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(33,497 posts) Thu Mar 1, 2012, 11:04 AM Mar 2012

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I remember what Breitbart said about Ted Kennedy after he died... [View all]

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/

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I remember what Breitbart said about Ted Kennedy after he died... [View all] WI_DEM Mar 2012 OP

He wrote his own obit: a “villain,” “a big ass motherf@#$er,” a “duplicitous bastard” and a “prick.” denverbill Mar 2012 #1

God gave us 77 years of Ted Kennedy but only 43 years of Andrew Breitbart LynneSin Mar 2012 #14

And thank God for that!!! Bake Mar 2012 #18

which proves it's not only the good that die young. nt NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #42

That sure describes the joker from Batman. (nt) Hutzpa Mar 2012 #22

oh, andy... d_b Mar 2012 #2

Breitbart can learn to lie correctly this time Ichingcarpenter Mar 2012 #3

DUzy malaise Mar 2012 #6

I forgot to recommend this thread... Ichingcarpenter Mar 2012 #39

+1 tallahasseedem Mar 2012 #12

Win geardaddy Mar 2012 #13

Thanks, itchingcarpenter--I just sprayed coffee catbyte Mar 2012 #29

There was a great joke about dead lawyers malaise Mar 2012 #55

"Why do you grant a BULLY special status upon his death?" -- Andrew Breitbart sadbear Mar 2012 #4

Right.Fucking.There. Iggo Mar 2012 #19

Omg. He wrote his own epitaph. EFerrari Mar 2012 #25

It seems that you're right about one thing, Mr Breitbart. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #5

Breitbart: 0 Syphilis: 1 Erose999 Mar 2012 #7

Is the notion of him having Syphilis a Dan Savage/Santorum type of web bomb or was it actually ever Bombtrack Mar 2012 #11

The truth is out there. There are reports on his having syphilis from several sources in the Erose999 Mar 2012 #43

To quote the always eloquent Texas statesman Rick Perry: "Adios, Mofo!" Erose999 Mar 2012 #8

OK, that made me laugh! The lead in and delivery--just perfect! Right over the plate! nt MADem Mar 2012 #34

I don't know what counts as "rejoicing", but the 1st-second emotional reaction to reading it I had.. Bombtrack Mar 2012 #9

Will the Westboro Baptists be protesting at his funeral? Owlet Mar 2012 #10

Thank God for Natural Causes! Ganja Ninja Mar 2012 #20

yup. Shadowflash Mar 2012 #21

I'm tempted to let Fred Phelps and his ilk deliver the eulogy! backscatter712 Mar 2012 #35

He was a gutless turd. That incident a few weeks back at the OWS in DC was . . Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #15

Don't forget Don Giljum. Breitbart was criminal in that case too. n/t Gore1FL Mar 2012 #54

He was taken because it was "nessary for the cause". Auntie Bush Mar 2012 #57

He sure did. (nt) Hutzpa Mar 2012 #16

Maybe the right wing will see his death as a message from God liberal N proud Mar 2012 #17

I feel zero guilt for pissing on Breitbart's grave. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #23

IMO Mr Dixon Mar 2012 #38

May God have mercy on what was left of his soul. nt MrScorpio Mar 2012 #24

Probably looks something like Voldemort's soul fragment when Potter was "killed" in Deathly Hallows. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #36

Thank you! Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2012 #26

In Lieu of flowers riverwalker Mar 2012 #27

+1000 ellisonz Mar 2012 #44

I wont be dancing donco Mar 2012 #28

I might have been responsible for his demise ... bayareaboy Mar 2012 #30

I like to think that we, as progressives, are better than that DesertRat Mar 2012 #31

That's why we're seen as wimps, DesertRat. They view our catbyte Mar 2012 #45

Then they can see me as a wimp DesertRat Mar 2012 #52

I am better, but I realize that ... bayareaboy Mar 2012 #49

“I’ll shut my mouth for Carter." <----Truth right there. nt piedmont Mar 2012 #32

Not dancing on his grave. It's just nice to think that MAYBE PeaceNikki Mar 2012 #33

May he evolve into a higher life form....say a hookwork or a mosquito Rowdyboy Mar 2012 #37

... babylonsister Mar 2012 #50

It sounds like he was describing himself liberal_mama Mar 2012 #40

"I'll shut my mouth for Carter." EastTennesseeDem Mar 2012 #41

Love the sympathy card on DU Homepage catbyte Mar 2012 #46

Sorry, but I'm not going to cry about this. baldguy Mar 2012 #47

I will say only one nice thing about Breitbart dying. Jennicut Mar 2012 #48

Fuck that liittle wiener. bvar22 Mar 2012 #51

High five. OnyxCollie Mar 2012 #61

Breitbart was a cancer in the lungs of humanity. nt stevenleser Mar 2012 #53

At least Breitbart does not need to fear meeting Kennedy in the afterlife emsimon33 Mar 2012 #56

It's ironic that the wingnuts are wringing their collective hands in grief over WestSeattle2 Mar 2012 #58

You're damn right. The older I get, the more I know it's war. Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #59

"I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal, you" Louis Armstrong song . . . nt mistertrickster Mar 2012 #60

Yeah, but we're better than him maximusveritas Mar 2012 #62

Kick! Tx4obama Mar 2012 #63

That's downright inexcusable ailsagirl Mar 2012 #64