I remember what Breitbart said about Ted Kennedy after he died...

[WI_DEM]

so, I won't be crying any tears for Breitbart. While I don't rejoice in his death (sad to die so young and with a family), but in many ways he was one of the reasons why the political discourse in this country is so bad and the GOP has become increasingly hateful:

Early this morning, news broke that Sen. Ted Kennedy had passed away after serving in the U.S. Senate for nearly 50 years. Soon after, conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart began a sustained assault on Kennedy’s memory, tweeting “Rest in Chappaquiddick.”

Over the course of the next three hours, Breitbart unapologetically attacked Kennedy, calling him a “villain,” “a big ass motherf@#$er,” a “duplicitous bastard” and a “prick.” “I’ll shut my mouth for Carter. That’s just politics. Kennedy was a special pile of human excrement,” wrote Breitbart in one tweet.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/08/26/57997/breitbart-kennedy-twitter/

[denverbill]

1. He wrote his own obit: a “villain,” “a big ass motherf@#$er,” a “duplicitous bastard” and a “prick.”

"a special pile of human excrement"

[LynneSin]

14. God gave us 77 years of Ted Kennedy but only 43 years of Andrew Breitbart

She knows.....

[Bake]

18. And thank God for that!!!

Although a few fewer would've been nice ... just sayin'.



Bake

[NoGOPZone]

42. which proves it's not only the good that die young. nt

[Hutzpa]

22. That sure describes the joker from Batman. (nt)

[d_b]

2. oh, andy...

rest in piss

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Breitbart can learn to lie correctly this time

without saying a word.

[malaise]

6. DUzy

[Ichingcarpenter]

39. I forgot to recommend this thread...

sometimes they just write themselves.

I will never forgive him for Acorn being
a Co-chair in Austin and all the good work we did.

[tallahasseedem]

12. +1

Couldn't have said it any better!

[geardaddy]

13. Win

[catbyte]

29. Thanks, itchingcarpenter--I just sprayed coffee

all over my keyboard.

[malaise]

55. There was a great joke about dead lawyers

Even when they die they lie still - made your line even funnier.

[sadbear]

4. "Why do you grant a BULLY special status upon his death?" -- Andrew Breitbart

His own damn words.

[Iggo]

19. Right.Fucking.There.

[EFerrari]

25. Omg. He wrote his own epitaph.

Probably the only memorable line in a career of crap flinging.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. It seems that you're right about one thing, Mr Breitbart.

You will shut your mouth about Carter.

[Erose999]

7. Breitbart: 0 Syphilis: 1

[Bombtrack]

11. Is the notion of him having Syphilis a Dan Savage/Santorum type of web bomb or was it actually ever

reported by any outlet anywhere? I googled it and I mostly came across discussions rather than any articles.

[Erose999]

43. The truth is out there. There are reports on his having syphilis from several sources in the

blogosphere and from many people who would consider themselves to be "citizen journalists" as Breitbart himself would say.

I'm just reporting on the allegations, I'll leave it you you to determine whether or not they're true

[Erose999]

8. To quote the always eloquent Texas statesman Rick Perry: "Adios, Mofo!"

[MADem]

34. OK, that made me laugh! The lead in and delivery--just perfect! Right over the plate! nt

[Bombtrack]

9. I don't know what counts as "rejoicing", but the 1st-second emotional reaction to reading it I had..

was positivity. He was an asshole. Maybe not evil incarnate, but an asshole. I'll read any objective articles I can about him now that are sure to come out and maybe I'll leard some redeeming things about him. But right now I don't feel guilty about liking the news for about a second after I read it.

[Owlet]

10. Will the Westboro Baptists be protesting at his funeral?

birds of a feather, etc..

[Ganja Ninja]

20. Thank God for Natural Causes!

[Shadowflash]

21. yup.

Couldn't happen to a better, what was it he said? Oh yeah, 'special pile of human excrement'.

[backscatter712]

35. I'm tempted to let Fred Phelps and his ilk deliver the eulogy!

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[Major Hogwash]

15. He was a gutless turd. That incident a few weeks back at the OWS in DC was . .

. . an example of just how out of control he was, going to the group that was gathered there shouting "Behave" at a bunch of peacful people gathered at the park.

It was a stupid act of stupidity by a stupid man.
He was lucky he wasn't arrested.
What he did to Shirley Sherrod was criminal.
He had no morals whatsoever.
He justified everything he did as "necessary for the cause".

[Gore1FL]

54. Don't forget Don Giljum. Breitbart was criminal in that case too. n/t

[Auntie Bush]

57. He was taken because it was "nessary for the cause".

[Hutzpa]

16. He sure did. (nt)

[liberal N proud]

17. Maybe the right wing will see his death as a message from God

That they need to change their ways.


Well maybe not either.

