Saturday, March 03, 2012

Matt Taibbi writes the "obituary" of Andrew Breitbart that many of his detractors wanted to read, and immediately suffers the kinds of attacks that one expects from the fans of this hateful prick.

Here is a portion of Matt's tongue in cheek send off for Breitbart:  

So Andrew Breitbart is dead. Here’s what I have to say to that, and I’m sure Breitbart himself would have respected this reaction: Good! Fuck him. I couldn’t be happier that he’s dead. 

I say this in the nicest possible way. I actually kind of liked Andrew Breitbart. Not in the sense that I would ever have wanted to hang out with him, or even be caught within a hundred yards of him without a Haz-Mat suit on, but I respected the shamelessness. Breitbart didn’t do anything by halves, and even his most ardent detractors had to admit that he had a highly developed, if not always funny, sense of humor. 

For instance, it would be dishonest not to tip a hat to him for that famous scene when he hijacked Anthony Weiner’s own self-immolating "apology" press conference, and held up the entire event by standing at the lectern and congratulating himself at length, before Weiner could let the humiliating healing begin. 

For that one, brief, shining moment– still one of the most painful-to-watch YouTube spectacles of all time, right there with Mitt Romney’s priceless attempt at singing "Who Let the Dogs Out?" with a group of black voters in Florida in 2008 – Breitbart could legitimately claim to have the biggest, hairiest balls on earth. 

(You can read the rest by clicking here.)

As you can see Taibbi certainly did NOT pull any punches, and considering who he was talking about why should he?

However it was what happened next that illustrates EXACTLY the kind of contribution to American politics that Breitbart left clinging, like a hateful dingleberry, to the ass of this great country with his passing.

Well done, Breitbart fans, well done! In less than 24 hours you’ve hacked into my Wiki page, published my telephone number on Twitter, called the Rolling Stone offices pretending to be outraged “advertisers” (anonymous ones, who hung up before we could figure out which “ads” to pull), and then spent all night calling and texting my phone with various threats and insults, many of them directed at my family. “Better grow eyes in the back of your head,” was one; “I’m going to take a shit on your mother’s grave,” was another; a third called my wife a “piece of shit like you,” and many others called me a “pile of human excrement.” 

Those last ones to me were the most interesting because that quote is lifted directly from Breitbart’s own obit of Ted Kennedy, which like me Breitbart ran just hours after his subject died. So that means the writers of these letters knew that what I did was exactly the same as what Breitbart had done, and yet they still found a way to be unironically outraged on Breitbart’s behalf. I thought: “These people don’t even get their own jokes.” 

If there is a hell, you have to know that Breitbart is tied upside down above a flaming pit of magma, grinning to himself through the pain as the flames seer the flesh from his porcine body, at the legacy that will live on without him of vicious attacks, harassing phone calls, and cowardly yellow bellied "journalism."

You know if you believed in that kind of thing. Which in this case, I almost wish I did.

Update: David Frum offers a more measured, yet equally damning, send off of his own.

58 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:02 PM

    i see nothing at all wrong with matt's eulogy, pretty accurate, right on the peso for that matter

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    1. Anonymous2:52 PM

      I agree with you. Totally - Completely - 100%.

      I saw many a pissing matches on twitter and other sites. The Bagger Sheep with the rings in their noses all had their same crap talking points. It looked like parrots had invaded, but 'real' parrots are intelligent.

      They all play the same game when you point out a fact -- show me. My response was always get off your lazy ass and look yourself -- knowing that would never happen. They are the laziest dumbasses in existence.

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  2. Poor Matt! I read about this yesterday and the comments to his article were just as bad! All I can say is...there are a LOT of angry Beerfart fans out there...what are they going to do with all that ANGER!

    O/T but about Baldy...just watched that clip of Baldy on Fake News somebody left. As usual Baldy clothes and wig choice were made in the darkness of the Midnight Sun!

    The pelt on her head is the same one she wore in the Greta interview and had the nerve to look even more ratty than usual! The sparse bangs along with the dirty, limp (Hi Toad!) hair dangling on her humped back shoulders was not a good look either!

    She could have least shook the wig outside so the critters could escape...but nope...I kept expecting some kind of boweevil to crawl out from under Baldy's bangs and land on her shoulder and dance a jig on TV! But then Baldy wouldn't have noticed if the bug crawled down her face...because her whole damn face didn't move which must mean she can't "fill" her face! HAH!

