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Title: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: trapeze on March 01, 2012, 08:15:14 AM
Breaking... (http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/)

...an immeasurable loss in so many ways it nearly defies description.

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Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles.
We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior.
Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: ToddF on March 01, 2012, 08:22:17 AM
Checking your bleeping heart/cholesterol people!  Damn, that's two in two days.  :'(

Way too young for this kind of thing.  RIP.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 08:24:03 AM
NO!  NONONONONONO!!

" ............... War."

Famous last words.

RIP Andrew
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: trapeze on March 01, 2012, 08:28:31 AM
43 years old and such an incredible mark on the world.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 08:33:26 AM
43 years old and such an incredible mark on the world.

We needed this man.  Still do.

(http://biggovernment.com/files/2012/03/840_102926845194_686155194_5053359_1686_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 08:43:37 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyRnXx2cEF8&feature=player_embedded#! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyRnXx2cEF8&feature=player_embedded#!)
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Libertas on March 01, 2012, 09:11:58 AM
Man, this is a hard knock!

From:  http://biggovernment.com/ (http://biggovernment.com/)

We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior.

Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.

Andrew recently wrote a new conclusion to his book, Righteous Indignation:

I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report. I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and—famously—I enjoy making enemies.

Three years ago, I was mostly a behind-the-scenes guy who linked to stuff on a very popular website. I always wondered what it would be like to enter the public realm to fight for what I believe in. I’ve lost friends, perhaps dozens. But I’ve gained hundreds, thousands—who knows?—of allies. At the end of the day, I can look at myself in the mirror, and I sleep very well at night.

Andrew is at rest, yet the happy warrior lives on, in each of us.

RIP Andrew, you will be greatly missed!   ::praying::
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: LadyVirginia on March 01, 2012, 09:16:53 AM
I'm sad.

He's been the perfect sword against the MSM and liberals.  Always, always enjoyed listening to him. He did what I only wish I could do.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: IronDioPriest on March 01, 2012, 09:20:59 AM
I can hardly believe it. I saw Andrew as a new kind of patriot in this war against the Left. Some may step up and also be that same kind of patriot, but none will replace him.

He was a formidable enemy of the Left. Leftists are dancing on his grave before he is in it.

Natural causes? Maybe.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: LadyVirginia on March 01, 2012, 09:31:31 AM
I can hardly believe it. I saw Andrew as a new kind of patriot in this war against the Left. Some may step up and also be that same kind of patriot, but none will replace him.

He was a formidable enemy of the Left. Leftists are dancing on his grave before he is in it.

Natural causes? Maybe.

I hope someone steps up inspired to carry on Breitbart's mission.  I don't want to be a wet blanket but I'm not holding my breath.

Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: michelleo on March 01, 2012, 09:34:55 AM
I can hardly believe it. I saw Andrew as a new kind of patriot in this war against the Left. Some may step up and also be that same kind of patriot, but none will replace him.

He was a formidable enemy of the Left. Leftists are dancing on his grave before he is in it.

Natural causes? Maybe.

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Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.
Indeed.  He's like a hero lost in battle.  It's heartbreaking.  Many prayers for his family.  Many prayers to our cause.  Rest in peace, Andrew, knowing you served with great courage, honor and distinction.  We cannot thank you enough.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: IronDioPriest on March 01, 2012, 09:36:09 AM
We'll know whether it was "natural causes" or not when those videos of Obama's college days do or do not come out before the election.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 10:07:39 AM
Update:

"Breitbart was walking near his home in Brentwood, Calif just after midnight Thursday when he collapsed according to his father-in-law Orson Bean. Someone saw Breitbart fall and called 911. Emergency crews tried to revive him and rushed him to the emergency room at UCLA Medical Center, Bean said."

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/SD-Andrew-Breitbart-Dead-at-43--141029823.html (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/SD-Andrew-Breitbart-Dead-at-43--141029823.html)

H/T Hot Air
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: charlesoakwood on March 01, 2012, 10:59:32 AM

Brave Andrew Breitbart has left this world
and caused a void that will not soon be filled.
Rest in peace Andrew, you will be deeply missed.
May God receive you with open arms and may He
watch over and protect your family.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: charlesoakwood on March 01, 2012, 11:02:20 AM

Guessing, it was an aneurism.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 11:07:20 AM
It's coming out that he had some heart problems.  Nothing otherwise specific yet.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Libertas on March 01, 2012, 11:54:20 AM
A couple liniks -

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292370/andrew-rip-jonah-goldberg (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292370/andrew-rip-jonah-goldberg)

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/editor-of-breitbart-com-says-andrew-breitbart-has-died/?hp (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/editor-of-breitbart-com-says-andrew-breitbart-has-died/?hp)

Anything inflammatory we should post elsewhere (like if people want to comment on the reactions in the fevered leftist swamps).

