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That was an interesting

Richard Day — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:32:36 +0000

In reply to Josh Marshall, in passing,

That was an interesting link!

Of course Josh is a businessman. So is Lady Huff and Joan Walsh at Salon--of course I appreciate Joan a lot more.

Anyhow thank you!. I have been hitting TPM every day for awhile again; but I missed this little aside!

Well living in peace was out

Richard Day — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:22:26 +0000

In reply to Rich, The Andrew Breitbart

Well living in peace was out of the question, but I assume he will rest in peace!

Josh Marshall, in passing,

artappraiser — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:02:50 +0000

In reply to STOP TPM FROM CENSORING THE TRUTH

Josh Marshall, in passing, making a clear statement about what he does now, March 7, 2012:

....And before you say that this is my armchair take on how businessmen operate, I am a businessman. And bringing different products to market is most of what I do, albeit on a much smaller scale....

From Romney as Businessman @ Talking Points Memo Editor's Blog.

Just thought some on this thread might have an interest.

Rich, The Andrew Breitbart

Wattree — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:55:35 +0000

In reply to YOU GOT IT! Well put!

Rich,

The Andrew Breitbart Eulogy

Where I come from we believe in calling a hat a hat. Thus, the only difference between a dead asshole and a live asshole is that the dead asshole is not quite as warm, but it's an asshole nevertheless.

That's why I've instructed my family that upon my death I want to be cremated and have my ashes placed in a Best Foods jar and then scattered to the winds off the end of the Venice Beach pier. I don't want an urn, a funeral, and I especially don't want no preacher standing over me lying about who I was. My life will speak for itself, and if I've done anything worthwhile, it won't take a preacher to tell people about it.

Thus, I hereby treat Andrew Breibart as I wish to be treated: His life speaks for itself. He was a mean-spirited, hateful, and conniving asshole. He didn't believe in being politically correct towards others, so I now feel no obligation to be politically correct toward him. The fact is, he's dead, and the world is a little less hateful as a result.

But may he rest in peace anyway.

Amen!

Update ... DD . . . It's

oldenGoldenDecoy — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:38:43 +0000

In reply to (No subject)

Update ... DD . . .

It's still up over at TPM . . .

Now there are 30 likes even after being buried in the thread to the point one must go three pages in to find it...

And that guy ~Red~ left another comment over there.

~OGD~

(No subject)

Richard Day — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:15:09 +0000

In reply to I won the Dayly! I won the

I won the Dayly! I won the

Michael Maiello — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:47:17 +0000

In reply to Oh Destor! Damn. I hereby

I won the Dayly! I won the Dayly! Whooooo!

Oh Destor! Damn. I hereby

Richard Day — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:03:58 +0000

In reply to I sent Josh a note, under my

Oh Destor! Damn.

I hereby render unto you the Dayly comment of the Day Award for this here Dagblog Site Given to all of you from all of me!

Damn!

Well said.

Better than what I could come up with. (big surprise)

Yes, I sign on to your letter.

I wish we could set it up so that five hundred could sign up with you!

Well Done!

I sent Josh a note, under my

Michael Maiello — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:54:57 +0000

In reply to STOP TPM FROM CENSORING THE TRUTH

I sent Josh a note, under my real name. Sometimes he answers me. Sometimes not.

Anyway, here's what I had to say to him. Since it's just my side of the conversation, I'm not betraying any confidences. If he answers me, I'd at best summarize his response but certainly wouldn't cut and paste it here.

Hey Josh,

I think that anyone familiar with your work and with TPM should not have been surprised that you weren't about to let people use it as a platform to say uncharitable things about Breitbart that they might later regret. At the same time, that admirable vein of American political pugilism that you described -- and I think you get better than most that this is am important part of our politics that can't be expunged without losing a lot of good things -- doesn't really apply to Breitbart, does it? When I think of our real fighters, in the vein of a Christopher Hitchens or HL Mencken, I think of people who focus their energies on the immensely powerful. Breitbart went after, what... Acorn? A middle class black woman who works for a federal agency? A well known (but not powerful) Congressman who made himself vulnerable?

Breitbart was far more bully than he was pugilist. He spent a lot of time going after defenseless people. It's pretty easy to do shock journalism that way. Beyond that, a lot of TPM readers have counted on you and your people to debunk his sensationalism over the years. I get that people who knew him, liked him, politics aside. I like Steve Forbes and Boone Pickens, politics aside. Most people are pretty likable when it comes down to it. But maybe you were overly generous with this guy? His attempt on Shirley Sherrod's livelihood was pretty darned intention and would seem to disqualify him from membership in the community of lovable fighters and roustabouts in politics.

Hope all's well,
Mike

I thought he was a jerk and

trkingmomoe — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:04:16 +0000

In reply to Oh Momoe, this Breithart

I thought he was a jerk and dishonest also. I liked Mr Smith's comment on another thread. It says it all for me. I only comment here at dag and lurk around in other sites. By the time I get to TPM I just skim the head lines to see if there is anything new. TPM ended up on the bottom of the list when Josh closed the caffe. It is Josh's site and we are only his guests.