Andrew Breitbart Dies at 43

My first thought when I saw the headline yesterday was "How nice."  Reading that he had a wife and 4 children only made me wonder if he'd bought enough life insurance.

Charles Krautheimer said, "And you know when people die, you say they are irreplaceable as a cliche. But I think in this case, it's true."  (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/03/01/krauthammer_breitbart_is_irreplaceable.html)  Let's hope he's correct.

There was an obituary some years ago about a guy who'd worked on Wall Street, been convicted of some financial malfeasance, and then spent the rest of his life after prison working with the poor, people with AIDS, and the homeless.  The obit had a quote from former New York City mayor Ed Koch saying that the guy had nothing to apologize for.  The same could not be said about Breitbart.

Contrary to those who would comfort me with expectation of Breitbart's retribution in the afterlife, he went too quickly for the pain he caused.