Shakes Sis Steps Down Too: Sad Times

Melissa has resigned from Edwards' campaign as well. The comments from the "Christian" critics of Melissa are as disturbing as the ones I read at Pandagon. If this is what being a good Christian is, then I will have none of it. In fact, I don't ever want to hear again about the moral rightness of the Right Wing cause. I am SICKENED by the religious conservatives who have targeted these women. Whatever criticisms Melissa and Amanda have made were, in my opinion, too mild, too softened by their humor.

I am sorry that Melissa was forced by these hateful people to give up a job for which she is so well suited.

Edwards Doesn't Get Bullied, Yet

I was amazed to discover that John Edwards campaign came under fire from an ultra-conservative, Bill Donohoe, from the Catholic League. The crux of the attacks were that Edwards hired two mouthy anti-Catholic bloggers, our beloved Melissa McEwan (who went to Loyola!) from Shakespeare's Sister and Amanda Marcotte, from Pandagon. Good Lord! The attacks are already coming and over something as minor as hiring two great bloggers to help his campaign. Luckily, Edwards stood by both Amanda and Melissa (yay!) (see Pam from Pandagon on this). If you want more background on this debacle, read here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.