Let’s Indict Andrew Breitbart!

Guest Blogger: Mike Sax (@evilsax)

I have just started the following petition to do just this,

“Breitbert and his partner in slander, James O’Keefe, have single-handedly destroyed many worthy public servants and institutions, most notably Acorn which provided help and assistance to many low income Americans who desired to buy homes.

Breitbart and O’Keefe’s fraudulent video-based on entrapment, lies, and doctored footage-was the basis for Acorn’s slander, de-funding, and criminal prosecution.

While it was ultimately found innocent, Acorn is now broke and its reputation is wrongly sullied.

Mr. Breitbart needs to be held accountable and found both civilly and criminally responsible as his actions have stolen literally millions from the public in the form of the services Acorn provided.

Mr. Breitbart and O’Keefe also continue their tireless campaign against the American people and their interests, by targeting any public individual or institution that in any way serves their interests and needs.

Currently for instance he is attacking among many other falsely maligned targets, Media Matters, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

A prosecution of Mr. Breitbart and O’Keefe – will serve the multiple functions of holding him accountable, recompensing his many victims, and also will provide an “ounce of prevention” by slowing down or stopping the harm he continues to work tirelessly to visit on the American people.

A true social criminal, Mr. Breitbart must be stopped in his tracks.”

Please join with me in stopping him in his tracks by signing this petition.

To sign please either go here http://www.change.org/petitions/mike-l-sax-indict-andrew-breitbart

Or follow the link on the front page of Diary of a Republican Hater “Let’s Indict Andrew Breitbart.”

Bill Maher Gives Platform For Race-baiter Andrew Breitbart – Come on!

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I have a real love/hate thing for Bill Maher. Sometimes he is so dead on and just nails it and other times he’s in a completely different mindset than I am, to put it politely. I listen to the podcast of his show and heard the previous show where Andrew Breitbart was on along with Seth McFarland, it’s been a while though. ColorOfChange.org tipped me off to the post reminding us how much fun Bill and Andrew had the last time Bill elevated and legitimized the charlatan on his HBO show. I guess giving sideshows and charlatan’s a stage to spread their hate is all the rage these days. I know Bill will probably respond with free speech, which is of course very true…in a Sarah Palin kind of way (if you know what I mean). But broadcasters and media make choices all the time about who will come on their show and I really think making the choice to give Breitbart more fame and notoriety only hurts us all. If the man had a single ounce of credibility, then sure, but this man is an admitted con-artist…exposed multiple times. Yet Dylan Ratigan and Bill Maher both seem to help the man further his charade. From James Rucker at Jack & Jill Politics…

We learned yesterday that Andrew Breitbart will be appearing on Bill Maher’s show tonight. This will be the second time Breitbart has appeared there since he was exposed as a race-baiting con artist during the Shirley Sherrod incident. It’s bad enough that Breitbart gets any airtime on Maher’s show. Worse, Maher completely softballed Breitart when he had him on in September. He called Breitbart a “publisher and journalist” and completely failed to point out that Breitbart repeatedly launches racially-charged smear campaigns based in deception and lies. Whether he knew it or not, Maher was helping rehabilitate Breitbart’s image, and unless he’s very clear tonight about Breitbart’s record, he’ll do it again.

He has a phone number and a script if you want to call and let Real Time with Bill Maher know how you feel about an admitted con-artist getting exposure on his show. At the least, it would be nice if the man were actually challenged with facts and forced to stand up for his lies and be accountable. His Acorn and Shirley Sherrod episodes were disgusting in so many ways, it makes my stomach churn listening to the man. I’ll have to skip this weeks episode.