Alec Baldwin calls Breitbart a ‘festering boil on the anus of public discourse’

I have never been a real big fan of Alec Baldwin.  However, that has all changed since reading this headline on the Raw Story. I have tweeted Andrew Breitbart a few times telling him what I thought of him, but never could I have composed such a “poetic” description of creepy Breitbart.

The Raw Story

Apparently Keith Olbermann isn’t the only person who thinks Andrew Breitbart’s recent attempt to smear the “Occupy” movement as serial rapists is a bit beyond the pale.Mediaite is reporting that actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter today to excoriate the Big Government blogger and media provocateur, calling him a “festering boil on the anus of public discourse.”

The dust-up began when a Twitter user asked Baldwin’s opinion as to whether Breitbart was using the so-called “rape rant” as a smoke screen to distract public attention away from the Shirley Sherrod scandal. (Sherrod was a USDA employee whose career and reputation were impugned in a heavily doctored video that was first aired on Breitbart’s website.)

Baldwin replied to the query with the very descriptive phrase mentioned above, which prompted a great deal of back and forth between the 30 Rock star and Breitbart, as well as many of Breitbart’s and Baldwin’s fans. The actor threw in the towel around 2:00 pm, Tweeting, “OK, enough festering boils for this weekend.”

Interested readers can view screen grabs of the Twitter feeds and a detailed timeline at Mediaite.

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4 Responses to Alec Baldwin calls Breitbart a ‘festering boil on the anus of public discourse’

  1. I believe a festering boil on the anus of Rush Limbaugh kept him out of Nam.

    My opinion of Alec Baldwin just went WAAAAAAAY up.

  2. kstreet,

    I’m back home so everyone’s been visiting. I figure people hate hospitals as much as I do.

    And it’s Mardi Gras! Because of yesterday’s crappy weather, yesterday’s parades were rescheduled for today, doubling up–our friend, who hates missing one day of Mardi Gras, has all but ODed in Mardi Gras joy–ah, Laissez les bons temps rouler!!