The conservative blogger whose post was pulled from the CBS website after pressure from the White House is surpised the White House cares about “something mentioned in passing, and intended to highlight a political positive about a potential Supreme Court nominee.”

The Washington Post became the largest name in news to issue guidelines about acceptable use of social networking platforms, namely Twitter and Facebook. But when paidContent ran the rules in their entirety, it fueled a firestorm against the policies on the web. Today, the Post‘s Howard Kurtz responds, but seems hesitant and provides little convincing support for the rules.