Andrew Breitbart dead at 43

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momeNt

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Who has the videos that he possessed of Obama in college that nobody had ever seen?
 
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline...rks-conspiracy-theories-galore-175523779.html

Andrew Breitbart death sparks conspiracy theories

Andrew Breitbart's unexpected death on Thursday has sparked a swift outpouring of grief and remembrances--but also the inevitable conspiracy theories about the timing of the outspoken conservative's demise.

Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., last month, Breitbart claimed he had damning videos of Barack Obama, and planned to release them before the general election.

"[We] are going to vet [Obama] from his college days to show you why racial division and class warfare are central to what hope and change was sold in 2008," Breitbart told the CPAC crowd.

Steve Bannon, producer of "The Undefeated" and a friend of Breitbart's, told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday that the tapes of Obama at Harvard do exist, and that they would be released "in a week or two."

The news quickly sent conservative bloggers--still shocked by Breitbart's sudden death--into a frenzy.

"In a stunning coincidence," Paul Joseph Watson wrote on InfoWars.com, "it appears Andrew Breitbart suffered his untimely death just hours before he was set to release damning video footage that could have sunk Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign."

Conservative blogger Lawrence Sinclair referenced a conversation he had with Breitbart in Washington D.C. three weeks before. "Andrew said, ''Wait til they see what happens March first,'" Lawrence Sinclair wrote.

Sinclair also took issue with the wording of Breitbart's death announcement as it was posted on BigGovernment.com.

"Claims that Andrew died of 'natural causes' are the opinions of his attorney Joel Pollak and not the statements of any medical personnel from UCLA or the L.A. County Coroners office," he wrote. "L.A. Assistant Chief Medical Examiner Ed Winter says autopsy to be done tomorrow (Friday March 2, 2012) and no official cause of death has been determined."

But the coroner's office told Yahoo News on Thursday that it is unclear when the results of an autopsy would be released.

With conspiracy theory allegations floating around Sinclair's website, the comments escalated into more predictions of foul play.

"I do not believe Breitbart died from natural causes," one commenter on Sinclair's site wrote. "He died for speaking the truth...He probably should not have announced he had videos of BO's college days... I find it quite interesting that he died alone on a street. There will be an autopsy and they will decide on natural causes, but there is a way to induce a heart attack in human beings."

Wrote another commenter: "One thing is for sure. 43-year-old people don't die from 'natural causes.'"

But it wasn't just Sinclair News that housed conspiracy theorists. Conservative site InfoWars.com had plenty of speculations too.

"I'm going to reiterate what I said before," a commenter wrote on InfoWars.com. "In my opinion THIS GUY GOT ELIMINATED. Plain and simple." And another wrote: "Anybody who gets too close to the truth will be killed."

After sending commenters into conspiracy overdrive, Sinclair later clarified his post while simultaneously blaming the media for opening the door to these kinds of allegations because of overzealous reporting.

"In light of the comments which have been posted on this article we want to make something perfectly clear," Sinclair wrote. "We are not and have not said nor do we believe the death of Andrew Breitbart is the result of anything other than a believed heart attack. We simply reported that different media outlets reporting the cause of death as being of 'natural causes' before a cause of death has been determined is wrong and has created this sense of something more sinister."

But, the Obama tapes weren't the only things Breitbart had up his sleeve. As Simone Wilson reported on LAWeekly.com, the death of the polarizing 43-year-old came days before he was expected to announce a new Web project.

"This has been Andrew's obsession," Joel Pollak told the paper. "He was working incredibly hard."

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reported that Breitbart recently told friends that he was "in early talks with CNN about a Crossfire-style show in which he would argue from the right alongside former Rep. Anthony Weiner," the Congressman whose political career was throttled by Breitbart in 2011. (A spokeswoman for CNN, though, called the report "totally false.")

One thing that may quell the talk of a conspiracy: Breitbart's father-in-law told the Associated Press that he had suffered heart problems in 2010.
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ROFL!!
 
senseamp

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"He was working incredibly hard" to bash Obama, so hard that his heart couldn't handle it. ODS can be dangerous to your health.
 
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Londo_Jowo said:
The haters that have posted in here have shown their true colors and are no different than what they hate so badly.
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Its clever how the right wing spins this. A leading mouthpiece who was made famous for being an absolute prick and spreading lies about others dies, its apparently hatred to treat him the same as he treated others.
 
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Fern said:
The more I hear about this guy, the more I like him.

He seemed like a mischievous fun loving troll type.

And I'm getting this from some on the left who knew him. They certainly didn't like any of his political views, but seemed to like him personally.

And I'm amused by those hating here claiming it's not his ideology but his methods. Who do you think you're fooling?

Fern
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I wasn't just blowing smoke when I compared his methods and tactics to Alinsky.
 
sandorski

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As ye Judge, so shall ye be Judged.

Seems like Breitbart is receiving his Just Rewards.
 
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Fern said:
The more I hear about this guy, the more I like him.

He seemed like a mischievous fun loving troll type.

And I'm getting this from some on the left who knew him. They certainly didn't like any of his political views, but seemed to like him personally.

And I'm amused by those hating here claiming it's not his ideology but his methods. Who do you think you're fooling?

Fern
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I'm not surprised you like him, you and Breitbart are both extremely right wing, and it seems that over time you are drifting further and further right.

As for 'who we are fooling', I have no idea what you mean. If you think that liberal minded people mindlessly hate all conservatives simply for their ideology the only thing I can think of is that you're projecting. That would be your issue, not ours.

I'm sure there are people on the left who knew him and liked the guy, there are also lots who found him to be despicable.
 
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fskimospy

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Londo_Jowo said:
So you're admitting it okay to stoop to his level and be just like the person or actions you hate?
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Is this one of those arguments where people say "So you hate bigots? THAT MAKES YOU A BIGOT!!"

I seriously don't understand why this is such a big issue. Andrew Breitbart, at least his public persona, was vile. It's absolutely okay to dislike vile things. This should be so obvious as to not require an explanation. It's pretty telling that nobody wants to defend the guy's actions, they just attack other people for pointing out how shitty he was.
 
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fskimospy

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sandorski said:
Does anyone speak kindly of Hitler because he is dead?
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You know Hitler was a man overcome by hate. By hating Hitler all you're doing is exactly what you're mad at him about. YOU SHOULD WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH BAD PEOPLE.
 
zinfamous

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eskimospy said:
You know Hitler was a man overcome by hate. By hating Hitler all you're doing is exactly what you're mad at him about. YOU SHOULD WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH BAD PEOPLE.
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A great man died that day--whether you agree with his views or not, or the things he did, he will be judged by his maker, and that is all we can say.

To dishonor him in death is not very Christian.

(anyway, I hate to push Godwin, b/c Breitbart had certainly not attained Hitler status by the age of 43.)
 
werepossum

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pcgeek11 said:
It is truly amazing isn't it. I am so glad I am not progressive.
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I'd have a difficult time not reacting the same way to the death of Michael Moore, or for that matter Ted Kennedy. I might not say it, but I'd certainly think it.
 
Fern

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Ausm said:
Ok here is an assignment for you can you list a progressive then has more hate then Breitbart had?
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Ed Shultz
Keith Olbermann
Janeane Garofalo
Sean Penn

There's some guy who has silver hair who is just flat-out nasty, can't remember his name, but d@mn, he belongs on this list.

Fern
 
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