Tony Snow, father of three, dead at 53

Wow, didn't realize it was that bad. As a democrat, let me say you showed wonderful class and humor. As well as tremendous courage in your struggle with this disease. RIP Mr. Snow. May God give you rest and comfort to your family.

Tony Snow was the best Press Secretary ever.I loved his Fox News Sunday he was better than Chris Wallace.God Bless Tony Snow! Jerry White, Springfield, IL

To bad.

RIP

I wish that Mr. Snow rests in peace. But when Russert died, Barbara Walters and others used it as an opportunity to nag about weight. That was tacky and unforgiveable. (And he wasn't even that fat!) Are we going to find a nag opportunity in Mr. Snow's death? Or realize that when our time comes our time comes! No one really know why and we should not sit around and judge for some and not for others.

I wonder what Tony and Jesse Helms are talking to the devil about right now

Hard to feel sorry for a man whose salary of $168,000.00 was not enough to supprot his life style. A true Republican who advanced this administration's continuing lies and crimes. He will need all of his talents to explain his life at the pearly gates.

He may have been a great guy in a tough job, but watching him spin lies for the Bush administration, while barely able to keep a straight face, was painful and infuriating. Sorry, but I can't help thinking of him more as infamous than famous.

My God you liberals are sick people!!! This is the exact reason why you will be defeated in the coming election. True Americans are fed up with your hatred!!! STOP LIBERAL HATRED....VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS COUNTRY.....JOHN McCAIN AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!!! Rest in peace Tony...you ARE a great American!!!!!

To Bill and to Ken L.,
this country lost a great American. He had a record of admonishing the Bush or any other administration when he felt they were not true to America. Your failure to know this is a testament to a blind Kool-aid drinking uninformed ideology. He may have been slightly right of center, but his integrity was All American.

Rest In Peace Mr. Snow - your departure is not timely as this country needs you now more than ever. Please put in a good word for America with that Deity upstairs. You are and will be missed.

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To Domenick, Bill, and Ken L.:

You are a group of no-class pieces of garbage. Have a nice day!

Hey Bill....What "pearly gates" are you referring too? You can't possibly believe in God after making such a hate filled comment about a fellow human being dieing. You my friend...will have some explaining to do!!!!

He was a good and honorable man.
He will be missed by all good people.
Prayers for his family and loved ones.

bill, your statement is classless.

as a dem myself, he was a worthy opponent. nobody deserves to have to fight cancer like he did. my best wishes to his family in their loss.

Why would you post such hateful comments at a time like this?

Oh my God...you pathetic people rejoicing in a man's death are the most disgusting form of life. YOU people define "hate speech" and I can clearly see your left (Communist) political leanings.

I do hope that when you call 911 a Repubulican policeman or fireman shows up at your door and you can tell them to get lost. Ironically they will still save and protect you even though you should not be saved.

God bless you and your family Tony. Thank you for your love of country and your service. May the people that hate you fend for themselves and carry their hate to their graves, alone.

Bill..You're an idiot. How long do you think $168,000 would last his family after he was gone?

Rest in Peace Tony.

Wow, do I expect anything less from Liberals? Say ANYTHING they don't like and they either want to silence you or attack you as greedy.

If you have a brain, vote McCain...
If you want a free llama, vote Obama.

For those of you reading at home and feeling a need to post your VERY important comment about this news (or someone else's response to it).....

Here's some food for thought --you don't have an obligation to tell the world how you think or feel.

Nobody asked you, or cares.

I lost my mother earlier this year to colon cancer. Losing someone to this dreaded disease can be truly devastating. I hope that someday, in my lifetime, enough resources can be devoted to eliminating the scourge of cancer from the face of this earth. I admired Mr. Snow's courage and faith in his battle to live. My sincere condolences to his family and may God grant him memory eternal.

Ellen - Pot. Kettle. Black. Google these terms together.

As a liberal I am sad that a man's family will have to make do without him. Tony was a hack, but I take no pleasure in his death.

To you nut-jobs (Joe, sad,) crying about "hate filled speech" Google Ted Kennedy Brain Tumor and you'll find plenty of hate speech from your ilk. It happens on both sides. You are not above it.

Hey Bill and Ken,

Bush lied. Clinton lied. Reagan lied. Carter lied. Ford lied. Nixon lied. Johnson lied. Kennedy lied.

They all did at one time or another. Serious. I'm not lieing.

What's sending a kick in the you-know-whats to a man who's soul left this earth today, and he seemed like a good soul at that.

Ellen: Yet you took the time to post your opinion... What a moron.

I love how the brainwashed masses like Thomas Breithaupt consider anyone with a different opinion to be a "Communist". People like him make me embarrassed to be an American sometimes.

