Hydra!

A very interesting thing is occurring.  Last week the conservative movement was stunned to learn of the death of their new media general Andrew Breitbart.  I'm sure many of you felt like I did...what do we do now?  How can we not have his voice in this very critical election?  Then the media latched onto Rush Limbaugh's slut comment concerning Andrea Fluke, and we got hit with a double whammy.  It was like a test to see how the community would weather a large media controversy....even if it was made up out of nothing.

Then the change started happening.  We started coming out of the woodwork and taking up the call that was given at CPAC....Conservatives aren't going to take it anymore.  Everything has changed.  Those words were so prophetic.  New phrases started appearing.  #iamandrewbreitbart #war became the new battle cries and the army that Breitbart left behind started to mobilize.  Conservatives weren't going to apologize, and they were going to get in the face of progressives showing them their own hypocrisy.

Just looking at Twitter you could find all sorts of new faces asking what they could do.  Names like Daniel Knauf joined the fight with a vengeance.  They were loud and unapologetic voices that Andrew would have been proud of.  Not only did new blood join the war, but those in leadership positions that Andrew left behind offered support, encouragement and guidance to the new ranks.  As one of those that joined late I'm amazed when I get replies or retweets from heavy hitters like Kurt Schlichter, or Patrick Dollard. 

The movement that Breitbart started is getting even stronger in the wake of his death.  Just like the legendary Hydra, when a head is cut off another one takes it's place.  Only it's more than just one head....it's hundreds.  And they are pissed off and they aren't going to take it anymore.