I know a lot has been written about Amanda Marcotte, a blogger hired by John Edwards campaign.  Ms. Marcotte has resigned amidst the fury about her anti-christian and profane blogs written in support of John Edwards.  What I find most troubling about this whole episode is that John Edwards either new the character of Ms. Marcotte and it didn't bother him, or chose not to find out about her character, and risked hiring someone to represent him that could cost him and his campaign in a big way.  I believe Mr. Edwards or someone in his campaign chose to retain Ms. Marcotte knowing what she was capable of writing, and believed it would result in a benefit to his campaign. 

What Mr. Edwards should know is that that there is a direct connection between him and those he hires.  It doesn't matter if Edwards hired Marcotte or whether someone in his campaign hired Marcotte.  Mr. Edwards is responsible for hiring people who understand him and understand his message and who would not represent him in a way that did not agree with that message.

Ms. Marcotte's writings on his behalf were profane, explicit, anti-Christian, and anti-Catholic.  Is this part of John Edward's message to the American people?

Mr Edwards indicated that he was "personally offended" by the writing of Marcotte and a second blogger, Melissa McEwan, but that he was keeping them on in the interest of giving everyone "a fair shake."

What is critical here and what John Edwards clearly just doesn't get, is that it should be unacceptable for these two bloggers to be working for his campaign, for the simple reason that their writings become directly associated with him.

John Edwards made a clear choice to say his campaign is about being profane, about being anti-christian, and about being anti-Catholic.  Is making such a profound mistake in judgement by clear choice a trait we look for in a future president?

Given his choice to support his two profane anti-Christian bloggers his campaign for the presidency of the United States should be over.  No American despite their party affiliation should stand in support of a candidate that would send a message that these traits represent him and his message.

Mr. Edward's bloggers may be gone, but his character flaw remains.