Prayers for his wife and kids.   ::praying::
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 12:01:58 PM
A couple liniks -

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292370/andrew-rip-jonah-goldberg (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292370/andrew-rip-jonah-goldberg)

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/editor-of-breitbart-com-says-andrew-breitbart-has-died/?hp (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/editor-of-breitbart-com-says-andrew-breitbart-has-died/?hp)

Anything inflammatory we should post elsewhere (like if people want to comment on the reactions in the fevered leftist swamps).

Prayers for his wife and kids.   ::praying::

YEP!

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Related: Twitter Hate: The Left’s Breitbart Memorial. Retweet all the nasty stuff they say — it’s what Andrew would have wanted. He liked to expose these people for who they were, rather than who they pretended to be. He continues to do that even in death.

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/138157/ (http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/138157/)

I don't Tweet or have a Facebook page, but I will repost any nasty thing I run across.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 12:07:38 PM
Like THESE from here (http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/liberals-celebrate-death-andrew-breitbart/403471):

Slate's Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), who tweeted: "Conventions around dead people are ridiculous. The world outlook is slightly improved with @AndrewBrietbart dead."


    AlmightyBob ? @AlmightyBoob : @AndrewBreitbart haha youre dead and in hell being a gay with hitler

    Jeff Glasse ? @jeffglasse : Andrew Breitbart now enjoying afternoon tea with Hitler #goodriddanceyouhack

    @darrenfiorello: Andrew Breitbart died? Is it wrong that I'm happier about that than when they got bin Laden and Saddam?

    Kellie Allen @thirtyseven : Breitbart helped destroy the career of someone I know. Good riddance, scumraker.

    Scott On Da Rox  @ridinchillwaves : RT GOOD RIDDANCE..fascist prick @Gawker: Andrew Breitbart Dead? gawker.com/5889586/

    Josh M ? @TheSocialest : Good riddance Breitbart. Hopefully they put James O'Keefe in your casket.

    John Kapp ? @johnkapp : Andrew Breitbart was a racist, sexist, homophobe. Good riddance.

    Gabriel ? @gabriel0923 : Andrew #Breitbart has died having been finally consumed by his revolting hatred! The world is better off without him!

    Dufus ? @dufus : Did we cry when Hitler died? No.. #Breitbart see you in hell asshole

    Natasha Yar-Routh ? @xiomberg : Andrew Breitbart is dead, good riddance to bad trash. He was a vile excuse for a human being

    Dave Lartigue ? @daveexmachina : Andrew Breitbart has died. Honestly, good riddance. He helped poison the country where I live and we are better off without him.

    Lalo Alcaraz ? @laloalcaraz RT @Mfusion66: RIP Breitbart? Nah, too good to be true

    vtred ? @vtred1 : Good riddance to Andrew Breitbart - a McCarthyite nutcase.

    Sean Paul Kelley ? @seanpaulkelley Andrew Breitbart has died: bigjournalism.com/lsolov/2012/03… If so, good riddance.

    CpG ? @Crow1138 : I know it's wrong, but good riddance “@cnnbrk: Conservative blogger Andrew #Breitbart has died, attorney says. on.cnn.com/wkDt4g”

    TahitiNut ? @TahitiNut : Forgive me, God, for I have sinned. I err on the side of being pleased with a death ... of Andrew Breitbart. Good riddance.

    michael mayer ? @prisonforbush: Breitbart dead? D Good riddance. More republicans should follow his lead.

    DAC ? @dac2527 : Satan calls Andrew Breitbart home... Good riddance!

    Kate Witko ? @katewitko : Andrew Breitbart is dead at 43 from "natural causes". hrm yes I suppose wine is pretty natural. good riddance, asshole.

    WeirdArchives ? @WeirdArchives : Looks like it's official. Andrew Breitbart is dead. Personally I don't like the guy, so good riddance to bad rubbish.

    Scott On Da Rox ? @ridinchillwaves : RT GOOD RIDDANCE..fascist prick @Gawker: Andrew Breitbart Dead? gawker.com/5889586/

    Mike Hightower ? @MikeHightower1 Good riddance andrew breitbart.