    And why Baldy insist on wearing windbreakers on TV for interviews is soooo Baldy! I can't imagine what voice inside her head who tells her what to wear must sound like! Because you know Baldy's voices have different duties...kind of like her BaldyPac staff!

    The woman who interviewed her must have drawn the short stick...not to mention her name was "Uma Pemmaraju" ....WHO??

    And knowing how stupid Baldy is (remember her insisting that Mitt Romney's name was "Milt") she probably thought "Uma Thurmond" was going to interview her! LOL!!

    And as usual per Baldy's contract she got the usual bullshit questions about "who should drop out the race"...which she read from the teleprompter...but for some reason Baldy's looks even more cross eyed reading from the teleprompter...so Baldy if you are reading this and I'm sure you are...you need to adjust the prompter...AGAIN...because your wonky eye won't be able to take the pressure too much longer!

    Of course my favorite part of the interview was when "Uma" told Baldy that it was time to talk about "Game Change" and the woman launched into the funniest description/question I have ever heard! She said that per Game Change..."you are portrayed as unprepared, unstable (LOL!) and under informed on world affairs"..."what do you say to this"...and oh my goodness...if Baldy could have taken one of those skeleton claw hands and reached through her home studio and smacked ole Uma upside the head...she would have done it!

    But unfortunately Baldy spewed out what she is famous for...word salad on steriods...this time on ACID! I heard Baldy screeching out a bunch of "there's" and "Obama machines" and the "leftist media bias there" and then she drug (pun intended!) McShame in the conversation and lied in the same sentence! Baldy says..."I'm not going to see the movie and neither is my good friend John McShame...we discussed this"! YIKES...this answer went on for at least a good minute...and the crazy fool never took a breath!

    Now ya'll know Baldy is going to be watching this movie the moment it premieres! Sure she'll be in a straight jacket sipping redbull through a straw...but dangumit...she will watch this...because it's about HER!!!

    Oh and as an aside...I notice that our Palin Family Trolls have been...umm...a little scarce. I notice that they were missing pretty much from the Jimmy Kimmel "Tripp" post...could it be because folks are getting their Shailey Tripp books and posting what they are reading and poor Beefalo and Wallow don't have the stomach to read about their daddies sexual escapades?

    Lord I hope so!

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    1. Anonymous2:37 PM

      You are So Snarky! I admire that in a woman. You go girl!

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    2. lostinmn2:50 PM

      Been watching the Amazon reviews and there are seven 5 star reviews. Wonder when the trolls are coming?

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    3. Anonymous4:21 PM

      Gina - you make me howl and snort laughing with your comments. If you haven't already, you need to write a book, newspaper column, blog, etc. I look forward to your snark!

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    4. Thanks for the play-by-play, GinaM. This is where I come for my news. Much appreciation for suffering through Baldy's word salads every time she tries to keep herself relevant on the Faux.

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    5. Anonymous7:22 PM

      *like*

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    6. Anonymous7:43 PM

      You've really outdone yourself this time, GinaM! Funny stuff! I might have to breakdown and watch this one.

      Re: limp (Hi Toad!) ...Is this in Shay's book? Did he need Viagra? :DDDD. Oh this going to be good. Anxiously awaiting mine copy.

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    7. Anita Winecooler7:47 PM

      I can't stop laughing! Gina, you're a gem! You've got borderline barbie pegged!

      Baldy, out of the blue, brings up "attacking people's kids and spreading lies" (Notice no mention of Rush's bashing of someone's kid) The funniest for me, was: "No I'm not going out to see it, and neither is John Mc Cain, we talked about it", (Uma isn't interested in your "pillow talk") Baldy, in her RUSH to fill in air time, reinforces why people will watch Game Change.

      Baldy's dumb as a box of styroform wig heads
      Earth to Baldy! It's on HBO - HOME Box Office, people aren't going OUT to see it, they're sitting in their homes, just like you and John McCain.

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    8. Anonymous10:19 PM

      "But unfortunately Baldy spewed out what she is famous for...word salad on steriods...this time on ACID! I heard Baldy screeching out a bunch of "there's" and "Obama machines" and the "leftist media bias there" and then she drug (pun intended!) McShame in the conversation and lied in the same sentence! Baldy says..."I'm not going to see the movie and neither is my good friend John McShame...we discussed this"! YIKES...this answer went on for at least a good minute...and the crazy fool never took a breath!"
      Bwhahahaaaaa!Gina!!! Oh you a bad gurl...♥u! ;-)

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    9. Marleycat1:13 PM

      The trolls are busy reading "Boys Will Be Boys"!
      Maybe Sarie's wearing a windbreaker because her clothes have a lot of crusty white splotches and she didn't want to have to do laundry OR get changed out of the clothes she slept in. She also looks a little tired - perhaps she's subbing for Shailey, "LS", and the other girls who have quit on Todd's "business", you know, 'til she can get a "rill" job!

