Well, goodness, that didn't take long. Since we ran our post on this topic this morning, the WaPo's new conservative blogger has, er, resigned. Charges from the left have been plagiarism, and it's interesting that it should have only taken about 24-48 hours for the Post eds to react. We have not yet investigated on our own to determine whether the plagiarism charges are really valid or not, but we can't help but think if this blogger had been a leftie, more folks might've papered this over for him, if indeed the charges are true.
Bottom line: we oppose plagiarism, and endeavor to source all our posts here at HazZzMat. After all, we figure we're quite brilliant enough without lifting other people's stuff. That having been said, it doesn't take much to bring a rightie down as opposed to a leftie.
The lesson in all this, as it is for anyone on the right and for any conservative Republican: Unless you have and maintain the conduct of a saint, you WILL be slandered, smeared, and, if possible, toppled.
We'll look into all the flak on this, much of which is cited at Instapundit (including conservative critiques), and weigh back in when we feel we can do so with some conviction.
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