Andrew Breitbart And Tommy Christopher Enjoy A Spirited Debate At CPAC
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Need evidence that passions are running high at CPAC this weekend? Then watch the following exchange between Andrew Breitbart and Mediaite columnist Tommy Christopher over ACORN, Dan Savage, mucus, James O’Keefe and a myriad of other subjects that, to be truly appreciated, need to be viewed in the following video. For the record, the thoughts and ideas expressed in this exchange are those of Mediaite columnist White House reporter Tommy Christopher and not those of Mediaite.
When reached by Mediaite, Breitbart reiterated his position stated in the following video: “I love having these debates because I am right and I am righteous,” continuing “when the left has lost an argument they always cry ‘racist!’ and that gruel is getting pretty thin.”
Tommy Christopher will have his take on this exchange coming shortly. So – submitted without further comment…
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Yet again Breitbart won’t answer real questions and answer them honestly. He’s such a pompous tool.
Wow, how this Breitbart guy could have a following is beyond me. This guy is as fringe as they come. If this guy becomes the next big thing in “investigative journalism”, then journalism is dead, if it isn’t dead already.
He acted like a complete child. I just have no words for this man. Bravo Tommy for taking on this bully. I doubt that most conservatives are as loony as Andrew Breitbart, but if they are, God help us.
How can an outlet get away with this disclaimer???: “For the record, the thoughts and ideas expressed in this exchange are those of Mediaite columnist White House reporter Tommy Christopher and not those of Mediaite.”
Considering Mediaite is not some self-aware cyber-entity that can speak on its own behalf, aren’t the words of its writers the words of Mediaite? That’s like saying the words of Hannity and Beck are not the words of Fox News. It’s technically true, but Fox News pays them to speak those words and then broadcasts them.
I though Andrew clearly answered you about the run in with Bloomenthal; he didn’t answer you about O’Keefe and told you to go talk directly to O’Keefe.
Andrew, Coulter and others took on the MSM; it’s about damn time.
I especially liked Coulter’s warning to keep the republican candidate under wraps as long as possible so as to keep the MSM from their typical slander of anyone who is not liberal.
PS: Did you see Coulter’s speech and her joke at the end? I like how she dealt with Olbermann with humor.
Andrew clearly answered the questions? Yeah, when he wasn’t talking over Tommy or screaming over him and getting up in his face. Tommy had to scream himself to get a word in edgewise.
I’d be willing to bet if Tommy did interview O’Keefe, he’d say exactly what Breitbart told him to say because O’Keefe is the puppet and Breitbart is the puppetmaster.
Tommy:
PPS: I thought Andrew’s last comment to you was inappropriate.
stoogedude, you can bet anything you want about O’Keefe….all it does is get you nothing.
Awesome! Breitbart starts out full of confidence and slowly becomes completely unhinged. On his own turf, where he is a giant star, no less.
I just have to say that if Tommy’s dick *had been* out of his pants, Breitbart wouldn’t have shown such bravado. He reminds me so very much of Ziegler. Way to go, Tommy!
Yeah, it wouldn’t get me anything because no one is going to expose O’Keefe and Breitbart for the frauds that they are.
I am shocked that Mediaite posted this, it makes Tommy Christopher look like such a hack. Two things standout in this video: 1) Breitbart did answer TC’s question. TC just ignored it, and went for some bizarre question about the racial undertones of James O’Keefe’s choice of outfit. What??? That is where TC started sounding ridiculous. What does an article calling JOK a racist, based on a conference, end up with a shouting match over his outfit (the Look on Breitbart’s face was like are you really going there?) and having breitbart have to answer for someone else. Seriously, Why when your are desperate do you go for the RACE card. And then 2) TC is asking Breitbart to answer for JOK… but Mediaite is disclaimer that TC opinions are his own, Where is your /snark insert?? You guys are so ballsy.
and since the crack journalist Tommy Christopher didn’t know what the Fire works were over…. he can click on this link: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/02/03/james_okeefe_white_nationalists
Glenn Becks speech at CPAC was absolutely fucking brilliant!!!
I started watching Glenn Beck at CPAC and when he started going on about how progressives are soooooooo evil, that channel was changed quickly.
It is hysterical that Tommy thinks this is journalism. Did you get in Chris Mathews face and ask him why is he such a racist when he made the statement “I forgot he was black for a minute”? You are no journalist. Dream on, little man.
If you want great entertainment, go to newsbusters and watch the video of him destroying blumenthal. It’s priceless. I think they’ve made andrew mad and you don’t want to do that.
stoogedude, when people lie about you day after day, I would imagine there comes a point when you’ve just had enough. I know you libs hate that the 95% totally insane liberal media have some competition now. And by the looks of it, the competition is winning! Get used to it.
Tommy, You’re a complete moron!
Hey MichelleF…all you hear about on the news is CPAC this and CPAC that and CPAC here and CPAC there…if it really was a liberal media, do you think they would have given this conference the time of day?
I mean seriously. Assuming that the media is all liberal, is it really competition when the right is winning? I mean you have facts on one hand, and Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Morris, et al. in the other hand.
Paranoia always seems to win over facts, and I don’t want to get used to that.
MichelleF – Being a fringe wing nut, you are in no position to call anyone a moron. Before posting, do yourself a favor and get some feedback from someone.
