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News & ArtsThursday, March 1, 2012
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Does anyone die of natural causes at 43? I always thought that "natural causes" was synonymous with "old age." Anyway, he's been acting more wack than usual recently. Perhaps he had a brain episode.
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I don't like speaking ill of the dead. I will say, however, that he was a big fat flaming asshole when he was alive.
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Like Bette Davis said of the late Joan Crawford, "They say you should always speak good of the dead. He's dead, that's good!"
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The world is a sadder, less happy place today, bereft of joy and with a long period of bleak depression ahead . . . Oh, did I say world? sorry I meant Hell.
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No shit, really? Wow.
Looks like I outlived another billionaire. Guess all that money isn't doing him much good now.
Looks like I outlived another billionaire. Guess all that money isn't doing him much good now.
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I don't believe in any god but this makes me wish a hell was waiting for that puss infected piece of shit.
The world just became a little nicer today. And what a great way to start off my day!
The world just became a little nicer today. And what a great way to start off my day!
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okay, look like there is a confirmation by the LA Times..
I will give him my “1984” two minutes of hate, (well more like a day) and then RIP..
I will give him my “1984” two minutes of hate, (well more like a day) and then RIP..
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Clarence Darrow: "I've never wished anyone dead, but there are obituaries I've read with pleasure."
I'll just stop at the headline. He isn't worthy any more effort than that.
I'll just stop at the headline. He isn't worthy any more effort than that.
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Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He was one of the most unhealthy-looking, sweaty, disheveled people I've ever seen strut across the national stage. I'm guessing his health problems have been brewing for a while. Thanks for taking him home, Jesus!
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A hate-filled coke fiend. Suprised he lasted this long, with all the enemies he made. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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I'm going to guess that dying "suddenly" of "natural causes" at age 43 is likely to mean dying of a sudden heart attack.
I can't say I'm happy he's dead, because it takes a much deeper level of evil to achieve that, but I sure can't say I'm sad either. I feel sorry for his wife and kids, who will be legitimately crushed.
I can't say I'm happy he's dead, because it takes a much deeper level of evil to achieve that, but I sure can't say I'm sad either. I feel sorry for his wife and kids, who will be legitimately crushed.
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@15 So natural causes means OD? First, Whitney, then Davy, now Andrew. Awwww. Are we sure this isn't some bullshit media stunt?
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Waiting for Andrew Sullivan's contrarian view that in private he was actually a great guy, ala his recent piece on Buchanan. 5, 4, 3,......
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For most, 43 is too soon. For some its too late.
This was just a formality. He's been decomposing for several years.
This was just a formality. He's been decomposing for several years.
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@20 I dunno… maybe it was cats.
So who/what organization is getting his money and the chance to continue his good deeds? His hate won’t end with him.
So who/what organization is getting his money and the chance to continue his good deeds? His hate won’t end with him.
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My dear mother often said to me, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
I will therefore say nothing at all about the passing of Andrew Breitbart.
I will therefore say nothing at all about the passing of Andrew Breitbart.
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@ 18, it may be poor manners to express joy at the death of someone, but it's not at all evil unless that dead person was doing good.
For example, being happy on hearing of MLK's assassination in 1968 would have been an good indication of someone's bad character. But someone like Breitbart, who had a destructive influence on American politics? Sorry, but there's nothing evil about having a positive reaction to that.
For example, being happy on hearing of MLK's assassination in 1968 would have been an good indication of someone's bad character. But someone like Breitbart, who had a destructive influence on American politics? Sorry, but there's nothing evil about having a positive reaction to that.
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I always get them confused. Is he the one who killed off ACORN, or the one with the Adam's Apple who always wore the same black cocktail dress?
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@ 34, the one that killed off ACORN.
He was also someone who had this to say upon the death of Ted Kennedy:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/0…
Not speaking ill of the just-deceased is good character, so this is more proof that he was a terrible human being, and deserving of getting the same today.
He was also someone who had this to say upon the death of Ted Kennedy:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/0…
Not speaking ill of the just-deceased is good character, so this is more proof that he was a terrible human being, and deserving of getting the same today.
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Sympathies to his family, of course, but for every one else HIGH FIVE!
He foisted that O'Keefe asshole on us. That alone should earn him a *long* line of people waiting to piss on his grave.