    Nick Huinker ? @towndrinker good riddance to bad rubbish. no reason to mourn someone who made it their business to make this world a less pleasant place. #breitbart

    Michael David ? @renmiked Good riddance Andrew #Breitbart.

    @Sttbs73 It is very hard to have sympathy for an evil person like Andrew Breitbart! I am done being NICE.

    @CleverTrousers: Andrew Breitbart died! Today looks like it's going to be a GREAT day. #deadgasbags

    @crmlqt: Andrew Breitbart is dead....one less racist!!!!!

    @jawillie: The saddest thing about Andrew Breitbart's death is that he died such a douchebag.

    Inglorious Basterdz ? @TheLibertyLamp : Andrew Breitbart destroyed lives based on LIES, I will not be some phony liberal and pretend condolences. ROT IN HELL ANDREW U BASTARD!
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Alphabet Soup on March 01, 2012, 12:16:39 PM
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I am done being NICE.

Yep.

So am I.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 01, 2012, 12:18:14 PM
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I am done being NICE.

Yep.

So am I.


Ohhoho, yep indeed.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Libertas on March 01, 2012, 12:22:56 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Alphabet Soup on March 01, 2012, 12:28:33 PM
Elsewhere I was reminded of this: Proverbs 17:5 - He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: LadyVirginia on March 01, 2012, 12:44:28 PM
Don't you like how these libs invoke Satan and Hell?  We know they don't believe in either.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: charlesoakwood on March 01, 2012, 12:50:24 PM

This is what I like:

(http://www.tobytoons.com/td/files/toons/2012/20120301_breitbart.jpg)

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/03/01/a-supernova-now-dark/ (http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/03/01/a-supernova-now-dark/)


http://www.redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-1969-2012/ (http://www.redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-1969-2012/)


http://theothermccain.com/2012/03/01/r-i-p-andrew-breitbart-innovative-genius-of-new-media-dies-at-age-43/ (http://theothermccain.com/2012/03/01/r-i-p-andrew-breitbart-innovative-genius-of-new-media-dies-at-age-43/)

***

DEAR READER: In the first decade of the DRUDGEREPORT Andrew Breitbart was a constant source of energy, passion and commitment. We shared a love of headlines, a love of the news, an excitement about what's happening. I don't think there was a single day during that time when we did not flash each other or laugh with each other, or challenge each other. I still see him in my mind's eye in Venice Beach, the sunny day I met him. He was in his mid 20's. It was all there. He had a wonderful, loving family and we all feel great sadness for them today... MDRUDGE

***

    I met Andrew Breitbart in 2005 when I was asked to write for the Huffingtpon Post. He was running the show. Everyone who knew him - left and right - said he was brilliant, eccentric, one of a kind. I instantly fell in love with the guy. To this day, i've never met anyone as fearless. He was my first guest on Redeye, a show I got largely because he told people about me. He became a cheerleader for my work, but more important, a dear close friend I could confide in, about anything. My wife called him the wizard, for he could conjure up anything at any time with limitless energy.

    He's the only person I know who operated without a safety net. He always knew things would turn out the way they were supposed to - so he didn't worry about money or, i guess, his health, too much.

    He was the spiritual leader of the modern conservative, libertarian cause. He was immersed in pop culture and wished to drag the right into the modern world - knowing this is how America speaks to the world. He was the heart of the matter. The fighter. Losing him is like a fiery planet going dark.

    My heart felt condolences go out to Susie and the kids.
... Greg Gutfeld (http://www.dailygut.com/?i=5176)

***


http://minx.cc/?post=327119 (http://minx.cc/?post=327119)

http://minx.cc/?post=327121 (http://minx.cc/?post=327121)

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/327123.php#327123 (http://ace.mu.nu/archives/327123.php#327123)
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: AlanS on March 01, 2012, 01:26:17 PM
He'll surely be missed. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family. ::praying:: As far as the libiots, they will be judged.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: IronDioPriest on March 01, 2012, 01:41:33 PM
I nice word from one of my facebook friends, Katie O'Malley...

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I am Andrew Breitbart Now

As I write this, I find that I bounce between every stage of Kubler Ross’ stages of giref in 15 second increments. Bear with me.

Years ago, a friend of mine was listening to me noodle on a problem. She said, “You should call my friend Andrew and talk to him. He loves to talk about this stuff.” And so I did. At the time, he was still behind the curtain of the burgeoning new media space and none of us knew how exactly it would unfold and what his role would be. But everyone who spent even two minutes talking to Andrew knew he would be a game-changer.

