In March 2006, Domenech was named as a blogger for "The Washington Post", hired to contribute to the newspaper's opinion pages from a conservative point of view. Liberal and left-of-center bloggers protested Doemenech's appointment, citing what they regarded as inappropriate comments on his blog. Among other things, Domenech called cartoonist Ted Rall a "steaming bag of pus"; described Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of former Secretary of State John Kerry, as an "oddly shaped egotistical ketchup-colored muppet"; called Pat Robertson a "senile, crazy old fool"; and labeled washingtonpost.com's "White House Briefing" columnist Dan Froomkin "an embarrassment." The "Post", however, vowed to stand by Domenech. On March 21, 2006, only three days into his appointment, Domenech resigned his position after evidence surfaced that he had earlier plagiarized work that had originally appeared in "The New Yorker", "The Washington Post", the "National Review", and numerous other publications. "The Post" said it did not know about his plagiarism when the newspaper hired him. Jim Brady, then executive editor of washingtonpost.com, said he would have fired Domenech had he not first offered to quit because the allegations of plagiarism made it necessary to "sever the relationship."