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Internet personality Andrew Breitbart passed away this morning. It is considered classless to say unkind things about most of the recently deceased. Shirley Sherrod would be justified in dancing for joy. Instead, she issued a statement: “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.”
Some find it odd that a 43 year old man would drop dead. A co worker of PG had a sudden heart attack at 41. Mr. Breitbart was a controversial man, and it is possible that someone thought he had gone too far. For the time being, it is a mystery.
While it is bad form to badmouth the recently departed, the current climate of attack politics is fair game. Nothing you say about your opponent is out of bounds. Two wrongs make a right, and you can always find something your enemies did that justify your sorry behavior. While bare knuckles politics is an old American tradition, one could wish for something better. (There is a law in Georgia. You must repeat a certain saying whenever the subject of wishing comes up. “You can wish in one hand, and poop in the other, and see which one gets full faster.” Whichever choice you make, you should wash your hands when you are through.)
PG heard a radio whiner this morning. A caller complained about all the terrible things BHO was doing. Why doesn’t anyone listen to us, when we warn them about this horrible President. PG thought that the right wing spent so much time screaming about BHO’s birth certificate, and other goofy attacks, that no one takes anything they say seriously. The boy who cried wolf is a powerful story.
A comment at Little Green Footballs speaks volumes. ” Unfortunately, lest we not forget…Breitbart had a few things to say when Ted Kennedy died … We do not have to repay him in kind. Sadly, however, this is a major part of his legacy… I’ve seen that brought up a few times already. And I don’t know what Andy’s response to the outrage was at the time, but I know that more than a few who indulged in glee at Kennedy’s passing said the same thing to me in each instance: “You did the same when Reagan died.”
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress .