Truth.

From Kagro X on the Edwards blogger brouhaha...

This fight, if Edwards is going to be called upon to make it, must be everyone's fight. If the other campaigns cannot demonstrate that they would have displayed the same courage we call upon Edwards to display, then they benefit from the right's strategy of divide and conquer. And to the extent that they benefit, they give a pass to and encourage such attacks in the future, and are powerless to stop them when the next one comes. All they can do is hold on tight, cross their fingers, and pray they're not the next target. And that's no way to win anything. Certainly not the White House....

Since those words first appeared, the wingnuts who ginned up the whole 'controversy' have put pressure on the Clinton and Obama campaigns to denounce Edwards and the decision not to fire his blogging team lest they be branded as his allies in a campaign against Christianity.

There they go again.

It's real simple. The whole notion that John Edwards is "anti-Christian" or "anti-Catholic" is absurd on its face. That's the charge, and it's a lie. Every Democrat on every side of our intramural selection process and our sundry ideological divides should be united in proclaiming the truth.

No waffling. No "if this is so" or "I'm not familiar" or even "I'm sure there's an explanation."

Just the simple declaration that any attempt to paint any Democratic candidate as "anti-Christian" or "anti-Catholic" is a lie. It's an un-American smear worthy of comment only for the purpose of condemnation.

Because this isn't an attack on John Edwards, it's an attack on the Democratic Party, on all of our candidates and every one of our principles. The new cycle of threats isn't aimed at Clinton and Obama, but at the religious liberty and freedom of expression that are part of the legacy of our liberal heritage and are among our richest American treasures.

We can only defeat the continual stream of lies by standing united against the liars.

As Democrats.

Without apology.