NCTexan Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 BigHollywood: In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012) Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior. Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Oh my gosh, what a shock. And what a loss. Only 43. RIP Andrew Breitbart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What? Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Whoa. That is a shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 It was also posted and confirmed as of 9:30am EST on Politico. (Not that Politico is a standard for veracity.) I was sickened but not surprised by some of the "compassionate" liberal comments after the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 On the road. Heard on the radio. Speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 On the road. Heard on the radio. Speechless. Safe travels @Geee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Andrew is at rest, yet the happy warrior lives on, in each of us. Home Is the Sailor Home is the sailor, home from sea: Her far-borne canvas furled The ship pours shining on the quay The plunder of the world. Home is the hunter from the hill: Fast in the boundless snare All flesh lies taken at his will And every fowl of air. 'Tis evening on the moorland free, The starlit wave is still: Home is the sailor from the sea, The hunter from the hill. A.E. Housman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Comments from the loving benevolent tolerant left.... This news made my day. Good riddance to bad racist rubbish. amitbarfs BURN IN HELL BREITBART skimaskcreepin Gotta wonder if it was his vile heart that gave out on him is more like it. spaceorbison Andrew would be so happy about these remarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thanks for Home Is the Sailor and the video, @Valin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 LoriK reminded me about the videos that Andrew said he has of Obama in college that no one has seen. I hope they can still be released. His poor wife, Susie and their 4 kids. Just sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 This is a real blow to our side. I am sick. God speed Andrew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I am stunned. @Rheo, thanks for that comment from LoriK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 From the NY POST Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart dead at 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS Last Updated: 10:55 AM, March 1, 2012 Posted: 9:22 AM, March 1, 2012 More Print LOS ANGELES — Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, has died in Los Angeles. He was 43. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/conservative_commentator_andrew_yLgjFyZWn9KCKWNDTlgJSO#ixzz1nsqQo3wn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Read the whole thing. The AP said that he had a heart condition that became a problem last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Hot Air Breaking: RIP, Andrew Breitbart; Update: Collapsed while taking a walk near home posted at 9:16 am on March 1, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Terrible news from our friends at Big Journalism, confirmed by Ben Howe on Twitter: Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior. Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love. I can’t say that I knew Andrew well, but I knew him enough to know that we have lost a stalwart fighter. Andrew and I laughed together, debated together, occasionally disagreed together, and all of this passionately and memorably. Andrew could be many things, sometimes concurrently, but he could never be ignored. Edited March 1, 2012 by saveliberty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Pajamas Media Andrew Breitbart: A Whirlwind Dies March 1, 2012 - 6:50 am - by Roger L Simon When a whirlwind dies, there is a sudden quiet. Los Angeles this morning is deathly silent. Christian Adams doesn’t usually phone me at 6:20AM. What’s this, I thought grumpily, ringing him back on my iPhone. And now I sit hurriedly typing in my office where Andrew Breitbart, a man many years younger than I and twenty times more energetic, would sit with me half a dozen years ago or more when we we first met, typing out his end of the Drudge Report while gossiping non-stop and downing a soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 H/T Instapundit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Powerlineblog: Posted on March 1, 2012 by John Hinderaker in Conservatism Andrew Breitbart, RIP My wife called this morning to relay the terrible news that Andrew Breitbart has died at age 43. Andrew’s death is a catastrophe for his young family, and a grave loss for the conservative movement. Andrew was one of perhaps three or four conservatives who could truly be described as irreplaceable. Andrew will be remembered for his astonishing energy and his utter fearlessness. His creative approach to media and to activism in general made him a unique contributor to the conservative movement. Andrew was also very funny. I will never forget how, at CPAC last year, my then-fourteen year old daughter nearly fell off her chair with laughter as Andrew mimed how, on rollerblades, he took over a group of protesting leftists and diverted them to an Applebee’s restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 National Review The Corner Andrew RIP By Jonah Goldberg I walked out of the studio at Fox only to have a producer greet me at the door and tell me the wires were reporting Andrew had died. I walked around, dazed for a few minutes. A booker asked me if I could hang around for reaction. I said yes, foolishly. I went on. Bill Hemmer asked me some questions. I don’t really remember what I said. But I know I started to break down. They showed mercy and let me get off the air. Andrew wasn’t anything like my best friend. But he was an old and special one. Back in the early days of National Review Online, even before we called it National Review Online, Andrew and I were buddies. It would be years before we’d meet in the flesh, but we would Instant Message (these were the AOL days) all the time and talk occasionally by phone. We were the same age (about a month apart), with very similar backgrounds, interests and senses of humor. His Instant Messager handle was “Bodiaz” and he was one of those names in my “buddies list” that was always there (the only other being more omnipresent was Kathryn’s), because he was always around. He was working for Matt Drudge and I was groping around trying to figure out where the fuse box was on this internet thing. He was a huge fan of NRO and helped in countless ways behind the scenes to help me and us when he could. When he was asked to create the Huffington Post, he based it in large part on the Corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Right Scoop: Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity remember Andrew Breitbart Both Greg Gutfeld and Sean Hannity were close friends of Andrew Breitbart and they went on Fox News this morning to remember his life. You might need a tissue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What shocking news. And what a tremendous loss. I just have no words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 DU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 well, this is awful news. So young and such a strong fighter for the "good causes". Thanks for thread/info @NYt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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