Nutroots Under the Bus
Charles Johnson
Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 6:38 pm PST • Views: 373
Silky Pony takes care of some little details along the way, on his march to glory: Second blogger quits Edwards campaign.
RALEIGH, N.C. - A second blogger working for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards quit Tuesday under pressure from conservative critics who said her previous online messages were anti-Catholic.
Melissa McEwan wrote on her personal blog, Shakespeare’s Sister, that she left the campaign because she was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the level of attention focused on her and her family.
“This was a decision I made, with the campaign’s reluctant support, because my remaining the focus of sustained ideological attacks was inevitably making me a liability to the campaign,” McEwan said Tuesday night.
Kate Bedingfield, a spokeswoman for the Edwards campaign, said McEwan left the campaign under her own terms. Both Bedingfield and McEwan declined additional comment.
McEwan’s resignation came just one day after another blogger, Amanda Marcotte, left the Edwards staff for similar reasons.
Time to polish up those resumé-writing skills. As always, Iowahawk shows the way to those willing to accept his message: Position Wanted.
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