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  3. Just saw this headline at HP..."Rush apologizes"....
    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/03/rush-limbaugh-apologizes-to-sandra-fluke_n_1318718.html

    And on that note...going to go watch "The Lorax" with my daughters!

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  4. Anonymous2:26 PM

    All day long I was waiting for a new post so I didn't have to look at that racist judge's mug. Now we've got to look at this goof.

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  5. Irishgirl2:26 PM

    Feck Breitbart and the horse he rode in on.I hate his lips.

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  6. laprofesora2:29 PM

    I thought the title of Taibbi's article, "Death of a Douche", was real poetry.

    These RWNJ have themselves all tied up in knots: "we can say whatever hateful vile things we want about anybody and you can't stop us! Don't call us names, wahhhhh!"

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    1. Anonymous5:35 PM

      Exactly!!! But they hide behind the meme "oh libs aren't supposed to do that" and so many libs caved and mealy mouthed "In memorium of BreitFart" Bullshit!
      He was a tool, a bastard, a vile POS, call shit shit and don't be sorry for it!

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  7. Anonymous2:33 PM

    Matt's piece was great. I see there are a lot of Brietbart wannabes in the Rolling Stone comments section. They are noisy folks lost in a Faux, Limbaugh, Beck, Savage, AM Radio, et al. world of hate. Poor souls.

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  8. you are invited to follow my blog

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  9. good riddance. may he burn for eternity.

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  10. Anonymous2:53 PM

    You reap what you sow. Brietbart only sowed bad seeds. He deserves these eulogies. He EARNED them.

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  11. Anonymous3:00 PM

    BREAKING!!!!

    Rush Limbaugh Apologizes For Calling Sandra Fluke A ‘Slut’

    'For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke.

    I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit?In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone’s bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level.

    My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.'

    http://www.mediaite.com/online/rush-limbaugh-apologizes-for-calling-sandra-fluke-a-%e2%80%98slut%e2%80%99/

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  12. Wow, GinaM, that was one of your better rants!

    As for David Frum, surely he knows what he's letting himself in for, after Matt Taibbi's trial by fire.

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  13. Anonymous3:19 PM

    Secret Liberal Rush Limbaugh Cleverly Kills Republican Party

    http://wonkette.com/465540/secret-liberal-rush-limbaugh-cleverly-kills-republican-party

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  14. Anonymous3:28 PM

    Andrew Breitbart,.................called home for reprogramming.

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  15. Anonymous3:38 PM

    The political discourse just got that much healthier, and O'Keefe now needs a new sugar daddy.

    Maybe we should all chip in and buy Limbaugh a big box of cigars...

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  16. Anonymous3:47 PM

    LOL Lady is pathetic.
    Palin on Fox News: I would not say "No" if I was to be considered for the VP-slot .
    Girl watch the movie Game Change. She wants to be VP.

    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sarah-palin-im-not-going-to-be-asked-to-step-up-in-a-brokered-convention/

    BTW she has the fire raging behind her and she still wears a jacket inside her house. Lady is a joke.

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  17. Yo Anon 4:12 PM, thank the Universe that Liberal Progressives have fought for the rights and betterment of even some undeserving asses.

    Like you.

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  18. Anonymous3:51 PM

    LOL The New Poems of Sarah Palin

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/28/sarah-palin-s-newly-released-emails-re-envisioned-as-poems.html

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  19. When I heard that he had died...I said the exact same thing that Matt said... Good! Fuck him. I couldn’t be happier that he’s dead.
    He was a putrid human. They always say...don't speak ill of the dead...but the only way TO speak about that guy is in "an all negative, all the time, kind of way."
    Good Riddance.

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    1. Anonymous4:21 PM

      I disagree. I don't think he was human.Otherwise I agree 100%.

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    2. Anonymous5:44 PM

      These people are CRYBABIES! Go to twitter #AndrewBreitBart and they are saying
      Oh so and so @ bla, bla said bad stuff about Andrew and on facebook blabla said bad things about andrew...trying to get the flying monkeys after them?
      I told one of them, Is this not the USA free speech???
      Fuck them all...

