Andrew Breitbart - Conservative Blogger Dead at 43

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I tend to go with Christopher Hitchen's perspective in how he treated the passing of Jerry Falwell and Mother Teresa...

Namely, that he was not going to cash in his justified and historically correct opinion on the evil influence of a person, simply because that person did us all the immense favor of shuffling off this mortal coil.

If his wife and children loved him... then he did them right and left them comfortable enough to do without him.
As for the rest of the world...
.... no liberal nor independent will miss him, because his absence will raise the level of intelligence and truthfulness in our political discourse by just that little bit.

...and the conservatives won't miss him because they have no shortage of racist, ignorant, loudmouthed pricks to take his place.

The sad truth is that the epiphany that Breitbart claimed to have that "turned him" conservative was probably not a crisis of conscience, but simply the realization that there was a lot more money to be made by pandering to people's hatreds and fears than by appealing to reason and compassion.

The same cynical choice made by FOX News and most Republican politicians...
 

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Well honestly , I canot say I will lose sleep over his passing or even shed a tear. I do however feel sorry and send sympathetic feelings to the souls who had the ambiguous fortune of being related to him or friends with him.

I tend to agree with you. Unlike Mr. Breitbart, I don't think it is right to call someone who just died disgusting names, insult him and excoriate his reputation on the day of his death. However, I find irritating this pretentious, pious attitude that imagines only "good" people die. Horrible, rotten people also die and though it may not be tasteful to call them a "special pile of human excrement" upon hearing of their passing, neither is it necessary to make believe they were pillars of humanity.
 

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Oddity, His father in law was Orson Bearwhos accused of being a Communist in the 50's and Beans father was one of the founders of ACLU................
 

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Shirley Sherrod, who was a primary target of Andrew Breitbart's criticism, released the following statement on the conservative media icon's death:
"The news of Mr. Breitbart's death came as a surprise to me when I was informed of it this morning. My prayers go out to Mr. Breitbart's family as they cope through this very difficult time."​
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Bravo Shirley, stay classy.

yes, stay classy Shirley...

as for me? Good riddance and may he rot in hell!
 

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I heard that the Breitbart claimed to have some videos/pictures of Obama during his Harvard years tbat he intended to release soon and thought to my self how long to efore Obama is accused of orchestrating his murder. Not long apparently. Breitbart's followers are as high on his perceived importance as was be.
 

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I could care less.
The only thing of interest in his passing is the claim that it was natural causes.

While, from a certain perspective, it is perfectly natural to die when you get run over by a bus... or shoot a bullet thru your own brain... in reality there is no such thing as a "natural cause" of death at age 43.

Either he had a heart attack ( not surprising given his overwrought personality ) due to stress, bad living and a horrible diet...
Or he had a disease, and any disease that kills you at 43 is an outlier... certainly not "natural".

This is a bit silly.
To die of a heart attack or some disease at 43 is to die of natural causes.
"Natural causes" means not from violence or an accident.
And many things in nature are outliers.
 

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You should NEVER say anything but good things about a person who had died.

That being said, GOOD: I'm glad the slimy piece of shite is gone.
 

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What Shirley Sherod said was as classy as possible considering what he put her through, my hat is off to here for that alone. My general thoughts on the his passing have been, "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all."


I heard that the Breitbart claimed to have some videos/pictures of Obama during his Harvard years tbat he intended to release soon and thought to my self how long to efore Obama is accused of orchestrating his murder. Not long apparently. Breitbart's followers are as high on his perceived importance as was be.

Now this on the other hand had me thinking two things;

#1. Considering he was and overweight, middle aged man that supposedly had heart issues, and appeared to be quite angery at times.......how can a possible heart attack be ignored as a legitamate cause of death?

#2. Considering what he did to Sherod, there has to be reasonable doubt in any sensible mind that these are doctored too. Considering the absolute hatered for Obama the far right has on top of that............

#3. Has he added a laugh track for us, or do we have to provide our own?
 

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Oddity, His father in law was Orson Bean whose accused of being a Communist in the 50's and Bean's father was one of the founders of ACLU................

