Earlier today, I was taking a breather from the day job by spending a moment on Facebook.

One of the people on my friends list there is Ron Lemaster Jr. He’s a sportswriter focusing on NASCAR for assorted publications.

As people are wont to do on Facebook, Mr. Lemaster had taken some online polls, the results of which were posted on his page at the site. And on the page of everyone on his friends list. The poll in question was whether he’d vote for Sarah Palin should she run for President in 2012. His answer was in the affirmative.

This is a screen shot of part of the comments that followed:

Picture 2John Oreovicz is a writer for ESPN.COM. He covers open wheel racing.

Note I said this is a screen shot of part of the comments. Mr. Oreovicz made addition comments which he subsequently deleted. Below is the full data from the e-mail Facebook automatically sends one of its users when someone leaves a comment subsequent to one of theirs on a post:

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John Oreovicz also commented on Ron Lemasters Jr.’s post:

“F*&% Jerry Wilson and Sarah Palin.”

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In case you missed it, this was Mr. Oreovicz’s posted comment:

F*&% Jerry Wilson and Sarah Palin.

Somehow, I doubt that’s the way Disney, which owns ESPN, wants its employees to carry themselves in public.

I’ve gone to both ESPN and Disney’s Web sites to register my complaint. I seriously, seriously doubt I’ll get anything above a form letter in reply, if that much.

Just thought I’d share this special moment of MSM love with y’all.