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  20. Anonymous4:04 PM

    I was going to just stay silent about this jerk dying, until I read what he had to say when Teddy Kennedy died.

    In essence, I feel he pretty well implied by saying what he did, "So, when I DIE, I'm giving permission for everyone who dislikes me, to go totally apeshit, describing me as an incarnation of HITLER, or whatever."

    So, that's what a lot of people are DOING.

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  21. Anonymous4:13 PM

    Rush's apology was crap. It was one of those apologies with a 'but' to justify his slandering and reasoning -- like talking out loud. He doesn't believe a word of the 'apology'. He, like the judge, is trying to save his ass as the sponsors drop him. I'd like to see him go the way of 'Imus', who has probably had a conversation with Rush by now.

    Everyone should continue to write, phone, facebook, twitter his sponsors. Carbonite dropped him today and the apes are out of their cages threatening of course. It's like a bouncing ball this week watching them bounce from one thing to another each day. Surprised they can keep up.

    I so hope she sues the balls off him. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy!!

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    1. Anita Winecooler7:16 PM

      I can't agree more.

      I have to give Carbonite's Constomer Services a complement, they actively listened to my complaint and treated my concerns seriously.

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  22. You know what they say, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

    So I have this to say about Andrew Breitbart.

    .

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    1. Marleycat12:57 PM

      OMFG!!!! I can't stop laughing! And here I just told myself - STOP clicking "Reply" and "COMMENT". I don't want to get a reputation, but, Jeebus H - I can't NOT to something so funny!

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  23. Anonymous4:52 PM

    What a gifted writer, with boldness to boot!

    UP Next: The Shrewd Lies of Todd & Sarah Palin

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  24. Anonymous5:38 PM

    @anon 4:12
    From this Liberal...FUCK OFF!
    RWNJ like you are the downfall of the country and come Nov y'all in for a BIG surprise as Liberal take the house and Senate and President Obama reelected again.

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  25. Anonymous5:40 PM

    Hey troll...shouldn't you be pimpin' for Todd Palin?
    He's pimpin' National ya know? Or are you that fug?
    Geese he's always looking for new, uh "help"? How come you aren't there?

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  26. Anonymous5:44 PM

    So glad Breitbart is dead. One less wingnut prick in the universe is a good thing.

    I hope Rush Limpballs is next.

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  27. Anonymous5:53 PM

    Wow, were you drunk when you wrote that comment, or just off your meds?

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  28. AnonymousMar 3, 2012 04:12 PM

    LOL! Love the trolls that drop their shitty thoughts and then scurry away like the Kochroaches that they are!

    Poor thing...can't admit that Beerfart killed his own self with his the "demon juice" and now he's left these poor pathetic teabaggars to do their own thinking and all they can do is bleat...."Thinking is Hard"!

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  29. Anita Winecooler6:54 PM

    I loved it! How fitting and appropriate, Love how the not so brite breitbots played right into his hand, Matt Taibbi never fails to deliver.
    Frumm's was more reseved, but still good.

    Why does achieving room temperature suddenly make vile people into someone who contributed positively to the world?

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  30. johnie2xs7:12 PM

    Even shit,has a use.
    Not so much, Breitbart!!

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  31. Matt Taibbi had the backbone to write the ugly truth about Breitbart, while others nobly (or weakly) were reluctant to speak ill of the dead.

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  32. Anonymous9:16 PM

    I thought this was one of the better things published after Breitbart died.

    http://exiledonline.com/mark-ames-1-andrew-breitbart-0-exiled-editor-does-dirty-chicken-dance-on-breitbart’s-grave/

    "Last autumn, Andrew Breitbart picked a fight with me. Breitbart bragged to the world about how he was going to destroy me. Breitbart went after me on behalf of the Koch oligarchy, who’d launched a multimillion-dollar PR counter-offensive to smear journalists who investigated them, including Jane Mayer of the New Yorker. Breitbart got the contract on me, and he had no doubt in his little pea brained mind he was going to destroy me. Breitbart was so sure he was going to ruin me, he bragged about it to everyone. He even told a journalist to tell Taibbi, “Breitbart is about to destroy your former eXile partner Mark Ames.” He was gloating in-advance. Then the very morning he attacked me, I hit back. And he tucked tail and fled like a bitch.

    Now Andrew Breitbart is dead. Gee, whod’ya think won that little war?"

    That is the beginning of the introduction.

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    1. Anonymous10:46 PM

      Follow the link to understand why Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames were not scared of Breitbart.


