy.

You don’t ask people to uproot their lives for you if you have no plans to support them.

I also get the feeling that Amanda’s and Melissa’s apologies were vetted by the campaign. I’m pretty sure Amanda has made it a point, at times, to personally offend people because of their beliefs. That’s one of the many reasons I love her writing. Many people deserve to be offended.” – comment by mothworm