The country has lost a leading light. Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart passed away, late last night, collapsing during a late evening walk. He was only 43.
Andrew was a force of nature, for sure. He was everywhere at once, attended every conservative gathering of note. I met him from Las Vegas to Chicago, from Washington DC to Cancun, Mexico and everywhere in between. Anywhere conservatives gathered he was there to cheer them on and urge them on to greater activism against the extremist, left-wing media establishment that has done so much damage to this country.
He was the one that served as the platform to take down the anti-American group the Association for Community Activism Now (ACORN), his megaphone brought us the outrage of the Pigford case, and many other stories that shed a bright light on government waste, left-wing operations, and the liberal media’s attempts to distort the coverage of the news to fit their left-wing agenda.
Breitbart started his life of conservative activism working for Matt Drudge helping Drudge program his news coverage on the Drudge Report website, it was here Andrew began to see how pernicious the left-wing media really is. Soon Andrew went on to help Arriana Huffington start the Huffington Report website and ultimately he began his own series of sites, The Bigs. BigJournalism, BigHollywood, BigGovermnet, Big Peace and Beitbart news — all of which I write for.
I have to say, that Breitbart’s star burned white hot. He was always on the go these last 10 years so much so that it was a wonder if he ever got any time to sleep. He logged more air miles than a veteran pilot, in New York one day, LA the next and the great Midwest still the next. He seemed indefatigable but we now understand how his crusade took its toll on him physically.
Andrew was one of the most real, most generous men I knew. He never ceased to take a few minutes out to meet attendees, shake hands, pose for photos with them, and chat. Let me assure you that he was the genuine article. What you saw on TV was Andrew Breitbart. There was no artifice about him. He wasn’t portraying a character or presenting a false front. There weren’t any unguarded times when the “real” Andrew came out. He was exactly what he seemed to be.
One of my fondest memories with Andrew was when we were in Cancun, Mexico in 2010. He, myself and three other bloggers, just the five of us, sat in a hotel room and for hours talking about life, the media, and the state of the conservative movement. It was a quite night, but one that proved to me that Andrew was just as presented. No faux Andrew. He was a real, passionate, brilliant man.
Andrew leaves behind his wife, Susannah Bean Breitbart, 41, and four very young children. Please pray for the family for this devastating loss.
Rest in Peace, Andrew. You are a great friend, a great boss, and a credit to your country. You will be sorely missed as there is so much more work to do.
March 1st, 2012 at 10:28 am
This news sucks. He did America the good deed of bringing down ACORN so for that we can all be thankful.
March 1st, 2012 at 11:07 am
The Web is absolutely ALIVE with Libpigs, their eyes rolled back in their heads with glee over this news.
March 1st, 2012 at 11:29 am
Actually AH, I scanned the comments over at Huff Po and other sites looking for EXACTLY that – classless, negative comments about a death. Kinda like the way I scan this board and Fox News comments after the death of a prominent liberal. I was pleased and relieved to see that most (almost all on Huff) were actually offering sincere condolences. Even his arch nemeses over at Media Matters issued a classy statement.
March 1st, 2012 at 12:35 pm
TA !!
That’s good to hear. Over on FoxNation the moderators can barely keep up with the vicious Lib celebrations of this Conservative icon’s untimely death.
Over at TownHall, they don’t even bother to moderate. They just spam the threads with exuberant delight at Brietbart’s death and Copy/Paste his remarks about Ted Kennedy. ( No mention of Mary Jo, though)
March 1st, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Well hey folks – you call people that think and live differently from your own thinking/style as ‘enemies’ & ‘libpigs’ and so on …
You think you deserve sympathy from the progressive side for your style & action?
AB is gone and that is probably truely a bad & sad thing for his family – condolences to them – but for you on the right spectrum of the world – my special finger …
March 1st, 2012 at 2:09 pm
U. S. (Uncle Slut ?)
What sick feverish cauldron of smegma stew did you draw the idea that any Conservative would want sympathy from a progressive queef ?
BTW Cool it with the ’special finger’. It would be too tempting to break it, just so we could watch you try to wipe your assface with it.
March 1st, 2012 at 2:15 pm
@ ‘U.S.’
