Young Democrats of America....Some Bigotry OK

On Tuesday, Bill O'Reilly had Jane Fleming, from the Young Democrats of America, as a guest on his TV show, The O'Reilly Factor. Under discussion was whether or not John Edwards was wrong to keep two anti-Christian bloggers on his campaign payrolls after past blogs written by Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan surfaced that outed their negative views about Christianity.

It is obvious that the Edwards campaign did not do their research into the past of these two bloggers, as one would think they would. If they did, they would have found the hateful articles the women wrote. Now two scenarios are possible here: 1) they did find them and hired them anyway knowing about their anti-Christian attitude; 2) they were irresponsible in their research and hired advocates who were not fully vetted.

In scenario 1, there is no excuse....except to say that Edwards and his people were not offended by the bigotry expressed and so hired them. In scenario 2, any reasonable person would have expected Edwards to say, "Hey, we hired these two women not fully knowing what their viewpoints were. We have just learned what they have expressed in the past, and they are not attitudes that are in keeping with our campaign. As such, they will no longer be representing the Edwards for President campaign." And I think everyone would have been fine with that and Edwards would still be a viable candidate.

However, he did not fire them, but said that while he disagreed with the statements, he was going to stand by them and keep them on the payroll! What does this say about Edwards? He's going to stand by two people who have publicly expressed anti-Christian views. Everyone knows that Presidential candidates do not surround themselves with folks who differ in viewpoints from their own, or they would spend all of their time explaining it away, as Edwards is doing now.

Representing the Young Democrats of America, Jane Fleming came on the TV to express their support for Edwards. Ms. Fleming said that Edwards showed leadership in his handling of the situation for not distancing himself immediately. I would think you would do exactly that. Mr. O'Reilly asked if she would have fired the two bloggers and she said no, that she would have "stood by them." She was then asked if she would have fired them if they had said "anti-black things in the past." Amazingly, she answered "Yes." Go ahead and reread that part. Talk about gross hypocrisy. Here's the representative of the Young Democrats of America saying on national television that saying things that are anti-Christian and anti-Catholic is perfectly OK, but saying anything negative about black people is horribly wrong.

Another instance of the secular left trying to hijack the Traditionalist values of America. We are a Christian nation, and part of that means tolerance. I hope that Ms. Fleming's remarks do not represent what the Democratic Party is teaching to the youth. I would also hope that Christian Democrats would be outraged, and I think they will be. Hence, John Edwards' hopes for the election are most likely ruined. But that's what happens when professional politicians put their desires for success over what makes sense for America.