We talked for hours on that first call (there was no such thing as short phone call with Andrew) juggling our households of kids in the background. We laughed, railed, solved as many problems in the world as we could before one child or another knocked something over. He charmed me from the first hello.

During that first call with Andrew, I was a stay at home mom who was trying to find my voice. I had feelings and opinions but I was struggling to find the confidence to express myself. Talking to Andrew with his “I know!” and “Exactly!” punctuating the conversation was magical for me at the time. He gave me confidence and encouragement to find my voice, and use it. USE IT. Get out there and fight.

Fast forward a few years and I took a shot in the dark and sent a snarky email to Human Events Editor Jed Babbin. The email was not in a format covered in “How to land a writing gig” but more “jotting down the wacky way I talk to Andrew and other friends.” And Jed, God Bless that wonderful, amazing man, let me further develop my voice under his tutelage.

And now, I feel the loss of Andrew in so many ways. I lost a friend. I think of his wife Susie, one of the most generous, amazing, kind souls I have ever met, and my heart breaks. At a time in my life I was struggling with a very real family issue, she gave me insight that changed my perspective and did so with such generous honesty and vulnerability it endeared her to me forever. His children were the lights of his life and as a mother, their pain makes me nauseous and almost paralyzed with grief for them.

As a warrior in General Breitbart’s army, I feel leaderless. In a movement that is punctuated with example after example of cowardly and self-destructive behavior, I fear for the movement and fear for my country.

Bev Perlson of Band of Mothers, always referred to Andrew as the “General Washington of our time” and she is right. Andrew did not lead from an ivory tower, a comfortable consulting office in DC or from the cesspool of Beltway politics. He led from the streets, from stages in the middle of deserts, corn-fields and town squares. He is one of the few people I can think of who never asked those around him to fight a fight or take a risk he was not already up to his eyeballs in.

One time I had to get him to a designated spot by a certain time for an important interview. I was on much feared “Andrew Wrangler Duty”. No one ever volunteered for that role, but many around him had to wrangle at some point. The challenge that drove us crazy? Knowing he had to be at a set spot, at a set time, and we would have to nudge him through all the people who just wanted a quick moment.

It didn’t matter how important the meeting, or how famous or powerful the person he was meeting was, it was never as important to him as the little old lady who tugged on his sleeve as he raced through a hallway who just wanted to say hi and get a picture. And you just couldn’t get frustrated with him when he came to a screeching halt…every 3 feet…for as long as the stretch was from where he was to where he needed to be, because it was so endearing and twas the very essence of who he was. He loved being with the warrior in the street more than any big shot that may have been on his meeting schedule. He loved what he did. He loved who if did if for. He loved who he did it with.

He was frenetic, exhausting, exhilarating and one of the funniest people I have ever known. He could make you cry with laugher as he barked out a self-deprecating story at the pace of machine gun fire. He could make you grab your camera and run to the streets to heed his call for citizen journalists.

After the Tea Party event in Nashville a few years ago, I noticed that my face hurt and I tried to figure out why. I realized it had been ages since I had smiled that much or laughed that hard. He was utterly and completely charming.

Despite the level of vitriol from the left, my frustration with my own movement, Andrew’s powerful, consistent, smart and saucy voice made me feel less despondent. He was the warrior in the foxhole who put his head up, took enemy fire, and let the rest of us see what we are up against.

All morning I have wondered, how do you fill the hole he has left? What leader can step up to take his place? And I know. No one can. He is irreplaceable. One person alone can never fill the gaping hole he leaves behind. We don’t need one Andrew Breitbart to carry on. We need thousands of Andrew Breitbarts. We need you to be Andrew Breitbart.

My heart is broken. But today, and going forward until my last breath, I am Andrew Breitbart.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Alphabet Soup on March 01, 2012, 02:40:21 PM
What a wonderful, touching eulogy.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: trapeze on March 01, 2012, 02:47:34 PM
As expected, David Frum, "conservative" hack scribbler, wasted no time insulting the memory of a real man.

What a puke. (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-1969-2012.html)

I have no doubt that he wet and soiled himself while writing it with whatever crayon was at hand.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: LadyVirginia on March 01, 2012, 03:11:41 PM
What a wonderful, touching eulogy.

