New 'Wash Post' Blogger: OK, Coretta King Was Not a Communist, My Bad
By E&P Staff
Published: March 23, 2006
NEW YORK For the past two days, as E&P observed yesterday, the world has learned more about Ben Domenech than it, and surely he, thought it ever needed to know, thanks to the detective work of liberal bloggers. The creator of the new, and already controversial, Washington Post conservative blog, Red America, has already been targeted for dismissal by two liberal activist groups, MoveOn.org and Media Matters for America. Conservatives have hailed the Post's hire.
Among the allegations is that he posted a number of inflammatory statements under the name "Augustine" at the site he co-founded, RedState.org. In one of them, he called fellow Post blogger Dan Froomkin "an embarrassment" and "leader of the hack." In a posting at his new Washington Post blog this afternoon, he admitted that he was, indeed, Augustine, and apologized for calling Coretta Scott King a "Communist" on the day after her recent funeral.
Here is the post:
"Two clarifications for the many folks who have risen up in force to attack the existence of this blog (I appreciate the attention, by the way).
"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.
"She was also a liberal activist on a number of issues, including same-sex marriage and abortion. The thread where my comment appeared discussed President Bush's attendance at Mrs. King's funeral, which was criticized by some for its political nature. My comment questioned the president's decision to attend the funeral after he had phoned in a message to the March for Life, the largest pro-life rally and a significant annual event. 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."...
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