CNN: ANDREW BRITHBART DIED

[MADem]

24. I think probably the best thing anyone can sincerely say is, "Oh, my."

I mean, come on--the guy was vile. He thrived on being cruel and vicious. He delighted in intolerance. He loved to goad, bait, twist, snark and malign--for pure and brutal sport. Prevarication came to him as naturally as breathing does to the rest of us.

It's rather like mourning the "loss" of the skunk that has vexed your pets in the back yard for years. One can try to muster up a sanctity of life argument, certainly, but the bitter and unfortunate (and caused by Mr. Breitbart, himself) fact is that I don't think there will be a great deal of mourning for a man who had no scruples, no kindness in his heart, a willingness to say or do anything to aggrandize himself and his agenda, and a complete lack of decency or integrity.

What can anyone say? If you say you're "glad" he's gone, you're stooping to his level. I suppose the kindest thing one could say is that his absence will only be noted in that there is now one less shitflinger in the melee.