Take your “special finger” and put it back up your nose, where I’m sure is where you usually keep it…
Breitbart was a warrior, and this is a war. A battle of ideals. The Progressives want to loot and enslave humanity. Conservatives and Libertarians want humanity to be free and prosper.
When Matt Taibbi dies, I will find a way to urinate on his grave.
March 1st, 2012 at 2:19 pm
“. I was pleased and relieved to see that most (almost all on Huff) were actually offering sincere condolences.”
Why not ?
Is there some reason he should be treated otherwise ?
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@ US
“You think you deserve sympathy from the progressive side for your style & action?”
How far up your ass did you have to reach for that one ?.
Theres not a fcking thing any true conservative would want from you except for the predictable and hypocritical posts/examples like the one above that makes the case and defines the perfect portrait most cons have of you and your brand of idiot
It is not ever ” probably sad and bad ” whenever anyone dies so young.
As long as they’re not conservatives or fetuses , right ?
Take your special finger and go fck yourself
March 1st, 2012 at 2:53 pm
The woman who is suing him because he got her fired with a mispleading video that misrepresented her comments and unfairly painted her as a racist, I wonder what happens to that? What happens if the person you are suing dies?
I feel sorry for the man that he had to die so young, and for his family, etc., and I don’t wish death on anyone, and I don’t see any special meaning or cosmic retribution in anyone’s death, and if I had it in my power to save anyone from death, then I would do it, no matter who they are, but that don’t change what he was.
A stinking, lying turd. More or less. Lot less, now.
March 1st, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Of course, your claim is an outright lie, Flo. Breitbart did no such thing… likely why no lawsuit is actually being pursued. There is nothing to sue over.
March 1st, 2012 at 3:11 pm
The Sharrod woman was a Govt Free Ride Beast if I ever saw one.
I worked for the Feds for 27 years and Believe Thee You Me, I can spot one of these double chinned freeloaders a mile away.
They have cots in all the Ladies Rooms where they lay on their fat asses all day fanning themselves. Woe be to he that tells them to get to work.
March 1st, 2012 at 3:40 pm
“I don’t wish death on anyone, and I don’t see any special meaning or cosmic retribution in anyone’s death”
Gee, it was just a week or two ago you wanted everyone on the right dead.
Ya know, I told everyone a few weeks ago that I was goin to go easy on you because I sincerely believed you were mentally touched in some nature.
Every now and then I find myself apologizin to those who didnt deserve the verbal lashing I put them thru. I did just that with you a few weeks ago.
Now I have to apologize again because liars like you deserve no such sentiment from me, or from anyone else.
Everyone knows Breitbart simply relayed bad info he thought was true and in no way was he responsible for the staff that concluded she was racist without further investigation.
The guy is dead, his wife and kids are freakin out, and what do you do ? You maliciously spread this bi fat piece of sht lie.
Which is exactly what you accused him of.
You’re a fckin piece of work man.
Find youself a mirror and have a good long talk with yourself
March 2nd, 2012 at 7:38 am
Actually, from what I’ve heard, Sharrod intends continuing with her baseless lawsuit against his estate. The sad part is that while her lawsuit is baseless, since the complete video not only verifies what Breitbart said but has even worse material proving that she was anti-Caucasian, with the key witness for the defense now dead, she might actually win.
Hopefully Justice will prevail, but in this crazy world of Liberal courts, judges and juries, whom are more interested in Jeremy Lin and Justin Beiber than reality, anything can happen.
March 3rd, 2012 at 12:59 am
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March 3rd, 2012 at 5:27 am
I agree with U.S.
I believe Ted Kennedy was a drunken womanizer, Senator Byrd was an avowed and unrepentent racist, and Bill Clinton was a dangerous sexual predator and rapist.
I didn’t feign sympathy when the first two (and others like them) passed and I won’t feign sympathy for the third. They were out for themselves and bad for America.
Breitbart was one of my heros. He, better than anyone else, would have seen the false condolences from his enemies for what they were. He was a warrior whose mission was to expose the lying and hypocrisy from the left.
As for you Kloless, there is almost nothing you post at this site that can’t be proven false. Talk about stinking, lying turds? Breitbart would have had a field day with you had you been any more than the equivalent of a piss hole in the snow.