Man with honor would never serve under Bush administration.
Tony Snow was just another liar.

Snow was a republican shill when he worked at FAUX "NEWS". He continued his shilling as the pResident's spokesmodel. His lying and phony unbiased banter won't be missed by anyone who seeks the truth from their reporting. Good riddance.

Tony was a class act all the way that put knucklehead liberals in their miserable place every time. May God rest his sole.

Ellen.....same goes for you!

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"Nobody asked you, or cares."

Posted by: Ellen | July 12, 2008 1:22 PM
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Here is some "food for thought" for you, Ellen: No one cares what you think either. We come to this board to share ideas. You need not share ideas if that does not suit you. On the other hand, it is rather obtuse of you to dissuade people from communicating on a board created for that very purpose.
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As for the rest of you, the level of mean-spiritedness exhibited here is insufferable. I do not recall, for example, any instances where someone suggested Tim Russert was roasting in the nether-regions for being a liberal. Notions of decency ought to warrant the same level of respect here.
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Did you see that, Ellen? You do not tell people to shut up. You let them speak their minds and then meet disagreeable speech with more speech in the form of criticism. That is the American, First Amendment way to do things. You shouldn't need me to tell you this.

Here's an interesting update...the Huffington Post is no longer accepting comments about the passing of Tony Snow because of the embarrassing, hate filled comments by liberals. Way to go lib's.....you guy's (and gals) are a class act!!!!! You were suppose to ignore or at least challenge your college professor when he/she was teaching you to hate America!

Domenick, I'm sure you'll find out soon enough if you post messages like that on a regular basis. I'm no republican and I think Bush is a criminal and the worst president we've ever had, but everything I've seen of Snow showed him to be a nice intelligent man. You may not have agreed with him but that doesn't mean his family needs to see your no class and tasteless comment on a public forum.

Thanks for the condescending lesson Ellen. I've been posting to these things because I thought I was required to. Now that I know I don't have to, I'll just find something better to do with my time like wasting my time posting messages about not posting messages.

Please go somewhere else and heed your own advice.

Shut up, Ellen. Nobody asked or cares what you think.

I am a liberal in much of my politics and I am also a 2 time cancer survivor. I don't give a damn what my Oncologist's politics are and I am ashamed that people would use Mr. Snow's death to further their own hate filled message. I am also upset that some view the hate spreaders as liberals...they are not fit to wear a badge that says liberal or conservative. They are scum and I would not wish what I have gone through on any of them. Yet, they make me sick.

Rest in peace, Mr. Snow.

Mr. Snow may you rest in peace and may your family come to peace with your passing.

Bill and Ken L: You are correct.

Joe: Where is the hatred here? Who does not love their country here? Answer: You are making this up - it is a lie. You are a discredit to your name.

Ken Moyes: Does lying to cover your bosses lies constitute all-American integrity? I hope Mr. Snow puts in a good word for the world.

Al: You are way off base here.

Brian: Who here said anybody deserves to fight cancer? Answer: Nobody.

m mercaldo: The only things I've seen approaching hatred here are from those criticizing Bill and Ken L. for making truthful statements.

Thomas Breithaupt: Who here is rejoicing in a persons death? Answer: Nobody - you are making this up. I see a lot of hatred in your words - what might Jesus have to say to you about your ill-will?

Anonymous: Do you really think Mr. Snow passed on with only $168,000 for his family? Really?

Ellen: True.

Another gone too soon. My prayers are with his family and friends.

I was surprised and very saddened. I had no idea he was in that bad a condition. I never agreed with him re: bush but he had a way about him with wit and style that I appreciated. It can happen to any of us, at any time.

Mr. Snow is just ahead of the rest of us on our journey. But, let's tell the truth, he sugar coated stories and at times lied about news and press releases. Surely America progresses, funeral by funeral.

Anyone who voted for Bush especially the second time is responsible for the death of 4,000+ Americans and 100,000+ Iraqis. Any ill fortune that comes their way is deserved.

Thank you, Mark Silva. Combined with the President's words, you have provided a warm tribute to and summation of a truly deserving man. I, too, believe that he would have preferred to be remembered as a father above all else.

this is a terrible representation of the chicago tribune. people yelling at each other (on the weekend, no less).

case in point: [[To Domenick, Bill, and Ken L.: You are a group of no-class pieces of garbage. Have a nice day! Posted by: Al | July 12, 2008 12:35 PM]]

"the swamp," generating plenty of heat and very little light.

I left the Swamp a few months basically because I was tired of dealing with the absolute sickest of the sick -- the Loony Left. I also was tired of posts being senselessly censored by Tribune hires who were not qualified to make such decisions. After seeing some of the comments here from the Hate-Filled Members of the Loony Left, I stand by contention that the Loony Left truly is THE WORST MANKIND HAS TO OFFER!!

