The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Andrew Breitbart as Folk Hero: ‘I’ll Die With This Hammer in My Hand’

In happier times: Andrew Breitbart autographs his book during an April 2011 event at Americans for Tax Reform When John Henry was about three days old, Sittin’ on his Mammy’s knee, He picked up a hammer and he said, “Lord, Lord, this hammer be the death of me.” Tributes to our fallen warrior are coming […]

If You Don’t Like Slut As A Title For Sandra Fluke, How About Czar?

by Smitty In the annals of sluttiness, the Sandra Fluke story is some form of higher-order prostitution. Let’s call it politics. Some don’t like calling the woman a slut. Concur. Her sexuality really should be a private matter, irrespective of her insistence on making it public. That goes both for media and funding. The point […]

Andrew Breitbart Moments: 2010 Tax Day Tea Party Edition

by Smitty Mr. Pinko at iOwnTheWorld brings tears to my eyes with this bit from the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party, which starts with me demanding Big Fur Hat come to CPAC11, and then segues to AB: The irony here is that neither BFH nor I made CPAC11. His reasons are unknown to me, but […]

Andrew Breitbart in CPAC Video:
‘This Is the Charles Johnson Special’

Thanks to I Own the World for this memorable video moment in which Andrew Breitbart poses for a photo with Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, featuring a surprise cameo appearance: People who get the joke are laughing their asses off. Everybody else is wondering, “Who is Charles Johnson?” UPDATE: Professor Reynolds gets the joke. And […]

Started to Write a Long Post About This

Sometimes you get to the 800-word mark and say to yourself, “Too much.” Instead, I’ll just link to Dan Collins’s post on the background of the falling-out between Andrew Breitbart and Glenn Beck. UPDATE: Likewise, I’ll just link this article from The Hill about the falling-out between Mark Meckler and the Tea Party Patriots. UPDATE […]

Dear Lord . . .

. . . please hear my sincere prayer: However badly I screw up, whoever I may offend, whatever public act of idiocy I may ever commit, please — O, merciful God! — never let me be guilty of such foolishness as to deserve the kind of mockery Ace of Spades laid down on David Frum. Amen.

Breitbart: Who He Was, How He Was

Aleister at American Glob shares a memory of being an unknown blogger in fall 2008 when he learned that Andrew Breitbart was launching Big Hollywood: Without expecting much, I emailed him. All I said was that I heard about Big Hollywood and I liked his idea. How can I help? Less than ten minutes later, […]

R.I.P., Andrew Breitbart: Innovative Genius of New Media Dies at Age 43

WINCHESTER, Virginia “There is never a good time for bad things to happen,” I had just remarked to my wife, as we drove to the hospital where today we are dealing with a family emergency. Minutes later, my cell phone rang. Jeff Quinton was calling to tell me the news: “Andrew Breitbart died.” It was […]

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