BREAKING: Edwards campaign fires bloggers

BREAKING: If it's true, I will not be supporting John Edwards in 2008, COUNT IT.

UPDATE: Confirmed.

The right-wing blogosphere has gotten its scalps -- John Edwards has fired the two controversial bloggers he recently hired to do liberal blogger outreach, Salon has learned.

The bloggers, Amanda Marcotte, formerly of Pandagon, and Melissa McEwan, of Shakespeare's Sister, had come under fire from right-wing bloggers for statements they had previously made on their respective blogs. A statement by the Catholic League's Bill Donohue, which called Marcotte and McEwan "anti-Catholic vulgar trash-talking bigots," and an accompanying article on the controversy in the New York Times this morning, put extra pressure on the campaign.

Speculation from sources that the two bloggers might be rehired was bolstered by Jennifer Palmieri, a spokeswoman for the Edwards campaign, who said in an e-mail that she would "caution [Salon] against reporting that they have been fired. We will have something to say later."

Smart move John Edwards, your campaign "saves face" with the far right of America but guess what (and I'm sure I won't be the last to say this), YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY SUPPORT IN 2008! I have not yet chosen a candidate, and likely won't for some time, but rest assured Edwards will not have my support.

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