[summer]

There are a several links he included in his statement; to click on the links, see his statement as currently posted HERE.

[summer]

What I get from this essay above is that there was no plagiarism, but there was a rush to judgment against him. And, though he believes the Wapo believes his explanations above on these matters, it was in fact at the newspape's insistence that his blog there be discontinued. So, in essence, he was fired, because the Wapo would not publicly support him, though he claims they did, privately. Again, that's my take.

[Rodney King]

It becomes a matter of who you believe.

Sorry Ben, I don't believe you. You plagerized numerous times, you got caught, and now you need to go.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Never heard of him. Read something earlier on FR about this. Buh-bye! BTW, The Washingtoncompost sucks; you are better off out of there, pal.

[Echo Talon]

Now they need to hire someone else, anyone going to put in an application?

[eureka!]

marking

[Rodney King]

We should all lobby for Congressmanbillybob to be the new blogger.

[Christian4Bush]

bump

[FReepaholic]

...Red America, my new blog ...

Could have picked a better name.

[Wasanother]

Why even try with this POS Liberal outlet? It wasn't going to work no matter who it is because the Libs have the MSM by the balls.

[Antoninus]

Having run the same liberal gauntlet myself (to a lesser extent, granted), I'm sympathetic.

To Ben: Get back at them. Write a book. I'll bet Regnery would publish it...

[Tribune7]

Most things done as a 17-year-old college student should be ignored.

[builder]

One thing for sure about conservatives;We hold ourselves and our brethren to a higher standard.While this works against us politically quite frequently,it is part of why we feel better about ourselves and our positions.

I never feel comfortable supporting something or someone that doesn't pass the "pit in my stomach test".We can't bitch about the Democrat's lack of consistency and moral ethics, without holding ourselves to a higher standard.

[funkywbr]

Great!

The WP hires a Con they know in advance will make Cons look bad and fire him to put the cherry on top of evil Cons.

[FreedomSurge]

Typical conservative response is to condemn the guy before he has a chance to present his case. I for one want to see how well his explanation holds up.

[GretchenM]

bttt

[Alia]

mark

[satchmodog9]

for later

[Jim_Curtis]

The Post showed bravery by including a conservative voice, and I hope they continue to seek that balance.

Whether or not the guy actually plagiarized I don't know but the Washington Post knew the perception could be made, which is why they selected him for the job.

[Revolting cat!]

Plagiarism, and "racism", that's worse than moider these days in this here paradise of perfect humans, doncha know? Tempest, meet teapot.

[Right Wing Professor]

But the truth is that I had met P.J. at a Republican event and asked his permission to do a college-specific version of his classic piece on partying. He granted permission, the piece was cleared with my editors at the paper, and it ran as inspired by O’Rourke’s original.

What a lame attempt at an excuse. He took entire segments of O Rourke's piece and used them verbatim. That's not a different version, that's plagiarism.

Not only is he a plagiarist, he's not man enough to take responsibility for his own misdeeds. Let's hope this incident buries him, because the conservative movement doesn't need guys like this.