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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAndrew Breitbart, rage-filled a**hole
from truthdig:
Comes the Revolution
Posted on Feb 17, 2012
By Richard Reeves
LOS ANGELESAndrew Breitbart, the publisher of Breitbart.com and a couple of other popular websites, set the tone for a program at the University of Southern California last Wednesday by calling George Stephanopoulus of ABC News a little rat with a runny nose.
He continued by equating mainstream newspapers and television news, National Public Radio, Hollywood and American universities with totalitarians around the world, citing Joseph Stalin, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, cultural Marxism and storm troopers.
He was joined by Jon Fleischman, founder of FlashReport.org, a popular website out here that aggregates and reports on California politics, government and cultural life. He offered the opinion that "President Obama represents the abyss. He is taking us over the socialist cliff."
Then he added: "Were in a war here, a cultural war, fighting over the future of the country. Were playing defense against the dominant culture." ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/comes_the_revolution_20120217/
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Andrew Breitbart, rage-filled a**hole (Original Post)
marmar
Feb 2012
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Erose999
(5,624 posts)1. The spirochetes are eating his brain. so the crazy from Breitbart will only get worse. It was
evident during his clash with Occupy protesters at CPAC last week. Slurred speech, loss of motor skills, etc. I hope he is able to recover from the terrible interspecies STD's that are racking his mind and body, but I'm afraid his case is terminal.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)2. I wish I could rec your comment.
Consider it rec'd.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)6. Or he was just drunk...
which was most likely the case.
But then again, he's probably drunk most of the time.
stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)3. He should know better than to mess with old Snuffy...
lapislzi
(5,762 posts)4. In other news, water is wet. n/t
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. "Defense against the dominant culture" in other words, the majority...
He admitted he's in the minority, a vocal, crazed minority at that.