I became aware of this sad news this morning.  Jazz Shaw, an Blogger from the old days; before the Democratic Party lost it’s ever loving mind —-has passed away suddenly at age 65.

Ed Morrissey at HotAir.com remembers Jazz:

How do you say goodbye to your brother from another mother? 

First, we start off with the basics. Jazz Shaw was born and raised in Schuyler, NY on September 24, 1959. He served his country with honor in the US Navy, collecting some great stories along the way. He married Georg Hawks, and the two of them opened their home to rescue animals to give them love and a good life. 

I got to know Jazz 20 years ago or so, when we both began blogging. At the time, he co-blogged at a fun site called the Middle Earth Journal with the late Ron Beasley, who passed away several years ago. It’s only fitting that we began our friendship by sharply disagreeing with each other over politics on our respective blogs. We got into a habit of picking out topics for debate and doing a back-and-forth, where we always took each other’s point of view with respect — even while disagreeing.

It didn’t take long for us to become fast friends. I feel as though I am telescoping that process too much, although I don’t know if I could ever do it justice. The more we learned about each other, the closer we got, and the more fun we had with each other. After I moved to Hot Air, we continued to banter, both in print and in conversations, sometimes live on air and sometimes in private. When I had the opportunity to get him into the mix at Hot Air, I never hesitated — and it has been an absolute dream ever since to work with him on a daily basis.

I started reading Jazz Shaw at Middle Earth Journal right around the time, when I started to feel exhausted with the Democrat’s using the Iraq War as a wedge issue and their defeatist attitude about that war as well.  Not to mention the Dems support of abortion, without limits and Homosexual stuff, which as an Christian of 42 years, I just cannot and will not accept as normal.

I continued to read Jazz over at HotAir,com as well. He was, I felt, one of the reasonable voices at the blog, along with Ed as well.  Especially after Malkin left. I respected her and all. But, sometimes, she came off as an bit an uppity asshole and an Asian bitch. I will not get into what happened to Malkin and why she is basically is no longer involved with politics. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Rest in Peace Jazz, you have earned it.