He foisted that O'Keefe asshole on us. That alone should earn him a *long* line of people waiting to piss on his grave.
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RE: 22
Boom. 24 minutes later, Heeeerreeee's Andrew:
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/…
Cozy little image, sharing pop on their iPods. CUTE!
Boom. 24 minutes later, Heeeerreeee's Andrew:
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/…
Cozy little image, sharing pop on their iPods. CUTE!
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@1 - Sadly, it is possible to die of natural causes at the age of 43. "Accidental causes" is usually used for things like car accidents, so I think we can rule that out. Cancer is the most obvious example of natural causes in someone young, but since it wasn't announced before that he was ill, I suspect it was sudden, like a heart attack or stroke.
Having just turned 44 a few weeks ago, it puts things in perspective. I wish his family the best.
Having just turned 44 a few weeks ago, it puts things in perspective. I wish his family the best.
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In other news Rush Limbaugh calls Georgetown Law School student 'slut' for wanting birth control.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/29…
Mr. Breitbart's body may be dead, but his spirit is alive and well.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/29…
Mr. Breitbart's body may be dead, but his spirit is alive and well.
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Someone noticed that Breitbart's tweets last night were getting more and more vitriolic as the night went on. I wonder if he suffered some kind of brain injury such as a cerebral hemorrhage.
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If you believe in forever
Then life is just a one-night stand
If there's an Internet heaven
Well you know they've got a hell of a blog, blog, blog
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while i doubt anyone related to him can feel recognizable human emotions i hope his death brings shame to his family
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@45 Given that Limp-prod has been spewing that shit since Breitbart was a child, I'd say the spirit of Rush possessed AB and devoured him. Except I'm a rationalist materialist, so I can't believe any spirituality, karma, blah blah. Too bad, makes a good story.
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His kids are probably happier this way. Good riddance, you fucking worthless dirtbag. Hope you have fun getting belligerent in hell.
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@46 "I wonder if he suffered some kind of brain injury"
Oh honey, he suffered that long before he made it on television.
Oh honey, he suffered that long before he made it on television.
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The world was a worse place for the fact that he breathed. He openly fantasized about the death of non-Republicans. I will not pretend, out of mere politeness, that he was anything other than a waste of carbon.
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That is so sad, my prayers go out to his family, Susie (pics of her here -->http://fandaily.info/?p=16056) and his adorable children
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Well, aside from the likelihood of stroke or OD, "natural causes" could also be self-inflicted. He could have had the courage to finish what fellow sociopath Lee Atwater couldn't.
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Bleh, I feel for his wife having to put up with his addictions in life and for him not being around for his kids as they grow up, but I won't miss "Breitbart" the media personality one bit.
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@46: it looks like his last argument on twitter was with my college housemate. Really. This all makes sense now.
I always vaguely knew it was a wonder I got out of there alive, but cerebral hemorrage brought on by having to argue with Neal's special sort of thick-skulled, inane, self-absorbed stupidity makes sense; I probably got there a few times myself.
I always vaguely knew it was a wonder I got out of there alive, but cerebral hemorrage brought on by having to argue with Neal's special sort of thick-skulled, inane, self-absorbed stupidity makes sense; I probably got there a few times myself.
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I'm not going to celebrate this man's death.
These comments, on the other hand, have been quite entertaining. I have no problem celebrating them!
(Well done, Sloggers.)
These comments, on the other hand, have been quite entertaining. I have no problem celebrating them!
(Well done, Sloggers.)
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I maintain that it is not only possible, but just to call out those who have passed for their horrible actions while not necessarily delighting in their demise. Breitbart was many things (to name only a few): misogynist, liar, professional panderer, and racial arsonist. He directly lead to the disenfranchisement of minorities, and he took glee in being at the forefront of the American reactionary movement.
So you may ask, am I delighted he's dead? No. Am I glad that he won't be able to leach his racist, paranoid brand of thought into the minds of White America any longer? Emphatically, yes.
So you may ask, am I delighted he's dead? No. Am I glad that he won't be able to leach his racist, paranoid brand of thought into the minds of White America any longer? Emphatically, yes.
