First, Chris at Facing South ripped into Ben Domenech, the new conservative blogger at Washington Post, for having a McCarthy Moment. And in the process, Chris details the ugly history [1] of the FBI's efforts to paint the 60s civil rights movement as a communist plot.

Then, later this afternoon, Ben Domenech is out [2] at the Washington Post. Not for calling a late civil rights leader a communist, but apparently for plagiarism.

And to top it all off, our favorite Tennessee wingnut blogger applies for Domenech's job [3] in this shameless bit of self promotion (scroll down in the comments):

Mr. Brady,

For four-plus years I wrote a weblog of center-right opinion, news analysis, media crit and original journalism, at my own eponymous blog site, Link... [4]

Center-right may not quite describe me accurately. Pragmatic libertarian conservative is more like it.

I am a redstate resident (Tennessee) and a journalist by training, and more than a decade of experience, and I would love to replace Ben Domenech on the WashingtonPost.com site. I've never committed plagiarism. And because I'm not located "inside the Beltway" and have never worked for a Republican political campaign, I'm not likely to just repeat GOP talking points.

Bill Hobbs
Nashville, TN
Link... [5]

Center-right? Hahaha. And what is a "pragmatic" libertarian anyway? Somebody who woke up one morning and realized he wouldn't personally be able to build that interstate across town to his office? And eponymous? Wow! That's just the kind of pointy-headed, ego-driven writing the Washington Post is looking for to replace that Domenech character, I'm sure.

(Thanks to gttim for the tip re. our pal Hobbs, for old times' sake.)