Remember lovable old Andy Griffith, beloved star of music and TV, who died this week? Turns out that his career involved 46-second appearance in a Ron Howard-directed Barack Obama campaign ad, and a 32-second commercial for universal health care. For this, the online right wing have branded him a communist and figuratively danced upon his grave. Comments for The Blaze's obit for Griffith are seething with vituperative examples of Matlock-hating:
Progressive POS. Have fun burning in Hell for eternity. — Red Meat
Good people don't promote laws that will directly lead to the death of millions, hope someday I get to spit on his grave. — Swampy
So long Andy [smiley emoticon] You are a total sell out to this great nation. You are a communist piece of garbage and you will not be missed. — Truthbeliever2
Sadly, my first thought when I saw the headline was "if he'd passed away at age 82 I would have missed him so much more" … Now, I only feel angry the old shill didn't live another year or two so he'd have to face a "death panel" before kicking it. The old bastrd died too soon to reap what he helped sow. I feel cheated that we'll never get to hear him lament his decision to be a wh0re for the socialist DNC. — Wool-Free Vision
Another dead Democrat…today's shaping up to be a better day than expected. — teddrunk
Andy Griffith Dies at 86
(via Wonkette)