From The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent:

GOP Rep Reiterates: Man Who Called Himself “Right Wing Terrorist” Is Definitely A “Great American”
Video has now surfaced of an event I noted here the other day, in which GOP Rep. Wally Herger of California praised a man who described himself as a “right wing terrorist” at a town hall, subsequently referring to him as a “great American.”
Herger’s spokesman, Matt Lavoie, tells me that not only is the Congressman standing by the comment; he’s reiterating it. Very, very forcefully. Herger’s spokesman emails this statement standing by the constitutent, Bert Stead:
“Congressman Herger stands by his statement in support of his constituent. Mr. Bert Stead is a taxpayer and Veteran, who, like so many others, is rightfully fed up with being called `un-American,’ or `extremist’ or a “political terrorist’ by liberals in Washington, for simply exercising his First Amendment rights. Mr. Stead served his country and therefore he is a great American. The Congressman doesn’t at all regret commending him for standing up, exercising his free speech rights, and expressing his strong concerns with the direction liberals in Washington are taking our country.”
Intriguingly, there’s nothing here suggesting the congressman has any issue with the constituent’s description of himself as a “right wing terrorist.”

Intriguingly? The only intriguing thing here is Greg Sargent’s obdurate unwillingness to acknowledge obvious sarcasm. Not to mention how unfair that headline is — sans context, it reads like the GOP is praising an actual terrorist, not a guy who’s fed up being called one for merely having a political opinion. A friend of mine who dealt with Sargent on the campaign keeps insisting he is decent and fair, so perhaps he’ll clarify or even concede the point. But I’m sorry, as it reads now this kind of explicitly partisan, cheap-shot reporting should be banished to where it belongs in the outer darkness of Daily Kos and HuffPo, not emanating from the Washington Post’s payroll.

UPDATE — a reporter friend, who’s no conservative mind you, emails:

[Expleteive redacted] that guy can get on my nerves. All the resources of the WaPo – instant returned phone calls! – and he uses them to follow up on DNC press releases.