In Memoriam, Tony Snow

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The news of Tony Snow’s death wasn’t wholly unexpected, but it’s still devastating. Tony was a man brimming with optimism and you just felt that if anyone could beat this cancer, he could do it. He was an absolute professional in his craft and always, always a gentleman.

The conservative movement is diminished today and anyone who knew him is heartbroken for his wife, Jill, and his three children Kendall, Robbie, and Kristi.

“Rest in peace, gentle warrior.”


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Brent... Amen. I am

Brent...

Amen.

I am once again teary-eyed.

He will be missed by me as long as I am still on this planet.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Tony Snow was truly a class

Tony Snow was truly a class act.

He will be missed greatly.

God bless and comfort his family.

 

Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson

First Tim Russert, now

First Tim Russert, now Tony. Damn.

RIP, Tony.

 

Start each day with a smile, then get it over with. - W.C. Fields

A graceful man taken too soon

Tony Snow was just about the most graceful, kind, and level-headed man in the media and politics.  The conservative movement just lost one of its most effective and beloved spokesman.  May he rest in peace.

May the AP, NY Times and other scum be damned in hell for their disrespect and crassness at this heartbreaking time.

Trial lawyers are the scum of the earth

his warbling voice

He just sounded so damn pleasant on the radio...he warbled and the tone was so damn friendly...

 

Paarl of Rhodesia

Tony

He brought class and respect to that position.  Considering the man who was there before him,  that is a GIANT leap forward. 

Preparing for the crazies on the left to be classless about his passing as usual.

They've already started.

They've already started. HuffPo closed comments, but they are going after him on Kos; I won't sully this site by repeating anything from there.

Instead, I'll say this:

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord; and may perpetual light shine upon him.

 

Shoot 'em all; let God sort 'em out! - Marge Simpson

My wife and I

We believe that the world has lost another of the "special ones" and that it's too bad the "lesser ones" just seem to go on-and-on taking up space and harming others. Sad!

BTW - How are Robert Byrd & Ted Kennedy feeling?

Tony Snow

Intelligent, insightful, glib, funny, self deprecating.  If Bush only had him from the start .  A very strong voice for conservatism and for love of country has passed.  Condolences to his family and a nation diminished by his loss.

"Don't let the bastards grind you down."

Red

Rock On Tony!

He had the makings of a great Commander in Chief.

I had mixed feelings

I had mixed feelings when Tony went to the White House. I though he would do an excellent job. But I wouldn't have the chances to just listen to him speaking totally freely.

A man I greatly respected.

My heart felt sorrow for his family.

Tony made the world a better place. 

"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT

Crazy

Losing great voices like this so young is just crazy. I must admit he truly brought class back to the white house after Mcclellan.

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Tony Snow ICON

With Tony Snow, it was never about Tony Snow and that is rare in the space he worked, it was about other people, even when he was in the limelight he deferred to others, family and faith, unlike the other side, yes the other dark side that will live, Kennedy et al....The big guy takes the "A" team.  Me, I am bummed out....We need more Tony Snow's.!!!!!

I sent an email to FoxNews

I sent an email to FoxNews and said in part: "Like so many others, I was a loyal fan of Tony Snow. His intelligence, warmth, kindness and humor came through each time he spoke. Tony Snow was so optimistic that he must have always looked at the glass as more than half full. I will miss him dearly!  My prayers go out to his wife Jill and his family, as well as his extended family at FoxNews.


Thank you FoxNews for providing the outlet throughout the days to come for sharing memories of Tony with his friends and loyal listeners."

Perhaps some of you may want to email Foxnews and thank them for their coverage of Tony Snow.  I don't know what I would do without FoxNews.

Note: Vice President Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh, among others, will be
commenting on the life of Tony Snow on FoxNews Sunday with Chris
Wallace.

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"They are actively promoting the decline of America." ~ Rush Limbaugh on liberals and Democrats

 

A true gentleman...

That's what Tony Snow was. My family and I have been huge fans of Tony for many years. He was a great talent on air and off...Indeed, in whatever he did. He had such a keen mind and possessed a sharp insight into the news, and politics in particular. Tony was respected by virtually everyone who knew and worked with him. He raised the bar for all presidential press secretaries who will ever follow him, he was so good at the job. It was great fun to watch him handle the WH press corps! He was clearly the smartest person in the room, and they all knew it. 

