The freakish devotees at Red State still adore their Ben "Augustine" Domenech. He writes another thoroughly dishonest apology, and all they can do is admire his "guts" and express their love for him. "God Bless you who I am proud to call my Red State Brother", one guy wrote.
"I also want to apologize to my previous editors and writers whose work I used inappropriately and without attribution. There is no excuse for this - nor is there an excuse for any obfuscation in my earlier statement."
"For ANY obfuscation in my earlier statement!" The guy has the chutzpah to obfuscate about obfuscating. There was obfuscation in his earlier explanations, as well as outright lies. He apologizes to previous editors - yet earlier in the week he blamed them for his own plagiarism! He apologizes to authors whose words he stole - but who he said earlier this week had given him permission to steal!
And still the Wing Nuts love him. It's especially galling to see those who talk so much of values and religion steal another's work, and then lie, and then lie about their lies. The guy must stop using the name Augustine. Or at least he must imitate St Augustine in becoming celibate. This country does not need another Ben Domenech.
P.S. An added bonus of visiting the site is to see them attack Michelle Malkin. It's like what this fellow at The Daily Kos said.
Didja notice, he specifically apologized to the writers whose work he cribbed, and to the editors who had trusted him, and to his friends over at RedState... but not to his readers! If it was me, I would have also apologized to the readers who were deceived. They perhaps aren't the most wronged parties, but they do outnumber the other victims.
Posted by: Sean Gleeson | March 25, 2006 at 11:49 PM
Welcome Back Sean - you're absolutely right! But the thing that drives me craziest is all the love and supports he gets for basically being dishonest. It's like Charles Manson saying he wants to apologize for any murder.
Great to See Ya!
Posted by: bbbustard | March 26, 2006 at 05:20 PM
Far be it from me to criticize anyone for love. But I do agree with you about the "supports."
Posted by: Sean Gleeson | March 26, 2006 at 10:36 PM