Tony, I am deeply saddened by your loss and sad for your wonderful family. Just like Tim Russert, you died much too young. Tony Snow was a great patriot, a great American. Mr. Snow had more class in baby toe than any Loony Lefty could ever hope to have!
God Bless, you, Tony Snow.

What is confounding to me is that Snow, the son of a woman who died of colon cancer at the age of 38, wasn't given screenings every year from age 20 on. My beloved sister-in-law was diagnosed last year with Stage 4 colon cancer at the age of 40. The doctors told her it could have been growing for TEN years.
She didn't have regular screenings because no one else in the family has had colon cancer.

But, for someone whose mother died of it, not to have regular colonoscopies is stunning. I am ASSUMING he didn't have regular yearly screenings because I assume they would have caught the cancer much earlier.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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....yeah, ok, "john," we get it. loony left. we are cut to the quick.

IMHO, you should have stayed away, you paranoid freak.

Even cowboys like George Bush know that the bad guys always get it in the end.

i am a liberal, not going for the progressive tag. i met tony snow in 2004. i was shooting nab radio and he was the mc for the evening. i wanted to hate this guy, i mean come on, fox news, conservative ... i couldn't. a very nice person, funny, cordial, helpful and easy to shoot. very involved with disabled vets. he stood by his convictions. i hoped he would beat the cancer, i'm very sorry he didn't. my thoughts are with him and his family. he was a class act. as to a lot of the liberals and conservatives who have commented today, ya, not so much

I get sick of hate-filled conservatives bashing all liberals every time they see a comment they don't like. So liberals should bash each and every conservative if they see a comment they disagree with? Look at the comments here about liberals. These are not hateful? Don't tell me that these are just a response to the comments about Snow. Hateful people make hateful comments.

I agree totally with what John D (July 12, 2008 4:42 PM) has to say. Tony was one of the most even handed, fair, and intelligent people I have ever known. Even though, at times, I could not agree with what he said. I will miss him greatly.

As for the others who can only hate and see negativity where ever they may look, and who have no clue as to the character of the man they are now trashing, may you all get what you truly deserve - a life of nothing but hate.

I know Tony would forgive those who post hate messages, and ask us to do the same. I know Tony would ask us to be positive, and to give back to others and help each other. I know Tony would wish God's blessings on all of us no matter what we call our own political persuasion.

I knew Tony. He was a man of class and character, who loved his family and country. He shared his illness openly and gave of himself often. He tried to be strong and positive, even when he probably knew death was coming sooner rather than later.

Liberals and conservatives alike have lost a good man and a patriot (and for the record, I am not a Republican and often disagreed with his views). He was truly one of the "good guys". My prayers are with the family.

Tony, we will meet again. I thank the Lord for giving us this man.

This is my first experience visiting The Swamp. I am appalled at so many vilifying comments about a wonderful man at such a sad time. Here comes sgs who actually met him and spent time with him and liked him. And a Liberal yet. What can all of you who wrote such derogatory comments have to say about someone you didn't even know. God be with Tony's family. Peace be to his memory. Martha S.

Tony Snow, father of three, went to his grave in defense of an administration that waged a ruthless war based on what it had to know was false information and which left countless of children dead, wounded or orphaned.

Those who eulogize Snow will say he did it out of love of country. But, like GW, I answer to a higher calling.

Professionally I think he was a hack, but death goes way beyond politics. It's sad that his family has to watch him waste away before their eyes.

He stood up for what he believed in, and although I don't agree with or understand how he held these beliefs, this is what being an American is about.

He was an American and a human being. We are less for his passing.

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." --John Donne

You people act like you know him. People die every day, the sun will rise tomorrow and there will be one less liar in the world. I dont shed tears over people like Snow.

The courage and paritcularly the optimism and faith which Tony Snow exhibited in his fight against colon cancer should be an inspiration. I know that they were to me.

The comments made by persons such as Domenick, Bill, and Ken L. which express a lack of sorrow and to some extent, joy, in Mr. Snow's death are not only tasteless, they are reprehensible. Regardless of his politics, Mr., Snow was a human being. There is every reason to believe that he was a decent person.

He certainly did nothing that would justify any one taking comfort in the fact that he died at the relatively young age of 53. His passing is a loss.

"Ask not for whom the bell tolls. The bell tolls for thee."

Shame on all of you for using the news of this man's death as a platform for your own personal "issues". He was a son, a father, a husband and he died too young of a horrible disease that takes too much, too soon.
RIP, Mr. Snow. Prayers to the grieving family.

Wow.

