PJ O'Rourke Says He Never Gave WaPost Ex-Blogger Permission To Plagiarize

[Hissyspit]

Via John at Americablog:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/03/pj-orourke-says-he-never-gave-wash.html

PJ O'Rourke says he never gave Wash Post ex-blogger permission to plagiarize
by John in DC - 3/25/2006 01:01:00 AM

UPDATE: Okay, he's finally issued another statement, this time saying he's sorry and taking responsibility for what he's done. Good. It's time to move on from this and back to the Washington Post and the war and Iran and all the other reasons conservatives are proven liars.

Just stop it already. Admit the truth, say you're sorry, and commit to being a better human being in the future.

From the NYT:

He explained the passage that appeared to be copied from Mr. O'Rourke's book by saying that Mr. O'Rourke gave him permission.

Contacted at his home in New Hampshire, Mr. O'Rourke said that he had never heard of Mr. Domenech and did not recall meeting him.

"I wouldn't want to swear in a court of law that I never met the guy, Mr. O'Rourke said of Mr. Domenech, "but I didn't give him permission to use my words under his byline, no."

The article concludes with the following:

Mr. Domenech addressed his detractors yesterday in a blog post on RedState.com, where he will remain a contributor. "To my enemies: I take enormous solace in the fact that you spent this week bashing me, instead of America," he wrote.

Straighten out your own seriously screwed up values first Ben - perhaps you could start by no longer lying about this entire affair - then come back and lecture the rest of us on how to live our lives.

As for America, she's doing just fine without the help of yet another conservative liar.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Wow what a noble hero he is. Drew enemy fire for a few days! No distorted

sense of his own importance, LOL.

[KT2000]

2. Enemies??

conservatives cannot exist without enemies - even if they have to create them with straw man arguments.

[Hissyspit]

3. He either credited the original sources or he didn't.

And P.J. O'Rourke won't defend him. This fool would be the first to start yelling about plagiarism in a discussion of Martin Luther King: "Coretta Scott King is a COMMUNIST! Martin Luther King is a PLAGIARIST!"

[KT2000]

5. For some reason

I keep thinking of Jeff Gannon?!?!?! What porn sites?? His enemies chased him down the street after church!!
:silly:

[SoCalDem]

4. Gee Ben, we are very capable people

We can "out" you as a liar and con man...and expose the lies of others, as well :)

Democrats are multi-taskers.. we have to be, because we always get stuck cleaning up the "brazillions" of messes your people leave for us.:)

[Old and In the Way]

6. The "values" people and their "personal accountability"

Or, "do as I say, not as I do."

That's make Ben a lying plagiarist.

[tsuki]

7. When Malkin deserts you, you've been bashed. n/t

[Hissyspit]

8. kick