Compiled from my 84783294 Facebook posts about him tonight:
I don't really ever get broken up over celebrity deaths...yeah, it sucks when they die but I don't actually KNOW them, so it's not like I can be very emotionally affected. The only time I have ever truly been saddened and shed tears for a famous person was when Ron Santo passed away last winter...until today. :-(
Steven Crowder's video did not help any:
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I couldn't stop thinking about it at work all night. I was pretty bummed out but put on a happy face for my tables, hah. It also didn't help that Ruthie (the annoying-ass stupid liberal foodstamps girl at work) brought up the death of Davy Jones to anyone within earshot, and how he was her "hero" and how much she "loved" him and showing off a picture on her cellphone of them together when she was 15 years old to ANYONE standing within eight inches of her. I kept wanting to throttle her by the neck and go "SHUT UP, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT, I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH MY OWN PERSONAL HERO DYING TODAY THANKYOUVERYMUCH" and it took EVERYTHING within me not to do that. But I didn't.
Anyway, we got in the car after work and, as usual, turned on Mark Levin for the ride home. I felt a little jolt in my stomach when I heard Andrew Breitbart's voice on the phone, before realizing it was obviously an earlier broadcast. I enjoyed listening to him talk about his life before he was a conservative (when he was actually a liberal), how he came to BE a conservative, and what the fight has been like for him since then. He also spoke about merging all his "Big" sites into one, and Mark Levin made a comment about how Breitbart is a conglomerate. Breitbart said that was something he never really expected, but "that's what 2012 is for." Sadly, all the work he still had to do will never be done by him....and when Mark came back live he made a comment to that extent, and started choking up....which in turn made ME choke up. We lost a great warrior today, but we just need to use this to remember--life is TOO SHORT. NONE of us is guaranteed a tomorrow--and we need to realize what is worth fighting for and what is worth living for. Breitbart's legacy is that he fought every single day without fear for exactly what he believed in. None of us should be fearful to do the same.
If nothing else this has re-ignited the fire in me to fight. Not that I have a crapton of free time to do that, but dammit I need to do something. I feel like I'm bound to carry on his legacy and to not let his death be in vain (as dramatic as that sounds).
I'm also very, very interested in seeing these Obama college tapes that are about to be released. Sooooo curious.
And I can't be the only one who thought, upon receiving the news, "I wonder if Obama/Soros is behind this at all." It is a very crucial election year, after all. A fearless fighter like Andrew Breitbart would never hold back from taking Obama down no matter what the stakes....I'm not typically one to immediately buy into conspiracy theories but ....I definitely have an open mind with regards to this situation.
If I was half the genius Breitbart was, if I was half as knowledgeable or knew at all where to start....I don't think I would hesitate for a moment to try to pull off what he did. Unfortunately I still have a long road....a lot to learn, a lot to realize, but maybe someday I can be half the man (in woman form) that he was, and just take on that liberal machine headfirst. I would LOVE to do that but I'm just still too wet behind the ears.
Rest in Peace, Andrew. You have inspired an entire generation of people to fight for liberty and freedom, and I can only hope that even though you have passed, your legacy will live on in the millions of fighters you've inspired today.