John Edwards' blog is getting better - it has an RSS feed, for instance, which it didn't a week or two ago when I last checked. It's not a full feed, or even excerpts only, but it works for the purpose of telling me when he's added something. And he does actually post on his own blog, which is refreshing - although I don't know how stage-managed the whole thing is.
Now, the reason I'm posting about John Edwards is that Howard Dean got into trouble today for having mentioned that he wanted to appeal to people with Confederate flags in the back of their pick-up trucks. (Rebuttal: 1) it makes sense, and the DNC gave me a standing ovation when I said it this other time and 2) let's talk about real economics, not bogus race-relations straw men.) Contrast the Edwards blog comments. I had a few things to say there, which I won't necessarily repeat here.
I'm interested in the whole Confederate flag issue, and why it still surfaces in the South, and how despite people like Kerry and Gephardt saying that it's a symbol of racism you can have African-American Democratic supporters saying they identify with the flag (Jesse Jackson Jr pointed out that the flag was a creation of the Democratic party, although given how reactionary and nasty the Democratic party used to be in the South I'm not sure that's a compliment). If, by any chance, I've attracted any commentators from the Edwards blog, I'd appreciate some pointers.
