John Edwards Starts to Self-Destruct

Washington, DC (TLS). The John Edwards campaign for President is beginning to disintegrate. Displaying an odd inability to control the actions of campaign staffers, it is clear that Edwards is beginning to self-destruct as his campaign becomes associated with some of the most dreadful and denigrating characterizations of Christians ever seen in a Presidential campaign.

Edwards' inability or unwillingness to deal with campaign staffers who callously disregard the religious sensitivities of American citizens is very odd, given the area of the country that Edwards calls home. North Carolina is part of the traditional 'Bible belt' where Baptists are in the majority and other conservative evangelical Christians are in abundance. Yet the Edwards campaign hired staffers to run a campaign blog where Christians were treated to ridicule of some of the most vital tenets of their faith.

The Virgin Birth of Christ was mocked. Catholic views on contraception were mocked. One staffer described evangelical Christians who support President Bush in the following manner:
'wingnut Christofascists.'

And this is the mildest of the language used.

In spite of the fact that the staffers in question were hired by Edwards and are thus associated with his campaign, Edwards has refused to fire them. Claiming that he himself was offended by their remarks, he kept them on his staff in the name of 'diversity.'

I wonder what would have happened if they had used the same language and mocking toward Muslims. Actually, I don't have to wonder what would have happened. They would have been tarred and feathered in a very public display of indignation by Edwards, all under the adoring watchful eye of CAIR.

In fact, Edwards' refusal to fire the staffers involved in this searing attack on Christians shows his idiocy. He is not fit for public office. And the fact that the Democrat Party has not denounced the anti-Christian demagoguery disseminated by his staff is one more indication of their blatant hypocrisy. In their zeal to be 'politically correct' by not offending extremist Muslims, one of whom is one of their own Congressmen, they give implied approval to the denigration of Christians, all with the tacit approval of the candidate, despite his claims to the contrary.

Having spent a great deal of my boyhood and early adulthood in North Carolina, I am ashamed that this sorry excuse for a Senator is from my home state.

For more information on the Edwards' hate-filled speech toward Christians, click here:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200702/POL20070213a.html