It was terrific.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Sectionhand on March 01, 2012, 04:37:47 PM
Upon hearing of Breitbart's death this morning I experienced close to the same feeling I had at the passing of Lee Atwater . Simply irreplaceable .  :'(
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: trapeze on March 01, 2012, 04:48:36 PM
Upon hearing of Breitbart's death this morning I experienced close to the same feeling I had at the passing of Lee Atwater . Simply irreplaceable .  :'(

I thought the exact same thing. A warrior fallen.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: IronDioPriest on March 01, 2012, 04:55:59 PM
Ever the one looking for layers beneath what is apparent, I have spent the day biting back a keen sense of suspicion, based on nothing other than circumstance.

The man just a few short weeks ago proclaimed loudly from the podium of the premier conservative event of the year that he had videotaped evidence of Barack Hussein Obama as a radical Marxist anti-american activist in his college days.

Then he went on days later to ridicule Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn after dining in their home.

He collapsed a short time after dining out.

All I can say is we had damn well better see that videotape.

One thing Breitbart never, ever did: he never promised something publicly that he failed to deliver. Never.

If the video of Obama is not forthcoming, I call foul play, for all the good it will do me or anybody else.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: LadyVirginia on March 01, 2012, 05:10:13 PM
http://download.premiereradio.net/guest/rushlimb/daily/LimbaughLetter_AndrewBreitbart.pdf (http://download.premiereradio.net/guest/rushlimb/daily/LimbaughLetter_AndrewBreitbart.pdf)

from the Limbaugh letter
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: John Florida on March 01, 2012, 06:45:34 PM
  I saw this at 8.30 at work today and all I could do is sit there in shock hoping all along that it wasn't true but sadly it is and I'm having a real problem believing it. As for the nastyness from the sewers I don't want to see any of it,the mood I'm in I could just do something tha I would never regret.

   God bless his family and his memory.Now I can only pray for a replacement to come up and carry on his work.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: charlesoakwood on March 02, 2012, 12:35:35 AM

More tribute:


Warrior: Franklin Center Remembers Andrew Breitbart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RE3-RUR2-U#ws)


http://www.facebook.com/notes/ann-mcelhinney/andrew-breitbart-warrior-prince/338301652877859 (http://www.facebook.com/notes/ann-mcelhinney/andrew-breitbart-warrior-prince/338301652877859)

Andrew Breitbart: Warrior Prince
by Ann McElhinney on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 4:17pm ·

"I hate those people, I really hate those people." Dearest friend, we will miss you.

Andrew Breitbart said that a lot.

And he wasn't just talking about liberal liars and hypocrites. As often as not he was talking about establishment conservatives who either never knew or had forgotten what the fight was really all about. He REALLY hated them.

And there are so many of them. You'll find them tweeting today about how much they valued him. They didn't; he scared them. He fearlessly said all the things they didn't have the balls to say. For that he was loved by true conservatives and hated by the establishment frauds. These fake conservatives knew they couldn't be that brave, that courageous, take those kinds of risks and, more than even the hateful liberals, they wanted him to fail. Andrew didn't fail.

His words and actions have inspired so many young people, and many not so young, to take action and to speak out wherever they see the hateful liberal narrative being preached.

So many people today will talk about the nasty, vitriolic, irrational leftists whose tweets are such a fitting testimony to their bankrupt morality and such a fitting tribute to Andrew's power to drive them literally insane. But today is not their day.

We drove together on Saturday from Troy to Detroit airport. We had both made speeches at an AFP event over the weekend. He got in the car and immediately complained of feeling really ill. I presumed it was because we had drank too much the evening before. Turns out I was wrong. Andrew was probably dying. But despite this he talked so animatedly about Fox News' dated aesthetic, a CNN offer to team up with Weiner for a talk show, an Aaron Sorkin offer and of the fight, the fight--always the fight--to tell the truth and expose the liars.

He liked to use the word warrior. A few weeks ago we were both in Traverse City for another event and the Dana Loesch peeing over the Taliban storm in tea cup erupted. A conservative event planned for the following day had decided to drop Dana. Andrew hated those people. We stayed up super late that night. Andrew tweeted like a crazy thing. He was on the phone and texting, defending his "warrior princess" as he called Dana. I was a witness to those calls and to the texts and tweets coming from the cowardly organizers, the "it's out of my hands" crowd. Andrew hated you guys; you know who you are.

The scene was amazing--Andrew tweeting and texting and calling people and getting more and more angry with the organizers of that event who had dropped Dana. He was surrounded by admirers who just wanted to be close to the fire that he was.