Ok, I’ve had enough of Mediaite for one day. MichelleF, go ahead and call me a [insert adjective here] liberal and how conservatives are going to “bring it” in November and how I’m such a hateful, vindictive prick who’d just as soon punch a conservative in the face than give them the time of day…by the way, it’s almost quarter to 8:00 (CST)…
I’m going to go out and enjoy my Saturday night, I hope you do too and I mean that.
Ted, what exactly makes me a fringe wing nut?
Tommy, did you ever find out what happened between Max Blumenthal and Andrew Breitbart? I got Andrew’s long, unsolicited history of Salon magazine (from his perspective), but what was said re: Max & Andrew? I am hoping you will post an interview with Max (if you have already, and I haven’t run across it yet, sorry).
Kudos for putting up with Mr. Breitbart who just became louder and cruder the more people gathered around. But I think Breitbart was right that you should address the pimp costumer with the actual wearer himself.
Tommy is an idiot. His costume had racist/racial overtones? (yes, yes, he was only asking Breitbart to respond to that argument – sure!) This is the best you can come up with? When you think of a pimp, that is what you think of; over the top, flashy, colorful clothing. That, today, is not how “pimps” dress. If you want to make the case that O’Keefe is out of date when it comes to the fashion choices of pimps, then do that. But to paint him as a racist because of that? Calling that “cowardly” would be kind. By the way, as a black guy (the race card is so fun), I’m offended at the fact that some pasty faced liberal pansy would think that this was a valid point.
Wow, Andrew Breitbart has a following indeed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zull96I1f-s&feature=player_embedded
Tommy playing gotcha journalist over a silly question.
sueNaustin, the video is available online.
Breitbart blows. END OF STORY.
Once again, shoot debates intelligently.
Not a fan of Salon! Ok~
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/02/20/breitbart
ok, I think I now have gotten to know enough about Breitbart. No more questions needed to be answered.
in context breitbart had just had a pretty heated discussion with blumenthal so that explains some of his exasperation. he definitely went to far with the language at the end with tommy but the racism question was quite petty
Breitbart wiped the floor with Christopher. Seriously, the pimp costume? THAT”S the issue? The fact that Tommy was forced to scrape the bottom of the manufactured outraged over nonexistent racism barrel=points for Breitbart. Huge ones.
Remember that Seinfeld episode when Kramer has the dream coat.. lol like that was racist too.. what a silly argument. You were wasting his time, Christopher.
Have you ever opened a new bag of potato chips that was essentially empty except for some accumulated gas from the potato residue? That reminds me of Breitbart. There is literally nothing, nothing there. I once thought the Gretch was the most vacuous person in America, but I underestimated Breitbart.
What did Tommy want as an answer? “No, it was not racist to wear a stereotypical pimp costume to convey the idea that one is a pimp”? Would his follow up have been, “But isn’t that racist?” Come on.
Was it stereotypical for ABC (or NBC, can’t remember offhand) to have Muslim men go undercover at a NASCAR race?
The assumption that a “Pimp” is a black only stereotype is racist.
As far as I can see O’Keefe did not appear to be in black face or use stereotypical vernacular in his videos.
For someone to assume that he was portraying race implies racism on the accuser. There is no way around this logic short of O’keefe stating that his attempt might have been to be stereotypical of race.
Wow…simply wow…this idiot Tommy Christopher should be working for Media Matters.
His line of questionong was just fucking idiotic. He heard that Breitbart and Larry O’Connerhad just given this way-beyond-creppy Blumenthal a serious beat down and thought he would ride to his rescue??
Bad move, you fucking moron.
Of course, there are no white pimps. All pimps are black, right? And we know them by their outlandish outfits. That’s a black thing, too.
That’s what Tommy seems to be saying. Of course, he’s NOT racist when he asks this question. Hahahahaha.
I say, go Andrew, go!
I got him? This is a pretty weak example of “getting him”. You’re as poor a journalism as that Blumenthal fool.
Who is saying “We got him. We got him.”? Is this Tommy Christopher?
If so, who the heck is “we”?
I am laughing at this obviously stupid web site and its staff…
I don’t understand your guy’s question… the one Christopher posed to Breitbart that is the big “got you” question…..
he asks Breitbart if O’Keefe in dressing up as a pimp could be racist…
well, as I recall, O’Keefe was dressed up as a white pimp, as I believe there are white pimps in this world, and I don’t think anyone has ever said he was in a disguise to look black or pretended to be black… right?
so, this can only mean that your guy, Christopher, equates anyone who is a pimp as being black…
ergo, his “got you” question to Breitbart
Since that is what he thinks, then who would be the racist in this instance… Mr. Christopher… shame on you… I think it is obvious that Christopher has some deep seated racist tendencies and should be sent into some sort of extreme liberal propaganda therapy for a while to try to get his head straight..
This video is good. I did learn to read that Dan Savage piece from Salon. Never thought about asking him about it, but now I will.
“We got him. We got him.” – Mediaite White House reporter Tommy Christopher to a few people just after badgering Andrew Breitbart with a race-baiting question.
http://bigjournalism.com/jjmnolte/2010/02/23/salon-mediaite-and-the-lefts-cowardly-practice-of-journalistic-rendition/#more-28286
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