John Edwards Staff-Blogger Controversy
In February 2007, Bowers stated "I have a pretty vicious rant and an important action alert lined up, but I am waiting to hear from the Edwards camp..." about the controversy over bloggers Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan, recently hired by John Edwards. When Edwards announced he would not fire the bloggers, Bowers announced he considered the event significant enough to tip him into supporting Edwards in the 2008 Democratic Presidential primary. Further, he initiated a blogger campaign to email traditional media outlets with additional facts about William Donohue and the blogger employed by Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, Patrick J. Hynes. Bowers reported some success in these efforts in that several media outlets (including the Associated Press) did report on the items Bowers suggested were relevant.
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