I am not sure if Andrew liked Jack Kerouac, but On the Road offers what's for me a perfect tribute for Andrew:

[blockquote]    "...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"[/blockquote]

Farewell Andrew, brave warrior. You were better than them all. I am so glad I knew you.

Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: LadyVirginia on March 02, 2012, 10:25:31 AM
I'm still sad today.  I don't usually give up that much emotion for someone I didn't know (other than offer up a prayer for the family). 

Last night I had a nagging feeling I couldn't identify then it hit me-- it was the same feeling I'd experienced before.  I wouldn't be so arrogant to call it a premonition but every time I watched or listened to Breitbart I had this unsettled feeling I couldn't describe.  Not that I specifically thought he's die young or someone would kill him  but...something.. as if I was wondering how long will he be with us, doing this...as if he was just passing through.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 02, 2012, 10:30:11 AM
Everything I've read by folks who knew him indicate Andrew was as a supernova; super-bright, almost manic, highly focused.  One does wonder how long such folks can abide without burning out in one way or another.

Such a loss, though; I still feel a little gut-punched myself.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Libertas on March 02, 2012, 11:14:02 AM
Yeah, my middle smarts a bit still as well.  But it seems like Andrew has influenced a lot of people, so I am sure there are some proteges out there we will be hearing from.  That is my hope anyway.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Glock32 on March 02, 2012, 11:26:24 AM
James O'Keefe seems a fitting one to pick up Andrew's torch. Both relish the direct, let-the-Left-show-you-just-who-they-are approach.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Libertas on March 02, 2012, 11:43:59 AM
I would welcome that torch holder.   ::thumbsup::
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 02, 2012, 02:00:11 PM
Mikey Kaus (http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/02/andrew-breitbart-r-i-p-2/) wrote a good piece.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: John Florida on March 02, 2012, 03:01:46 PM
James O'Keefe seems a fitting one to pick up Andrew's torch. Both relish the direct, let-the-Left-show-you-just-who-they-are approach.

  I was listening to Hannity while working outside(last nights show)and he had on a couple of people that said that his work would be continued by the fighters he had working for him and that the tapes he spoke of would be released in about 10 days. Looks like the war's not over because he's not with us.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: charlesoakwood on March 03, 2012, 02:06:58 AM

The Charles Johnson Special
 
The Charles Johnson Special (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMtCDhTcEU#)


Andrew Breitbart,  Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Pandora on March 03, 2012, 05:42:08 AM
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I tried to calm Breitbart down several times, to no avail. A few years back, he told me the doctor said that he needed to decelerate his stress levels. Consequently, he wanted me to teach him how to fly fish. Then he thought better of it. The problem, he admitted, was, “Every time I see a tree, I just want to kick its ass.”

I can so relate.

His close friends are writing about him now and as more of them do so, I experience a loss for which I have no name.

Matt Labash (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/breitbart-s-last-laugh_633067.html?nopager=1)

Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: LadyVirginia on March 03, 2012, 09:50:18 PM


His close friends are writing about him now and as more of them do so, I experience a loss for which I have no name.

Matt Labash (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/breitbart-s-last-laugh_633067.html?nopager=1)



I'm getting to where I can hardly read any more...it makes me too sad.
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: Libertas on March 02, 2023, 01:08:00 PM
As G32 first posited and I and others enthusiastically endorsed (James O'Keefe as the Brietbart torch bearer)...

11 years later...

(https://media.gab.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1260,quality=100,fit=scale-down/system/media_attachments/files/129/995/369/original/e0dbb236c387d16d.png)
H/T-CTH

I still do not believe the official declaration of a death as natural...I do not believe healthy people (way back in pre-lab virus days and dubious vaccines) stepped out on sidewalks and collapsed and died...I do not believe the full extent of Andrew's data on The Kenyan has been revealed...

I believe he was murdered by the DeepState, I believe everything he had on The Kenyan and his stinking minions and handlers was taken by the DeepState.

I believe James was in the process of being turned...and I pray he has serious people looking after his safety.

Effective people make huge targets for the forces of Evil...and there is even more Evil now than 11 years ago!
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: paulh on March 02, 2023, 01:12:10 PM
Yes, hoping he pops up elsewhere
Title: Re: Tragedy: Andrew Breitbart
Post by: IronDioPriest on March 03, 2023, 07:17:45 AM
Well it appears that James danced, and now he’s learning exactly why Andrew warned him against it.