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Why Andrew Breitbart Walked into the Fire with Sarah Palin
Big Government ^ | May 18, 2013 | Andrew Marcus

Posted on 05/18/2013 4:58:13 PM PDT by Bratch

Whenever Andrew Breitbart saw that somebody was being unfairly maligned by the institutional Left, he became that person's stalwart defender. Sarah Palin, perhaps more than any other person in recent history, endured the full weight of what Breitbart called the "Democrat-media complex," and so Sarah Palin had no more fierce a defender than Andrew Breitbart.

He never explicitly endorsed her for President--Breitbart, as a rule, didn't endorse candidates. He wasn't a policy wonk, nor did he enjoy punditry--Breitbart's sights were consistently set on the media. He understood how the media can shape, influence, or even manipulate the general public's perception of events and individuals. A favorite theme of the Progressive media's smear-machine, and one which was aimed with particular savagery at Sarah Palin, is the notion that Conservatives are, in a word, dummies. One need not look very far for specific examples.

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In the meantime, and in the real world, Barack Obama has made Sarah Palin look like a prophet:

So, who's the dummy?

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andrewbreitbart; palin; sarahpalin
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1 posted on 05/18/2013 4:58:13 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch
"So, who's the dummy?"

Barack Obama and the effing morons who voted for him.

2 posted on 05/18/2013 5:00:21 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Bratch; KC_Lion; editor-surveyor; elephant; el_texicano; exit82; Eye of Unk; fedupjohn; ...

SARAH PALIN'S AWESOME PING LIST!

3 posted on 05/18/2013 5:02:23 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Bratch

“He never explicitly endorsed her for President—Breitbart, as a rule, didn’t endorse candidates. “

Which was his mistake. He did a ton of good. Hell I have the Brietbart is here pic as my computer background (for months now)so I sure don’t hate the guy... But you cannot show the evil of the media without attaching it to the left...and fighting for a clear alternative.


4 posted on 05/18/2013 5:04:15 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: onyx; NoGrayZone; Norm Lenhart
May G-d Rest his Soul.


5 posted on 05/18/2013 5:11:19 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Bratch
A favorite theme of the Progressive media's smear-machine, and one which was aimed with particular savagery at Sarah Palin, is the notion that Conservatives are, in a word, dummies.

Dummies? I didn't see it that way, their savagery screamed of fear - totally driven by fear and hatred of what is good.

6 posted on 05/18/2013 5:11:36 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: KC_Lion

Great picture and tagline!


7 posted on 05/18/2013 5:13:34 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Bratch

I sure hope they don’t “Breitbart” her or Ted Cruz.


8 posted on 05/18/2013 5:13:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think Sarah will be on fire in 2014.... I read somewhere she may get a TV talk show...


9 posted on 05/18/2013 5:28:03 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Bratch

Palin is VERY likely to be the new Senator from Alaska in the new term.....a role she is well fitted for.


10 posted on 05/18/2013 5:33:36 PM PDT by cookcounty (They thought he was the Black Lincoln. But he's the Black Nixon.)
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To: Bratch; All
He never explicitly endorsed her for President--Breitbart, as a rule, didn't endorse candidates. He wasn't a policy wonk, nor did he enjoy punditry--Breitbart's sights were consistently set on the media. He understood how the media can shape, influence, or even manipulate the general public's perception of events and individuals. A favorite theme of the Progressive media's smear-machine

And that's why he was killed. Make no mistake about it! Breitbart knew the drivebys intimately.He knew what they would do next and how they thought. He was a dire threat to the regime since without driveby support they don't exist. Breitbart had to go.

11 posted on 05/18/2013 5:36:56 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: cookcounty

I’m not convinced she want to live any where near or work in the crap poool known as DC.


12 posted on 05/18/2013 5:36:57 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Bratch

God bless Sarah Palin. What a grand photo of the two of them together.


13 posted on 05/18/2013 5:38:02 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: Hojczyk

Sarah Palin Refuses Move to Elite Media City to Film Talk Show (Mild Barf Alert)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019507/posts

Sarah Palin Says ‘No’ to Mark Burnett for TV Talk Show (”For now”)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019063/posts

Palin’s star has crashed and burned (Again? LOL)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3020874/posts


14 posted on 05/18/2013 5:40:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: MHGinTN
I agree.

Plus, if Governor Palin was elected to the Senate, she would once again become the target, taking hits from both sides of the aisle. The entire D.C. establishment would work overtime to destroy her. I can't see her putting herself in that position again.

We'll see.

15 posted on 05/18/2013 5:44:53 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch

If the press/media had not transformed themselves from the fourth estate into the fifth column enemy of the Republic in service to the democrips’ criminal enterprise, Sarah could wade through the sludge and get much done perhaps, but now ...


16 posted on 05/18/2013 5:55:48 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Bratch

If Palin does endeavor a run for office, I hope she goes for the big prize, the presidency. She’s really the only one I truly believe who would at least try to tackle the whole corrupt DC system... the slimey nexus of government/media/big-business that feeds and enlarges the federal behemoth, and comprises the “professional political class” as she calls it. I no longer have any faith that the GOP itself has any interest in this.


17 posted on 05/18/2013 6:01:43 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Bratch
Plus, if Governor Palin was elected to the Senate, she would once again become the target, taking hits from both sides of the aisle. The entire D.C. establishment would work overtime to destroy her. I can't see her putting herself in that position again.

IMHO Sarah helped send the metaphorical citizen soldier in the woods hiding behind the rocks about the maul the Brits in the days of Washington.

She is a Revolutionary in her own right, she has changed the face of the Senate with Cruz, Lee, and Paul, as they continue to piss off the old guard and tie their panties in a wad.

She is much more effective IMHO sending more troops to support the Patriots that are already their.

18 posted on 05/18/2013 6:08:58 PM PDT by taildragger (( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
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To: Norm Lenhart; onyx
Stupid and uninformed as ever Norm.

I had the good fortune to hear him speak a few weeks before he died. Money quote: "Sarah Palin was our best candidate, she was a rock star. If she went to a town of 10,000 people, 110,000 showed up."

He made no mistake, but you sure as Hell did. Remind me what she said about the run in 2012...oh, right, she coined the term ABO, but you didn't listen.

She also endorsed Mitt Romney, and you didn't listen.

Norm Lenhart, Palin fan, but as usual he was actually uninformed as to what she believed, rather than listen, he parroted Axelrod talking points.

Congrats Norm, you got what you wanted you jackass..

19 posted on 05/18/2013 6:43:47 PM PDT by Lakeshark (!)
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To: onyx; KC_Lion; All

Sarah for RNC Chairwoman! That sure would shake things up and drain the swamp! :)


20 posted on 05/18/2013 6:44:33 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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