Month: February 2007

Edwards fires bloggers

A while back I subscribed to Bill O’Reilly’s e-mail newsletter. I’m not sure why. I rarely read it yet I was struck by his latest column about the John Edwards campaign. Apparently Edwards hired two anti-Christian bloggers to work for him. When questioned Edwards didn’t comment but fired the bloggers after O’Reilly took issue with the hires on his show.

Yet former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards apparently felt comfortable hiring two anti-Christian bloggers named Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan to work on his campaign. Both women have a far-left, bomb-throwing history that was vividly illustrated on their respective Internet sites.
But let’s give Edwards the benefit of the doubt because he’s a busy guy. Let’s say he wasn’t aware of the vitriol the ladies were spitting out, and this led to the hiring mistake.
Fair so far? Now comes the crusher. The Catholic League informed Edwards that Ms. Marcotte wrote a description of Mary, the mother of Jesus, having sex with the “Lord” on her website. It was a vile piece of business that can’t even be printed in this newspaper.
And what did John Edwards do? He said he “disagreed” with Marcotte’s words, but would not fire her or Ms. McEwan, who wrote on her blog that Christian believers were “mother-f—ers.”
I couldn’t believe it. So I had my TV producers call Edwards and ask his Chief of Staff what was going on. Neither Edwards nor anybody in his campaign would talk to us about the issue.

I remember being impressed with Edwards during the 2004 campaign but I can’t support anyone who supports those who would condemn or criticize those of other faiths and beliefs — especially when they’re my own.
What about you?

Spiritual lessons from Starbucks

Marni found a spiritual lesson at Starbucks today.

“Many people lack a spiritual belief system and fill that void with obsessions about celebrities. The celebrities are raised to the rank of gods, and these earthly gods will always fail the expectations the masses have set for them. The cycle runs thusly: adoration turns to obsession, obsession turns to disappointment, and from disappointment it is a just a short emotional jump to contempt.”
— Donna Phillips Freelance writer. She lives in Claremont, California.

Where did you last find God?

Ratliff against school vouchers

Former Texas Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff, R-Mt. Pleasant, has come out against school vouchers. I think this is a great quote:

“We don’t understand how it is that if you have a campus with 500 children and 100 somehow… take advantage of the voucher and go somewhere else, how does that affect the other 400?” Ratliff said. “If it’s a bad school and we take a hundred of them out with vouchers, it’s still a bad school. We believe a far better course… is fix the school. Don’t abandon 400 children for the sake of the hundred.”