Of course in later years Orson Bean became a known Republican and was a backer of John McCain in 2008 and right before that had been a supporter of Republican Presidential nominee candidate Rudy Giuliani.
Not sure if Bean was a Republican before the 1989 death of his father George Burrows (yeah, Orson was born Dallas Burrows) or if Bean switched afterwards.

Anyway,Bean being a republican means he may have gone on well with Breitbart.


By the way, Orson Bean married Alley Mills who played the mother on The Wonder Years.
 

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Well, I guess a heart attack would count as a "natural cause" in usual parlance, whatever the age of the person, as would just about any disease that caused the death (e.g. cancer). I think being run over by a bus would be called an "accident" or "an accidental death", and of course things such as murder, suicide, or death from a drug overdose would not be counted as "natural causes" by the obituary writers...

I could care less.
The only thing of interest in his passing is the claim that it was natural causes.

While, from a certain perspective, it is perfectly natural to die when you get run over by a bus... or shoot a bullet thru your own brain... in reality there is no such thing as a "natural cause" of death at age 43.

Either he had a heart attack ( not surprising given his overwrought personality ) due to stress, bad living and a horrible diet...
Or he had a disease, and any disease that kills you at 43 is an outlier... certainly not "natural".


I can't help but wonder if he would be alive today if we had National healthcare?
 

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the obama white house probably started that day of Britebart's death with high fives all around. i did the same at work, in my public school.
oOOOOH, did cruztbone say public school? OOOOOOH, they are the den of all evil, where teachers turn students into liberals.
thanks for your compliment. we just teach them think for themselves and the history of our nation based on FACTS.
poor repugnantcans. i weep for your pain.
 

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There are many individuals who have derived profit from taking a very public position in support of extremist viewpoints. My sympathy goes to his family and children, while at the same time I feel that in this case the "job" was a contributor to his premature demise.

Having read some of his material it is my belief that he is attempting to achieve the same level of fame as great public names such as Limbough, O'Reilly, VanSusteren and others spouting the same useless venomous baloney.

I hope that both he and his family find their own forms of peace now.
 

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This is a bit silly.
To die of a heart attack or some disease at 43 is to die of natural causes.
"Natural causes" means not from violence or an accident.
And many things in nature are outliers.

No, it isn't
Its dying of a heart attack.

A heart attack at 43 indicates either a life of extreme dissipation, or a genetic or congenital defect that might have been identified and corrected or medicated.

Coroners generally reserve the term "natural causes" for deaths due to multiple organ failure associated with age or chronic disease.

What you are thinking of is that he did not die from Foul Play nor thru accident.

He died un-naturally young, from a heart attack.
 

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My general thoughts on the his passing have been, "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all."

I have to say that people in the public eye who did not, in life, Practice this enjoinder, should have no expectation of others practicing it upon their death.
 
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No, it isn't
Its dying of a heart attack.

Which is death by a natural cause.

A heart attack at 43 indicates either a life of extreme dissipation, or a genetic or congenital defect that might have been identified and corrected or medicated.

Still a natural cause because it's not an accident and not violence.

Coroners generally reserve the term "natural causes" for deaths due to multiple organ failure associated with age or chronic disease.

They reserve the term for cases of death not caused by accident or violence.
It's the definition, Phil.

What you are thinking of is that he did not die from Foul Play nor thru accident.

Hurrah. Yessss. The one relevant point.

He died un-naturally young, from a heart attack.

You're playing with words.
People in their early forties do die of heart attacks.
My father's first heart attack was at 42. If it had killed him, it would have been death by natural cause. This has nothing to do with your opinion on the matter.

Here is the definition (not that it will make the slightest difference):
natural death

noun


death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.
[source]



 

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Of course in later years Orson Bean became a known Republican and was a backer of John McCain in 2008 and right before that had been a supporter of Republican Presidential nominee candidate Rudy Giuliani.
Not sure if Bean was a Republican before the 1989 death of his father George Burrows (yeah, Orson was born Dallas Burrows) or if Bean switched afterwards.

Anyway,Bean being a republican means he may have gone on well with Breitbart.


By the way, Orson Bean married Alley Mills who played the mother on The Wonder Years.
Damn the old dog Orson, he must be thirty years older that she is.