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@18: Only if your morality is based in intent and thought, and not in action or effect, or holds that life is intrinsically valuable or Good. If the world is a measurably better place because someone is dead, on the balance or entirely, then I see no issue with celebrating that person's death. I for one am happy that I have to deal with one discursive troll fewer, and I'm not particularly sympathetic to Breitbart's loved ones, because I think that loving such a horrible, hateful, manipulative, lying sack of santorum is a functionally-harmful, morally-objectionable action in and of itself, making his loved ones ethically culpable for actively enabling his actions and likewise deserving of shaming, though to a lesser extent than the man himself. So I see no downside and plenty of upside to his death (I don't think that being alive, in and of itself, is somehow a moral good; I think what determines Good and Bad are the impacts of one's actions). Of course, I'm not ecstatic or anything: I really never gave Breitbart a second thought when he wasn't being a professional asshat, but I'm definitely happier knowing I'll never have to deal with that again.
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@71 It would have been a lot more satisfying if his career had been destroyed by a scandal involving under-age illegal alien rent boys.
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Cocaine overdose is on the list of “natural causes” at the Los Angeles County Coroner, along with out-of-control liposuction and texting-while-driving.
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@20 No proof of coke use, other than his public behavior, which was a classic cokehead act. More likely he popped pills, so he could claim, like his hero Rushbo, that he wasn't an drug addict.
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@18: "it takes a much deeper level of evil to achieve that"
Sociopath racial arsonist who campaigned to disenfranchise minorities and remove health care from low-income women?
That's evil.
Sociopath racial arsonist who campaigned to disenfranchise minorities and remove health care from low-income women?
That's evil.
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@74: I'm guessing foremost amongst his loved ones are four now fatherless children, presumably quite young given the age of their father. I know this makes me soft on evil, but all the same I don't blame them for their father's shortcomings, and I feel bad for their loss.
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@31, I'm not saying it's neccesarily evil to be happy someone's dead (I was happy when bin Laden died), I'm saying that it takes a guy/gal being more evil than Breitbart was for me to actually be happy about it. He was an asshole, but I can't work up enough hate to be happy he died just for being an asshole of his grade.
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So many stirring comments here, huh..hhmmmm...
I'm taking Thumper's advice: "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
I'm taking Thumper's advice: "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
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Maybe this is the indication that Obama will be reelected. I mean they blame him for everything else...
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I'm not sure why we're supposed to feel sorry for his kids. Their father was an asshole who, if his private behavior was anything like his public persona, showered them with verbal abuse and poisoned the atmosphere of their home every day. They're better off without him, and I'm sure they'll get a big chunk of inherited dirty money locked up in protected trust funds before Shirley Sherrod can get to his estate (not that she doesn't deserve every penny of it).
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Since we are all armchair autopsyiests (autopsyiests: people who do autopsies; armchair: we really don't do autopsies we just pretend, on the Internet), my diagnosis is an aortal aneurysm.
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A sudden, unexpected death is almost always a stroke or heart attack, and at 43, a stroke or heart attack is almost always caused by drugs (usually cocaine). Certainly not 100% but you know...play the odds.
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Oh and @90: you are supposed to feel sorry for the children because they just lost their father, and their entire world has just been shattered. Just because their father was an ass does not mean they are sub-human, or should be held accountable for his sins. I am not saying you have to hold a memorial, but damn, have a little human compassion. Unless you have no heart.
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Breitbart, so mean he wouldn't help one of his own workers who thought she was almost sexually assaulted after being drugged.
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@90: "I'm not sure why we're supposed to feel sorry for his kids."
It's possible for him, while having a negative effect on the US and its people, to have been a good father to his kids, as long as he kept his shtick out of raising them.
It's possible for him, while having a negative effect on the US and its people, to have been a good father to his kids, as long as he kept his shtick out of raising them.
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It had to be crack cocaine. Nobody can get all lathered up like he did without ingesting substances. His verbal tirades were the equivalent of a coked-up quickie-mart robbery gone bad.
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After reading these comments my only thought is that "an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind". I can say without any doubt that all of you that are celebrating his death are simply proving your own hypocrisy.
Good job of bringing yourselves down to the same level as this man that you hate so much.
Good job of bringing yourselves down to the same level as this man that you hate so much.
