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The Brilliance of Breitbart

Posted on | March 12, 2010 | 22 Comments

The first time I met Andrew Breitbart — at CPAC 2007 — the recognition of genius was  immediate. Some people are fearful of superior intelligence and others are envious. Admiration is more appropriate, and Breitbart combines raw brain power with a fierce contempt for liberalism and a refusal to be intimidated by power.

This is not to say that Breitbart is faultless or immune to criticism.  It is, however, to say with unexaggerated sincerity that he is a man as potentially valuable to American conservatism today as Buckley was in 1951. One quote from the Wired magazine feature:

“They call us tea-baggers. They call us racist, sexist, homophobic, and we are finally punching back. It’s over, dude. It’s over. You think you’re gonna be able to put the genie back in the bottle? It’s over. And if you don’t like my aggression, there are going to be millions more of me . . .”

You should read the whole thing, and see if you notice the little “gotchas” that Noah Shachtman evidently feels compelled to intrude into the article, such as describing Breitbart as a “beefy 41-year-old” in the third paragraph.

Breitbart is over 6 feet tall and probably a lot less “beefy” than the average 41-year-old. Had he grown up in Alabama instead of Brentwood, Calif., some football coach would have spotted  him in the school hallway and made an all-state linebacker out of him. His most remarkable feature is his blue eyes, which glare with a luminous intensity whenever he begins talking about anything he is passionate about. Yet Breitbart’s owlish eyes go unmentioned by Shachtman in favor of “beefy.”

Such are the little darts that Gulliver must suffer from the Lilliputians . . .

UPDATE: ACORN Baltimore drops its lawsuit against Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe. (Hat tip: Inside Charm City.)

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22 Responses to “The Brilliance of Breitbart”

  1. TR Sterling
    March 12th, 2010 @ 6:04 am

    Imagine Andrew Breitbart with the knowledge and cold-hearted operational ability of Roger Stone? When Andrew gets the ‘devils tattoo’ we will know! LOL

    Meantime, he is one of the best we have and he’s on our side. Kind of like our own Burt Reynolds in the longest yard. A few tricks here and there, and a lot of heart!

    Andrew knows the key, you’ve got to get the snakes out of the tall grass and into the parking lot where they dry up and lose their power.

    Later dude!

  2. TR Sterling
    March 12th, 2010 @ 1:04 am

    Imagine Andrew Breitbart with the knowledge and cold-hearted operational ability of Roger Stone? When Andrew gets the ‘devils tattoo’ we will know! LOL

    Meantime, he is one of the best we have and he’s on our side. Kind of like our own Burt Reynolds in the longest yard. A few tricks here and there, and a lot of heart!

    Andrew knows the key, you’ve got to get the snakes out of the tall grass and into the parking lot where they dry up and lose their power.

    Later dude!

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  5. Eric Massa
    March 12th, 2010 @ 4:46 pm

    I reward people I like with snorkles.

  6. Eric Massa
    March 12th, 2010 @ 11:46 am

    I reward people I like with snorkles.

  7. Eric Massa
    March 12th, 2010 @ 5:23 pm

    Tickles and massages are good too.

  8. Eric Massa
    March 12th, 2010 @ 12:23 pm

    Tickles and massages are good too.

  9. Roger Stone
    March 12th, 2010 @ 6:06 pm

    Breitbart=Patriot,fighter,great American.

  10. Roger Stone
    March 12th, 2010 @ 1:06 pm

    Breitbart=Patriot,fighter,great American.

  11. young4eyes
    March 13th, 2010 @ 12:10 am

    Oh man. Thanks for the laugh.I can’t imagine hitting the tip jar for a possible trip to the Netherlands knowing that Breitbart’s ass is firmly ensconced on your nose…
    But the best is the quote Breitbart provides, you know, with all the bravado and resentment typical of “beefy” conservatives.
    It’s over dude?
    I would love nothing more than having his “beefy” mouth meet my fist. I’m a gentleman so I’d help him pick up his teeth off the floor. Then he can carry on about his “aggressiveness” and anything else that pussy wants to carry on about.
    Besides, a toothless tea-bagger is quite an image…

  12. young4eyes
    March 12th, 2010 @ 7:10 pm

    Oh man. Thanks for the laugh.I can’t imagine hitting the tip jar for a possible trip to the Netherlands knowing that Breitbart’s ass is firmly ensconced on your nose…
    But the best is the quote Breitbart provides, you know, with all the bravado and resentment typical of “beefy” conservatives.
    It’s over dude?
    I would love nothing more than having his “beefy” mouth meet my fist. I’m a gentleman so I’d help him pick up his teeth off the floor. Then he can carry on about his “aggressiveness” and anything else that pussy wants to carry on about.
    Besides, a toothless tea-bagger is quite an image…

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  14. Mike LaRoche
    March 13th, 2010 @ 1:23 am

    Besides, a toothless tea-bagger is quite an image…

    So is a cheeto-encrusted, loudmouthed, lefty internet flame-warrior…

  15. Mike LaRoche
    March 12th, 2010 @ 8:23 pm

    Besides, a toothless tea-bagger is quite an image…

    So is a cheeto-encrusted, loudmouthed, lefty internet flame-warrior…

  16. SDN
    March 13th, 2010 @ 1:51 am

    I’ll see your fist and raise you a .45, jackass.

  17. SDN
    March 13th, 2010 @ 1:51 am

    That was addressed to 4eyes.

  18. SDN
    March 12th, 2010 @ 8:51 pm

    I’ll see your fist and raise you a .45, jackass.

  19. SDN
    March 12th, 2010 @ 8:51 pm

    That was addressed to 4eyes.

  20. Ghostx
    March 13th, 2010 @ 2:16 am

    As a soon to be inked member of the tricky dick club , the stone sayeth , thus it is so .

    All hail the dark lord roger stone

    Death or glory

    Ghostx out

  21. Ghostx
    March 12th, 2010 @ 9:16 pm

    As a soon to be inked member of the tricky dick club , the stone sayeth , thus it is so .

    All hail the dark lord roger stone

    Death or glory

    Ghostx out

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