After chatting with NRO, Andrew Breitbart rallied tea-party activists in Madison this afternoon. “America is going to be community-organized no more,” he pledged, to cheers. “This is an existential battle; it’s the battle of our times.”
Breitbart praised Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s first-term GOP governor, for challenging unions to contribute more to their pensions and health benefits. “This is history,” he said. “We are going to let the American people know, in every single state, that we have every governor and every legislator’s back.”
“We are the modern-day peace movement,” Breitbart concluded, as hundreds waved Old Glory and Gadsden flags. “This is the peace movement.” Then, as he pointed across the square, where unions marched, he said, “that is where the anarchists are.”
Below, you can spot Breitbart, Joe the Plumber and author Brad Thor backstage:
"“We are the modern-day peace movement,” Breitbart concluded, as hundreds waving American and Gadsden flags applauded. “This is the peace movement.”"
This should have been the headline. Apparently Breitbart is calling for the return of all US troops stationed in the Middle East? I knew he was into fiscal responsibility, but I didn't think it stretched that far!
Breitbart is like The Holy Hand Grenade of Conservatism. Sounds great until you read the fine print. "Destroys everything within a mile radius." Great. Now, all you need is somebody that can throw it and then run 1.1 miles in ten seconds.
This to say that when Breitbart gets involved like he is in Wisconsin, now, prepare to back away slowly from him and the mayhem he produces.
Meh. Maybe it will work out and we can just enjoy the spectacle. Hold up plastic sheets like at a Gallagher show lest you get icky stuff on you, though.
"66: Guess I'm too dense to understand what the deuce you're trying to tell us."
It is hard to explain. I suppose my view is tainted by the fact that I spent a couple of years fairly heavily reviewing the content of his site(s).
In a "Jack Bauer" sort of way, I glad Breitbart exists, but I never look forward to his involvement because it is in his nature to make a mess. Call the tangential results unintended, but don't call them a surprise.
Hopefully I'm wrong and we won't need Winston Wolf to clean up afterward.
RE: "Can you give us a specific example? Because I don't see how he's ever screwed up anything."
There's the obvious example. He was not blameless in that mess by any stretch of the imagination.
Then there are stellar performances like the time he mixed it up with that protester who called him "gay". Sorry, but I found that cringe-worthy (to Michael Scott proportions).
Maybe it is akin to how some real people with real problems must feel when Sharpton pops onto the scene. Distant cousin - I'm not equating Sharpton and Breitbart.
There is a need for his sort, which is a shame unto itself, but I don't give him a blank check. As a long time Phillies fan, figure it's like watching Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams enter at the bottom of the 9th. Results are always, at the very least, interesting.
@Beth Donovan RE: "66 - I have no idea what your "obvious example" is, and I've been following Andrew for some time.
I'm not going to rehash this case here - I already did so some time ago on Breitbart's own site. Truly a fun exercise given the rabidness of some of his followers.
We'll let the courts straighten it out. Unfortunately, I believe Sherrod's case has legs:
I know I'd have his head if he did that to me. He was reckless - which has been my point all along...not that he's *evil* - and it will likely cost him.
As for his site - which is his main outlet - let's just say I find it very "noisy". While he pulls out an occasional plum, the net value is reduced by the rampant nitpicking, inflated outrage, and good old fashioned whining. The same sort of stuff for which I would criticize HuffPo. You may call it "balance"; I call it a game of the Left we don't necessarily need to play to win.
RE: "I've met him and his family and he is passionate about making a difference in keeping the progressive left from destroying our culture. And he is a very nice and funny guy, as is his wife."
All of that is evidence of what, exactly, pertaining to this conversation? That passion you mention, unchecked, seems to be one of the very problems.
If he ends up being responsible for a horrible spectacle or mistake and, as a result, gets the Sheehan treatment from the Right, I won't be surprised.
"“We are the modern-day peace movement,” Breitbart concluded, as hundreds waving American and Gadsden flags applauded. “This is the peace movement.”"