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@97 I don't partake, but they say meth keeps the crazy going longer. Was he known for working all night, more than one night in a row?
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Did anyone hear that he was fucked to death by a syphilitic pony? Or possibly a carload of clowns?
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Good riddance to a nasty racist bigot. Will not be missed.
Ted Kennedy and a wife and children too and that didn't stop Brightfart from celebrating his death.
Ted Kennedy and a wife and children too and that didn't stop Brightfart from celebrating his death.
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I don't ever like to celebrate death, and it's particularly sad that he dropped at only 43, but I admit I won't miss him, and the world's a better place without his influence in media and politics.
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I always thought he acted like a cokehead, not crack or meth but the real stuff. I'm sure that's what killed him and I'm glad for it. How nice to be rid of someone so vile so easily.
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http://themoderatevoice.com/44540/some-c…
Now, two wrongs don't make a right and all that. But it doesn't appear Brietbart held back at all.
Now, two wrongs don't make a right and all that. But it doesn't appear Brietbart held back at all.
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@98, it's called reaping what you sow.
Brings to mind the Jewish question: would you rather have your name remembered for a blessing, or a curse? Breitbart made his choice.
Brings to mind the Jewish question: would you rather have your name remembered for a blessing, or a curse? Breitbart made his choice.
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i just read sullivan's thoughts at the end of the day on breitbart, about how much the relentlessness of contemporary media takes its toll, about breitbart's mania (and it sounds like he was indeed manic), his rage ... i don't know, i just keep thinking about his kids. how did he not make a better choice for THEM even if he couldn't make it for himself?
and then i started thinking of dan, and how busy he must be too, with the column and the podcast and the mtv show and the whole paper on top of all that, and the books and and and .... and then the mama bear in me really started worrying ... dan, i know you take your family super seriously, but hey, take care of yourself ok? they need you even more than we do.
i'm tired. this is probably silly. but everyone with kids should go give them a sleepy kiss tonight.
does anyone know how old breitbart's kids were?
and then i started thinking of dan, and how busy he must be too, with the column and the podcast and the mtv show and the whole paper on top of all that, and the books and and and .... and then the mama bear in me really started worrying ... dan, i know you take your family super seriously, but hey, take care of yourself ok? they need you even more than we do.
i'm tired. this is probably silly. but everyone with kids should go give them a sleepy kiss tonight.
does anyone know how old breitbart's kids were?
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Bloody Fucking Hell,
They really did do it.
The wingnuts are blaming Obama for Breitbart's death! (just scroll down to the comments on the article)
Peace.
They really did do it.
The wingnuts are blaming Obama for Breitbart's death! (just scroll down to the comments on the article)
Peace.
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all you turds talking about his supposed 'hate' ought to go look in a mirror. if he hated people like you, well, i can't imagine why!
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Well this site and most of the commenters have finally drawn back the curtain to reveal what you all are: not crusaders for gay equality, but shills for left-wing politics.
Andrew Breitbart happened to be more libertarian on social issues, including gay issues. But that means nothing to any of you because you just can't comprehend how someone can be/support gays yet oppose most of the Obama-Kennedy-ACORN agenda.
With your vitriol you've just proven that you're the biggest hyprocrits in the world.
Andrew Breitbart happened to be more libertarian on social issues, including gay issues. But that means nothing to any of you because you just can't comprehend how someone can be/support gays yet oppose most of the Obama-Kennedy-ACORN agenda.
With your vitriol you've just proven that you're the biggest hyprocrits in the world.
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@121 lol - morons like you think it's ok to lie, cheat and steal for Jesus. Here's a hint: READ THE BOOK CALLED THE BIBLE and the part called the Ten Commandments.
And then realize it's not a Checklist for Things To Do before you Leap.
And then realize it's not a Checklist for Things To Do before you Leap.
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I would take Breitbart's hatred of me and your accusations of hypocrisy as the highest form of compliment. There are plenty of people whose beliefs are not the same as mine who don't behave as a reprehensible human being.
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I think Rolling Stone's "Death of a Douche" article and responses of that nature are out of line. I was no fan of his either, but he's dead and gone. Hoping he burns in hell or calling him an asshole in the days after his death isn't hurting him, it's only hurting his family. Have some decorum and let them grieve.
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