Madfloridian's Journal - The head of the Catholic League is threatening to destroy John Edwards.

Some here are going along with that. He is saying they will join with Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Protestants to wage a war against John Edwards.

This is because John Edwards stood up for those he hired. I admire him very much for that.

First the head of the Catholic League says he...Donohue...is the only one to decide our debate. Really? Who gave him that power? How arrogant!

"Edwards said today that 'We're beginning a great debate about the future of our country, and we can't let it be hijacked.' I have news for him--the Catholic League--not Edwards--will decide what the debate will be about, and it won't be about the nation. It will be about the glaring double standard that colors the entire conversation about bigotry.

Donahue is threatening to destroy John Edwards. And some here are defending it. Some are not realizing that when the bloggers wrote they were private blogs. Donahue is threatening to destroy one of our candidates, and people here are going along with it. How dare he.

"We will launch a nationwide public relations blitz that will be conducted on the pages of the New York Times, as well as in Catholic newspapers and periodicals. It will be on-going, breaking like a wave, starting next week and continuing through 2007. It will be an education campaign, informing the public of what he did today. We will also reach out to our allies in the Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist communities. They worked with us before on many issues, and are sure to do so again. What Edwards did today will not be forgotten."

This is extremely scary stuff. It is the stuff nightmare are made of. The president of the Catholic League has in effect said he will wage war against one of our most decent candidates.

I posted a link to the efforts of bloggers to fight back. My post is being ignored. Maybe that is too hard..to click a link and write the press.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/2/8/17574/0...

My husband and I are today donating to John Edwards' campaign. We need people to stand firm even if they lose by doing it. He did stand firm, and he will pay dearly for it from the religious right.

When our candidates don't reach out to the religious extremists, they are attacked by them. When they try to reach out, they are attacked by us.

None of the religious groups, Catholic League or not, has any right to destroy our candidates. We need to fight that stuff now.