This should have been the headline. Apparently Breitbart is calling for the return of all US troops stationed in the Middle East? I knew he was into fiscal responsibility, but I didn't think it stretched that far!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBreitbart is like The Holy Hand Grenade of Conservatism. Sounds great until you read the fine print. "Destroys everything within a mile radius." Great. Now, all you need is somebody that can throw it and then run 1.1 miles in ten seconds.
This to say that when Breitbart gets involved like he is in Wisconsin, now, prepare to back away slowly from him and the mayhem he produces.
Meh. Maybe it will work out and we can just enjoy the spectacle. Hold up plastic sheets like at a Gallagher show lest you get icky stuff on you, though.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse66: Guess I'm too dense to understand what the deuce you're trying to tell us.
Feature this: it was his $100K reward offer that put to rout the anti-Tea Party lies from certain congress persons about racial slurs.
That buys him mega creds with me.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"66: Guess I'm too dense to understand what the deuce you're trying to tell us."
It is hard to explain. I suppose my view is tainted by the fact that I spent a couple of years fairly heavily reviewing the content of his site(s).
In a "Jack Bauer" sort of way, I glad Breitbart exists, but I never look forward to his involvement because it is in his nature to make a mess. Call the tangential results unintended, but don't call them a surprise.
Hopefully I'm wrong and we won't need Winston Wolf to clean up afterward.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"I never look forward to his involvement because it is in his nature to make a mess."
Can you give us a specific example? Because I don't see how he's ever screwed up anything.
To me, he's our pitbull. He don't give no $!@# and he don't take no $!@#.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe tiny crowd the Brietbart managed to scrounge up was rather pathetic.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseRE: "Can you give us a specific example? Because I don't see how he's ever screwed up anything."
There's the obvious example. He was not blameless in that mess by any stretch of the imagination.
Then there are stellar performances like the time he mixed it up with that protester who called him "gay". Sorry, but I found that cringe-worthy (to Michael Scott proportions).
Maybe it is akin to how some real people with real problems must feel when Sharpton pops onto the scene. Distant cousin - I'm not equating Sharpton and Breitbart.
There is a need for his sort, which is a shame unto itself, but I don't give him a blank check. As a long time Phillies fan, figure it's like watching Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams enter at the bottom of the 9th. Results are always, at the very least, interesting.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse66 - I have no idea what your "obvious example" is, and I've been following Andrew for some time.
I've met him and his family and he is passionate about making a difference in keeping the progressive left from destroying our culture.
And he is a very nice and funny guy, as is his wife.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHey union guys, the First Lady has taken the kids to Vail for a skiing vacation....solidarity.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse@Beth Donovan RE: "66 - I have no idea what your "obvious example" is, and I've been following Andrew for some time.
I'm not going to rehash this case here - I already did so some time ago on Breitbart's own site. Truly a fun exercise given the rabidness of some of his followers.
We'll let the courts straighten it out. Unfortunately, I believe Sherrod's case has legs:
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I know I'd have his head if he did that to me. He was reckless - which has been my point all along...not that he's *evil* - and it will likely cost him.
As for his site - which is his main outlet - let's just say I find it very "noisy". While he pulls out an occasional plum, the net value is reduced by the rampant nitpicking, inflated outrage, and good old fashioned whining. The same sort of stuff for which I would criticize HuffPo. You may call it "balance"; I call it a game of the Left we don't necessarily need to play to win.
RE: "I've met him and his family and he is passionate about making a difference in keeping the progressive left from destroying our culture. And he is a very nice and funny guy, as is his wife."
All of that is evidence of what, exactly, pertaining to this conversation? That passion you mention, unchecked, seems to be one of the very problems.
If he ends up being responsible for a horrible spectacle or mistake and, as a result, gets the Sheehan treatment from the Right, I won't be surprised.
So, surprise me. I'll welcome it.
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