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The Blog Follows

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The Lexington Herald-Leader today contains an article that begins, “The young lawyer whom Kentucky Chief Justice Joseph Lambert yesterday named his chief of staff has strong opinions about Democrats, gay marriage and other hot-button topics, and until recently he enjoyed posting them on the Internet.

Jason Nemes, 27, a former Republican congressional aide, discontinued his personal blog — with posts such as ‘Democrats are anti-American’ and ‘Does a fetus feel pain?’ — before taking a job at the state Supreme Court.”

The newspaper also offers a related item consisting of “Excerpts from the blog.”

Those excepts are a doozy. I love what he has to say about vibrators.

Now, as Lambert’s chief of staff and general counsel, making $117,804 a year, Nemes will help the chief justice as he operates the statewide courts system and issues opinions that define Kentucky law.

Nemes said he intended for many of his Web postings to be taken only half-seriously. For example, he said, he does not hate Democrats.

“I had no idea I’d be working for the Supreme Court. If I did, maybe I’d have done things a little differently,” he said. “You create these (Web) sites out of a sense of entertainment, and you say some things to be provocative, just to get a response.”

Just like Anne Coulter! Is there a Republican list of talking points and canned responses to legit accusations against their politics?

I’ve said a few things just to be provocative, and the responses I provoked were enough to know that from then on out it was my job to be honest. Honestly stupid at times, but hey, at least I can admit that.

via TalkLeft

9 thoughts on The Blog Follows

  1. Nemes said he intended for many of his Web postings to be taken only half-seriously. For example, he said, he does not hate Democrats.

    “I had no idea I’d be working for the Supreme Court. If I did, maybe I’d have done things a little differently,” he said. “You create these (Web) sites out of a sense of entertainment, and you say some things to be provocative, just to get a response.”

    He was a Congressional aid prior to the position on the state supreme court and while he was posting the blog. All bloggers know we take risks by publishing our opinions and that what we say can count against us were we to get involved in positions in the political and public policy arena.

    He also, I believe, identified himself as a law student and
    “originally focused on opinions issued by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati” before moving towards a focus of his own views. While he may no longer be publishing his own views, the supreme court will have to work harder to make sure his research isn’t infused with his bias (and the media will need to keep the supreme court honest)

  4. Krusty: I kid! I kid ’cause I love!

    You know, I don’t even say in a ha-ha-not-really way that Republican voters are traitors, or that voting for Bush is tantamount to treason. (Admittedly, I’ve used other insults, and I have also said that voting Republican is bad for this country.) I don’t find accusations like that funny at all, and I don’t think they should ever be tossed around lightly.

  5. Okay, so that sounded just a wee bit sanctimonious. To clarify: I have this really strong, reflexive reaction to accusations of traitorousness or treason. Surprisingly strong. Those words bother me more than deviant, destructive, lazy, stupid, irresponsible, or any of the other words that have been thrown around. They just seem so…out of order. No, actually, Un-American. They seem Un-American.

  7. Surprisingly, though, his view on same-sex marriage is at least semi-sane. Go figure.

    Though I would not support the sanction of these relationships in my church, I think these people should be given the same secular rights as their opposite-sex-partnered friends.”

  8. as i am in zero danger of working for my state supreme court i am free to go a bit overboard at times, not that i abuse my privilege. why just today in my list of questions for the mighty oz–uh, the president, i asked ;:

    “why he embraces this faux christianity of war and oppression? why do you hate jesus?”

    and:

    “why did you stop hunting bin laden? why do you love that terrorist?”

    did i embarrass myself? should i give up hope for that traffic court appointment?

  9. Sometimes I worry about this sort of stuff. I work for an Australian Senator. I’ve had a conservative columnist try to get me sacked for criticising him on my blog, but my boss is great — what I do in my own time is my own business. She doesn’t even read my blog, as far as I know.

    But at the end of the year, I’ll graduate with a law degree. In the next few months, I’ll have to apply for a legal job — including, perhaps, as an Associate to a Supreme Court judge. I know they’ll google me, and I know they’ll be reluctant to hire me because I speak my mind online. I think the fact that I’ve worked for a Senator without causing embarrassment or divulging confidential information will help, but a lot of organisations will shit themselves about these things.

    Perhaps most of all, I’m worried that I’ll have to quit blogging.

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