With sadness, I learned today of the passing of Tony Snow, 53, from cancer. We had been following Tony's battle with cancer, always encouraged when he appeared on radio for an interview, and hoped that he would win his fight. Tragically, he did not.
Those in the profession who knew Tony, uniformly liked and respected him. With his upbeat way and good cheer, he was a bright and articulate voice for the conservative cause.
Tony's voice will be missed. I wish his family comfort, and may he rest in peace in the arms of the Lord.
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I also feel very sad about his death. I just saw him on Larry King a few weeks ago, and thought he was okay.
Ingrid,
If you want to witness the sickness of the American left, go to the reader comments at daily kos blog. Most of the readers are celebrating.
He seemed like a decent guy, and I actually could respect him, even when he was the White House Press Secretary, which, let's face it, is nothing more than a nice way of calling somebody the Minister of Propaganda.
Jon Stewart had him on his show and it was one of his better interviews. They were disagreeing a bit, but the conversation was productive and respectful (unlike other...AHEM...shows out there). Also, I don't recall him being as much of a target for jokes as McClellan and Fleischer were.
Check it out (the second part is better, as the first is kinda fluffy):
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=118582&title=tony-snow-pt.-1
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=118583&title=tony-snow-pt.-2
I checked out Dailykos though, Gary, and I'm not seeing what you're describing. Sure, there's some criticisms of the man's politics and the position that he held, but I didn't see anything that went over the line and went into a personal attack. I mean, I didn't read EVERY post, so I can imagine that there might be a few on there.
And I've spent too much time on right wing message boards to believe that the left has a monopoly on vitriol.
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