Tony Snow Dies Of Cancer At 53

Proof  •  July 12, 2008

My condolences and prayers to his family and friends. The guy was a class act:

Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and conservative pundit who bedeviled the press corps and charmed millions as a FOX News television and radio host, died after a long bout with cancer. He was 53.

That’s a damn shame. He handled himself with style.
Out of curiousity I checked a couple of the lefty sites, Kos and Huffington, just to see if there were the usual vitriolic “rot in hell” comments from their kinder and gentler readers about this.
Surprisingly, on Kos anyway, there a few, but not an overwhelming number. Many people had either relatively neutral comments, sending regards to friends and family, while some had kind words for the man. I was, frankly, surprised.
Comments on the Huffington Post were turned off for this story. I wonder why that was?
Anyway, rest in peace, Tony Snow, and God bless.

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  • http://Array Aye Chihuahua

    Whoa.

    53?

    53??

    That’s too young.

    First Russert, now Snow.

    53 is too young to leave your family behind.

    May God comfort the family and friends of Tony Snow. He was a good man firmly and unabashedly anchored in his beliefs, both spiritual and political.

    The country is poorer because of his absence.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

    He took on a tough job and did it with a smile.

  • robert108

    AP has already taken a cheap shot at Tony.

    http://www.bizzyblog.com/APonTonySnowDeath071208.html

  • http://www.ski-blog.com/ sayanything-24

    It was almost daily that he said something so witty and direct that he left me laughing. It made watching the occasional press briefing enjoyable much the way the early Iraq War conferences with Rummy were. Sparring with the media and using humor and wit to keep people from just being partisan.

    The conservative movement lost a voice that even the most ardent Bush haters kinda liked. And his family lost a great man. Prayers go out to his family and friends. I was heartsick to hear that his cancer had worsened to the extent that it did when he had previously said his resigning was due to financial reasons.

  • http://dougeefargo.blogspot.com/ dougee

    God bless you Tony Snow. You really were a class act and handled yourself the way only a true gentleman could. My prayers go out to you and your family.

  • Puzzlefeet

    Indeed he was. We differed politically, but he was a gentleman. Prayers to his family.

  • Bat One

    Prayers and condolences to his family and friends. He was a class act, and a gentleman, and his example will be sorely missed.

    God Bless!

  • http://www.kenmccracken.blogspot.com/ Ken McCracken

    This is a shock – I had no idea his cancer was that far gone.

    Tony Snow improved the debate climate and he will be missed.

  • Neiman

    I had a few occasions to communicate with him directly by Email before he became Press Secretary and he was indeed a gentleman, very intelligent, he had no malice towards other people and he was an exceptional spokesperson for conservativism.

    My prayers are for his family!

    This morning, FOX News, with their Wall Street programs going had no time to break in for the story, I caught it on CNN and MSNBC

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    That’s too bad! He was a class act…full of life and good humor. Our condolences to his family.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    Way too young.

    May God Bless him and his family.

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