Oh, Nate. You Shouldn’t Have . . .

Nate Hertel, you really shouldn't have commented with such hackneyed right wing arguments that are so easily proven false.

And if you are so bent on starting this kind of argument, people in glass houses really should not throw stones:

Liberals are a despciable species of parasite with no concern for integrity or principles, and have demonstrated a contempt for any consistency in the values they claim to have.

Putting aside your vitriol, which I have done nothing to provoke, let's talk about "consistency in the values" that the Republican president and his staunch, ideological supporters "claim to have." Let's stick with just one example, that bedrock of right wing ideology: states rights, the very thing Jesse Jackson, Jr. was arguing against in the op-ed of his that I excerpted and you commented on.

Courtesy of Nathan Newman:

•More GOP Hypocrisy on States Rights (2005)

•So Much For States Rights (2005)

•Bush Attacks States Rights/Promotes Corruption (2005)

•Scalia Hates States Rights (2004)

•Wine and States Rights (2004)

•Bush Attacks States Rights, Again (2003)

•Bush Opposing States Rights (2002)

And you really, really should not have been blogging and leaving an uncivil comment on my blog while you were on a senate.gov computer.

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Reply-To: Nate Hertel <nate.hertelATgmailDOTcom>

To: minorjiveATgmailDOTcom

Date: Oct 7, 2005 10:15 AM

Subject: [HungryBlues] Nate Hertel submitted a comment to 'What Liberals Don't Get About Supreme Court Nominees'

Dear Benjamin T.:

A new comment has been submitted to your weblog "HungryBlues," on the post "What Liberals Don't Get About Supreme Court Nominees."

Comment from:

Name: Nate Hertel

Email: nate.hertelATgmailDOTcom

URL: http://radarblog.blogspot.com

IP: 156.33.29.19

It looks especially bad, Nate Hertel, when a quick google search reveals that you work in the office of Senator Charles E. Grassley (Republican, Iowa). Were you behaving immaturely and irresponsibly on the Senator's time? I hope not.

CORRECTION:

Though Nate Hertel was on a senate.gov computer when he left his uncivil comment on my blog, I don't have evidence that he was also blogging at that time. The post on his blog that I had linked to is by his blog-mate slowpitch.