      "Lost Exile
      The unlikely life and sudden death of The
      Exile, Russia’s angriest newspaper.

      By James Verini

      Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames, co-editors of The Exile, a subversive English-language newspaper based in Moscow, whose decadelong run came to an abrupt end in 2008."

      http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/02/exile-201002

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  33. Matt hit it right on the dime.... Breitbart was a hack

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  34. emrysa10:09 PM

    matt's obit of that lowlife was excellent! seriously, this guy did nothing positive for politics, in fact he made it slimier than it was before he came around - good riddance!

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  35. Anonymous12:11 AM

    I am mystified that people like you demand that everyone else show compassion and respect at the death of a man you idolized SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE he himself totally lacked those qualities. You LOVED him for his meanness, his divisiveness, his hatred for other Americans, his willingness to lie and cruelly hurt others...but now he's dead, so you want to pretend he was some nice guy? Everyone should show him the decency and respect he never showed to anyone who disagreed with him? It's absurd. You're really gonna get your diapers in knots when Limbaugh finally keels over, because there won't be many tears for him either, no matter how much you whine and stomp and call us hypocrites. You get as much love at your death as you gave to others in life, right? So maybe you need to learn how to "accept truths" that your side is full of bitter, hateful assholes that only other bitter, hateful assholes will mourn. Sad but true.

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  36. Anonymous12:17 AM

    Ask yourself this before you take the high road, folks. Would the right wing be offering condolences if it had been Keith Olbermann that just died? Hell no.

    Good riddance, Breitbart.

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  37. Anonymous3:17 AM

    Hey, I thought Andrew had some big scary video that was going to be released and ruin the President...wasn't that due out before now? Andrew's supporters may have thought he stood for truth, but the reality was he was a person who used illegal methods to 'prove' his points, and was not above lying about people to make headlines. When he decided to ruin someone, he used every dirty trick in the book to try and do it. He was no hero, and did the world no favors. He did not leave the world a better place for lying about ACORN, Shirley Sherrod, and all the rest.

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  38. Gryphen, you are the best! You're always on top with what's happening. I love this blog. The comments are mostly great and filled with info.
    As for the pos breitbart, I was glad to hear "crickets" from him when the last episode of misogyny provided by limbaugh against a lovely young University student minding her business as an activist.
    Andrew was introduced by Huffpo and people of the ilk of Drudge.
    Anyone who defends the behavior of limbaugh and andrew b are just as bad and I would include public figures who say nothing and therefore condone this behavior.
    Dying doesn't change the reputation of anyone.
    Beck is gone because people who were fed up with his hate speech, got together on social media and boycott beck began.
    When the money is the threat, the advertisers pull their support.
    This is what is happening with limbaugh.
    The right wing is too small, albeit loud, to pull advertizing but the 60 to 80% of people who are offended by the right wing, are the consumers who make the difference.
    Our vote is so important. If everyone voted, we would have a left of center democracy and a stronger and happier country. We're getting back to that with the right wing being exposed each day. Even the Koch bros. can't hide anymore as they are being sued by the Cato institute, one of the groups the Kochs have been trying to take over for their own greed.

    @Jeanabella

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  39. Anonymous6:29 AM

    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."

    Clarence Darrow

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  40. Randall7:58 AM

    Andrew Breitbart pandered to the lowest common denominator and he did it for money.

    His "talent" was his willingness to be completely dishonest and without any scintilla of integrity or honesty.

    His approach to politics was that of a true sociopath.

    I wonder if his family is ashamed of him?

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  41. I read Taibbi's obit for Breitbart and was struck by how honest he was in assessment of Brietbart. I was more struck by the comments following and Taibbi's reply to them. Hateful pricks is an understatement, there are certifiable loons walking around and writing on the internet. Most of whom if they had to say the shit in public would cower back as cowards.

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  42. Gasman8:48 PM

    What might be THE single most insulting thing I could say about Andrew Breitbart:

    I was away for the weekend and was blissfully free from the internet. When I got home and checked up on news that I had missed I realized that I had already forgotten about Breitbart. I hadn't even given him a passing thought in nearly three days.

    THAT'S a sad and pathetic testimony to Breitbart's contemptibly inadequate life: that it is utterly forgettable. His legacy is about as meaningful as an especially bad fart: once it's gone, who cares?

    Fuck you very much, Breitbart. I'm glad you're gone. It's by far the best thing you've ever done for this nation.

    If I never have to type that rat bastard's name again, it will be too soon.

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