Sly Sylvester and Andrew Breitbart (Audio)

We know the sort of person John "Sly" Sylvester is, radio talk show host on Madison's WTDY.

He is cruel, offensive, insensitive, and utterly shameless.

Recall the truly horrible things he said about Wisconsin's Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.

It's no surprise that Sylvester would go ugly in response to Andrew Breitbart's death.

From Media Trackers:

Last Friday, liberal Madison radio-host John “Sly” Sylvester aired an extended segment on 1670 WTDY that celebrated in no uncertain terms the death of conservative activist Andrew Breitbart. Sly posted the 20 minute podcast on his website under the title “Andrew Breitbart: DEAD (thankfully).”



While the title was simply beyond the pale, the content of the podcast is as vile as it gets. Starting at the 5:00 mark and continuing to 6:43 is a monologue by the host Sly in which he mockingly says he would pour weed-killer on Breitbart’s grave. He then compares his joy at the news of Breitbart’s death to that of Yemeni terror leader Anwar al-Awlaki’s death in September 2011.

Media Trackers offers the transcript of portions of Sylvester's rant.

Really sick stuff.

I’m just tired of people faking that they are sad when people are dead. (laughter) I want to say something, and make it real clear…I will never urinate on his grave. (laughter) I’m gonna pour Round-Up on his grave and I’ll tell you why I’m gonna pour Round-Up on his grave. (Laughter) I’m gonna pour Round-Up on his grave so their’s no chance that he ever comes back to life! And I can kill him like the weed that he was. (Laughter)

I’m glad he’s dead!

There are very few people I can say that about. This guy, absolutely! I don’t have the slightest bit compunction of saying “good.” The world is a better place today. Can you think of the last time you’ve been this happy that someone is dead? You want to make a comparison? I was thinking of Anwar al-Awlaki. No, now Sly you’ve gone to far.

No it’s not!

There's more.

To me Andrew Breitbart’s death is kinda similar to Kim Jung Il. Kind of a similar thing. Did Andrew Breitbart have starvation camps? No. But Andrew Breitbart is working on the forces of evil pushing for starvation camps.

Sylvester continues his foul rant and gets callers to engage in the ugliness.

From Brian Sikma, Media Trackers:

"It is deeply disturbing that Sly Sylvester would use his position as a prominent progressive talk show host to engage in such hateful rhetoric," Brian Sikma, communications director of Media Trackers, said. Media Trackers is Wisconsin's leading conservative watchdog organization focusing on government and the media. "It is never appropriate to compare individuals who disagree with us politically to terrorists and murderous dictators."

Sikma also noted that Sylvester has fallen into controversy in the past for making sexual comments about Wisconsin's Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch. "This is not an isolated incident," he said, "and just as Rush Limbaugh rightfully apologized for his comments made last week, it would be more than appropriate for Mr. Sylvester to apologize to the family of Andrew Breitbart." At one point during his show Sylvester allowed a caller to shockingly wish, "I hope his [Breitbart's] descendants be infested by boils and physical deformity and left only to copulate with beasts…."

Charming!

So will sponsors drop Sylvester?

No. Of course not.

He's not a conservative.
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Here's the audio.