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RIP, Andrew Breitbart

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neilk3/01/2012 8:43:09 am PST

Without defending anybody in particular, I will mention that Breitbart was not your average politician or operative. His goal was personal destruction, and I think this is being reflected in some of the inappropriate reactions that we’re seeing this morning. He didn’t want to stop politicians’ reelections, he wanted to destroy their marriages. He was as happy about getting a political appointee fired as getting a desk clerk fired.

His family isn’t responsible for what he did and they don’t deserve any less sympathy because of the person he chose to be. But at the same time, you can’t say he didn’t bring some of this invective onto himself. So I pity his family, both for their loss and for having to deal with the bad blood Andrew left behind, that he is no longer here to take responsibility for.