Glenn Reynolds writes, "a waste is a terrible thing to mind":

Or, in other words: "Nowadays, every politician will be defeated by exactly one word. Kerry got 'stuck.' Biden had 'clean.' Obama gets 'wasted.'"

And John Edwards had "Godbags", though it was spoken by his would-be Blogitrix, not himself. To understand how so many on the right view the Democrats and religion, check out Rod Dreher's "The Godless Party" (with a title that says it all), and this 2004 essay by Peggy Noonan. As numerous bloggers on the right and the left have written, to hire someone whose writing embodies the very worst of those clichés was a horrible decision that reflects squarely on either Edwards' own anti-religious views, or at the most generous, his lack of attention to detail. And given the uphill campaign that Edwards finds himself in to merely earn the nomination, he's severely shot himself in the foot so early in the presidential race.

Update: "100 wpm typing speed. 500 wpm deleting speed."

More: Bryan Preston adds:

There may be one silver lining in all of this. If being a potty mouthed bigot limits one’s blogging career opportunities, maybe there will be fewer potty mouthed bigots among the blogs. That, I would consider a substantial win.

Indeed it would.