First (courtesy of Captain’s Quarters) we have Lawrence O’Donnell, religious bigot, who reports that if “John Edwards stays in the race, he might, in the end, become nothing other than the Southern white man who stood in the way of the black man.” He then goes on to judge former Senator Edwards not only by the color of his skin, but by the presence of his male genitalia: discussion of the content of his character is notable by its absence.

Then we have Jane Smiley, scaredy-cat , who makes the worst accusation about O’Donnell that she can think of: “I am fairly sure in my own mind that Karl Rove paid him to write that post*.” After babbling this, and gratuitously insulting various Republican candidates for President in what seemed mostly to be pure reflex, she then announced that she wrote a big check to John Edwards.

Then we have the comments, which… tell you the truth, I didn’t bother. It’s HuffPo. I don’t double-check Stormfront forums either to make sure that they’re still vilely insane over there.

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Anyway, it’s too soon to tell whether the New Hampshire primary results were enough to send either the Obama or the Edwards campaigns off kilter, but I’ll tell you this: it’s certainly done it to their sycophants.

Moe