The Ben Domenech Firestorm: Pt 2 "The End"

In what will probably go down in the history books as the shortest journalistic stint at the Washington Post ever caused by the Gannonization of Ben Domenech by the left-wing blogosphere, if you haven't caught this story yet it could be done before you finish reading this post.

Earlier this week, WaPo announced that it had hired RedState blogger and co-founder, Ben Domenech, to write for their new blog Red America. Since that time, the blogosphere has been on fire.

Many who were already familiar with Domenech's postings at RedState began revealing some of his past commentary - including one in which he called Coretta Scott King a "Communist". Over at Red America today, Domenech responded with this post:

Some people have taken issue with an old two-line comment of mine on RedState.com where I referred to Coretta Scott King as a Communist on the day after her funeral. Coretta Scott King was many things, and her most significant contribution was the unflagging support of her husband in his own noble work to bring equality to all Americans.
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Mrs. King participated in many different political causes, some of which involved associations with questionable people, but referring to her as a Communist was a mistake, hyperbole in the context of a larger debate about President Bush's political priorities. Mea Culpa.

First of all, you can't just say it was a "mistake" and expect people to believe you, Ben. Calling someone a communist is a "mistake"? The rest of his so-called apology shows exactly how shallow young Ben truly is.

"her most significant contribution was the unflagging support of her husband in his own noble work to bring equality to all Americans."?

That's like saying all she did was "stand by her man" and we all know how fond Republicans are of keeping women in the background. What utter BS. Her real "most significant contribution" is that she continued the work of her great husband for decades following his assassination. Young Ben has something to learn about the role of women - especially great women like Mrs King - in our society.

It Gets Worse: Ben Domenech, This Is Your Life

Left-wing bloggers via Daily Kos, Eschaton, Your Logo Here and other sites have found numerous examples of plagiarism by Domenech in his past columns. You can see the examples here, here, here and here. I'm sure there are more, but you get the drift.

Sheesh. And we thought the White House did a bad job of vetting. Apparently, that disease is contagious in DC.

Let's see you "mea culpa" your way out of those "mistakes", Ben.

Nice knowing you.