Tony had an easy, comfortable way about him. There are few people in journalism and politics that I would be really honored to meet, and he was one of them. He was a class act in every way that matters.

God bless Tony Snow and his family. He was truly one of the good guys,  and will be deeply, deeply, missed.

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever."  President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

 I will remember him as

 I will remember him as the one Press Secretary that used to sling holy water at that vampire and Succubus Hell-en Thomas with joy and a laugh. His blue eyes would just sparkle and his boyish good looks and humor would come out even more, when he would school a member of the MSM. Tony was one Cool Cat.

It's understanable why the MSM is doing him such a dis-service today. They wish they possesed one quarter of the balls he had that Jackson threatened to swipe from Obama.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

                   - Ben Kenobi on  Liberals, and the MSM.

                               " The Cake is a lie."   

Tony Snow

A good man.

RIP Tony Snow. You will be

RIP Tony Snow. You will be missed.

Off Topic: Whoa! Nice new site design!

 

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God speed Tony Snow. Your

God speed Tony Snow. Your courage and conviction will ripple through many of lives, and , of course, your family's. You are the definition of inspiration.

God Bless you, Tony Snow.

God Bless you, Tony Snow. What a great American.

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Tony Snow, RIP.

Tony Snow, RIP.

The Gift of Veracity

I first heard Tony years ago sitting in behind the golden mic at EIB.  Being old enough to be skeptical of people who seem too good to be true, it became quickly apparent that this guy was real and not wearing a mask.  I am not good at eulogizing, I think Mark Finkelstein put it best, in a previous post:

 "There was an palpable aura of loving-kindness that emanated from him...In those few minutes, Tony Snow impressed me as one of the kindest, most caring and truly spiritual people I had ever met."

And that is exactly the feeling I got from Tony Snow when listening to him on the radio or wathching him on TV.  I saw Brett Baer tearing up earlier today while talking about Tony.  That is what I did when I first realized, while changing clothes for a trivia night, that Tony had died.  He was truly one of my all time favorite news guys.  RIP Tony.

 

"The future is not set.  There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

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Tony was an Outstanding American

He will be sorely missed by all of us.  I'm glad he is not suffering anymore, cancer is a horrible thing. 

I will remember him for how he enjoyed everything.  Gosh, that man found humor in everything.  I can't think of a time I didn't see him smile.

I hope Tony is dancing in the clouds and playing some musical instrument.  The angels have just received a wonderful guy.

God Bless you Tony and thank you for all you did for us.

A true gentleman and a

A true gentleman and a true man of the cause. He was what the leftnuts hated to see on our side... someone who was smart, could win an argument every time against his nutty opponent and one who had no dirt with which they could say "See!!! You're all a bunch of hypocrites!!!"

With Tony, we always won in the arena of ideas, since he could easily show that our ideas were always more sound than the leftwingers.

We'll meet you on the other side Tony. Rest In Peace! 

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"A society that puts equality...ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom." ~ Milton Friedman

I am so sad -- this was a

I am so sad -- this was a beautiful man in more way than one...I'll miss him tremendously.

Rest well, Tony...my prayers and thoughts are with his family.

TONY SNOW...

Tony Snow was a truely great man, he was in an arena of politics/media in the new era of bitterness, hyper partisanship, & even hate. He was able to avoid those things & still be a very able voice for what he believed. He could dsagree without being disagreeable, something many in the political arena don't understand. He was like Russert, in that, you knew where his political leanings were, but as a media figure, knew how play fair when interviewing a politician. A very rare talent.

He has left us way too early, & I extend my best wishes to his family & friends in this saddest of times for them. His grace & class will be missed. I last heard him a few weeks(6-8 wks I'm guessing) ago filling in for O'Reilly on a Friday on Bill's radio gig. Not once did he bitch about his health, he was asked about it, & sounded positive about his fight. He knew how long the odds were, but he never let that get in his way. That told me about his outlook on life, even while staring down death.

He will be missed, RIP...

 

"...it's still We The People, Right?"  Megadeth