[backscatter712]

23. I feel zero guilt for pissing on Breitbart's grave.

That man was pure fucking psychopathic evil, and the world's a better place now that he's not in it.

[Mr Dixon]

38. IMO

Agreed

[MrScorpio]

24. May God have mercy on what was left of his soul. nt

[backscatter712]

36. Probably looks something like Voldemort's soul fragment when Potter was "killed" in Deathly Hallows.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

26. Thank you!

[riverwalker]

27. In Lieu of flowers

send a big fat check to your favorite Democratic candidate.

[ellisonz]

44. +1000

[donco]

28. I wont be dancing

on his grave,i also wont be sending any flowers either.

[bayareaboy]

30. I might have been responsible for his demise ...

I used to just do a little mantra and expect peoples heads to explode on the TV. Then I recalled the guy from kids in the hall who squeesed heads with his fingers. It works!

Or perhaps it was Jack and Speed-balls that a 40 plus freak figures he can do without repercussion.

Or maybe it was that devious Keith Oberman putting him on his hated people list for many days in a row. You know God probably watches that.

[DesertRat]

31. I like to think that we, as progressives, are better than that

R.I.P. Andrew Breitbart.

[catbyte]

45. That's why we're seen as wimps, DesertRat. They view our

civility as a weakness and loathe us for it.

So, in honor of his passing: Fuck Breitbart.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI

[DesertRat]

52. Then they can see me as a wimp

But I won't sink to their level.

[bayareaboy]

49. I am better, but I realize that ...

I don't care about his resting in peace.

On the other hand I hope his children don't have to suffer their Father's propaganda tirade in their lives.

[piedmont]

32. “I’ll shut my mouth for Carter." <----Truth right there. nt

[PeaceNikki]

33. Not dancing on his grave. It's just nice to think that MAYBE

arrogant racist spiteful misogynistic unmitigated hatred is lethal.

[Rowdyboy]

37. May he evolve into a higher life form....say a hookwork or a mosquito

for his next incarnation.

[babylonsister]

50. ...

I'd go with the hookworm.

[liberal_mama]

40. It sounds like he was describing himself

Not many people will shed tears for Andrew Breitbart.

[EastTennesseeDem]

41. "I'll shut my mouth for Carter."

You see, it's funny because it's true.

[catbyte]

46. Love the sympathy card on DU Homepage

[baldguy]

47. Sorry, but I'm not going to cry about this.

He was an vile man who spread lies to gin up anger & fear which did nothing but divide America. He will not be missed.

[Jennicut]

48. I will say only one nice thing about Breitbart dying.

I feel for his wife and kids. That is about it. He was a nasty, vile man while alive.

[bvar22]

51. Fuck that liittle wiener.

I didn't care what he said when he was a live.
Why should I care what he says now that he is gone.
and DU certainly does NOT need more that one thread to say,
"So what?"

Is DU going to care this much and waste this much bandwidth when Joe the Plumber's clock stops ticking?


The ONLY thing I want to know about Andrew Brietbart's death
is whether on not he was killed by one of President Obama's Drones.
If so, then I will have to re-evaluate my position on the President's use of Armed Assassination Drones,
and a president's Authority to target Americans without a warrant.
I may change my mind and start supporting the power of a Unitary Executive,
but only if he uses these extra-constitutional powers for sanitation and disease control.
I will still oppose their use as a military weapon.



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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[OnyxCollie]

61. High five.

[stevenleser]

53. Breitbart was a cancer in the lungs of humanity. nt

[emsimon33]

56. At least Breitbart does not need to fear meeting Kennedy in the afterlife

Ted went up and Andy B. went down. There is so little good that can be said for Breitbart. While Kennedy was not always honorable in all that he did, the good he did far outweighs the bad. That can NOT be said for Breitbart.

I do feel sorry for Breitbart's children--that they were his children. What a negative atmosphere in which to live!

[WestSeattle2]

58. It's ironic that the wingnuts are wringing their collective hands in grief over

the loss of this idiot. He did more to cement the perception, in the minds of normal rational people, that the repug party is a hateful, bigoted party than Ann Coulter, Pat Robertson, Frothy Rick, or Rushbo combined have. And he managed to do it in just a relative few moments on the national stage. Guess it goes to show why the repugs are a party marching off into irrelevance.

[Faygo Kid]

59. You're damn right. The older I get, the more I know it's war.

I have gone off the beam with what has happened to Sandra Fluke. It's representative of all the hate out there. I will fight them.

[mistertrickster]

60. "I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal, you" Louis Armstrong song . . . nt

[maximusveritas]

62. Yeah, but we're better than him

No need to stoop to his level.

[Tx4obama]

63. Kick!

[ailsagirl]

64. That's downright inexcusable

But I'm not surprised.