Sunshine and Light

Edwards

Hmm, reading some of the stuff about the flap over Edwards's blog mistresses and some of the awful writings they have on their blogs. And my question is....should a potential presidential candidate have as an advisor, someone who is not advancing the dialog they are supposed to be having with the American people? These women got so tied up in the hating that they don't even care what the people they're demonizing think or have to say. Something about their respective blogs caught John Edwards's eye, and made him think that they more accurately reflected his views than some of the other billion bloggers in the blogosphere.

I know that some would say "Well I'm not Catholic" or "I'm not Christian" so it doesn't matter. But...it does. It shows a tin ear for finding out what people want and need. Does it really matter WHICH group was repeatedly offended? What if it's Jews, Muslims, Gay, Straight, Female or Male? Do you really want an advisor, before or after the election, who offends large swaths of the population? This wasn't a case of a single word that could be interpreted wrong, (Hello Joseph Biden) it's repeated blog posts that are pretty clear in their opinion of people who are different than they are. (The irony is, I'm sure there's a blog post or ten in there on how close minded Catholics or Christians are. Why are "open-minded" people the most close-minded people I know?)

John, really, it's too early to make this kind of blunder. Ditch these women unless that high school, name-calling mentality really reflects who you are. Because those voters who are milling around in the middle will be making decisions based on the advisors that you pick.

posted by MyHusbandRules @ 9:02 AM