The man is barely gone, yet all the right wing haters use this board to spew their anger and venom. So much for the party of ideas and moral values. Same old division, same old spite.

We do need a change in our nation, away from the same old same old.

Just to clarify my position. I'm sorry that Snow died: I don't rejoice at anyone's death. But when you happily work for the devil, don't expect people to bless your work or your life.

I am ashamed at the cold and heartless postings of some people, and it saddens me that such people exist. I suppose the hateful and emotionless postings of some people in this forum can explain how hate takes over the mind, and people like Hitler, Stalin, and Bin Laden conducted so many atrocities.

For the record, I am a moderate and voting for Obama, but Tony Snow was a good man. I hope there are more like him than the ruthless, mean spirited, and heartless people who spew hate so easily on this message board.

My condolences go out to the family. This is truly a sad time for them, and no one should have to lose their father. That being said, simply pointing out that it was, at times, difficult to listen to Snow do his PR job for Bush when you could tell he didn't believe half of the things he said, is NOT some awful comment. It is not hateful to comment on how someone performed on their job. So long as no body cheers for his death, having passed does not mean you have to laud everything that have ever done in their life.

good, one less liar on earth. he was another one of those who used fear and god and patriotism as a club against another human being to get what he wanted.

green trees, i would welcome you back but you never left.

p.s. tony can't hear you. he died today.

Ken, you did not know Tony Snow. You did not know his heart, his love, and his kindness. If you had any clue as to who this man was, you could never make such careless statements.

I guarantee you, Tony is with God at this moment. His life, aside from politics (that was a job, not his life), was in service to others with cancer, and those ill with other dreaded diseases. He was an uplifting, sensitive soul who really cared and helped hundreds of people. His faith did not waiver, and he knew his faults and sins, and openly shared them.

Politically, I disagreed with his views on many things, but not his humanity and respect for all people. Politics to some people is a religion, and "the other side" was evil and not to be trusted. Tony was not like this, and had friends from the entire spectrum of political viewpoints. He never felt less of others who disagreed with him.

You did not know the man, so your opinion can be easily forgiven. If you did know him and his wonderful heart, you would consider him a good man. I knew him and he was certainly a better man than I am.

Many mourn our loss.

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Posted by: strut2k | July 12, 2008 10:21 PM
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Wash out your headgear. Any fair and impartial tally would show the overwhelming majority of venomous posts come from those on the left, who are now cheering Tony Snow's death. The proof is in front of your face, which makes inexplicable your inability to see it.
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You really ought to lose the idea all evil comes from Republicans and nothing bad can come from the left. All men are capable of good and bad, idiocy and genius, wisdom and foolishness. The desire to absolve one faction of all faults and blame another faction for every problem is exactly the kind of thinking that gave fascism its legs in Europe during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Think about it.

It is so reassuring that the Democrats have embraced Obama's politics of unity and eschewed hate filled rhetoric.

Yeah, right.

By all accounts Tony Snow (like Tim Russert) was a decent caring man. I fear for this country that there are imbeciles who cannot separate their personal feeling about people from their political "ideals" although I use that term very loosely. Hearing these vitriolic comments about a man whose body has barely reached room temperature, a man who has hurt nobody, is just as sad as hearing of his passing.

May Tony rest in peace.

Maybe the comments re: Snowjob wouldn't be so acrid if the Trib's Mark Silva hadn't written a tongue kiss for somebody who was a flack for the worst presidential administration in the 20th century. Snow wasn't a conservative; he was a far-right ideologue. Editorial page editor of the Moonie-owned Washington Times and a talking head for Fox, if anyone deserves a harsh obit it's Snow. And, yes, for those of you who think Tim Russert got too flowery a send-off, it's true. Neither deserves brickbats in the first days after their deaths, but neither guy was a hero, or even much of a journalist. Russert was an entertainment personality and Snow in effect an apologist for criminals. Sure, they died too soon, but they both lived badly. Let's not glamorize hacks.

"He may have been a great guy in a tough job, but watching him spin lies for the Bush administration, while barely able to keep a straight face, was painful and infuriating. Sorry, but I can't help thinking of him more as infamous than famous."

Exactly, and that ain't hate speech, it is a fact.

We should not speak ill of the dead and the "liberals" should go easy on Tony, but Joe, EVERY White House Speaker will (knowingly) tell lies, that's their job. If a democrat wins, the speak will be telling lies, that's a guarantee. So its not a liberal/conservative thing and you don't need to go off.

But when you happily work for the devil, don't expect people to bless your work or your life.
Posted by: Ken L. | July 12, 2008 11:01 PM

Ken same could be said for the Clinton Admin. and the Kennedy Admin. after all he got us into a needless war that cost us 56.000 folks. sounds like you might be the tyrant Chavez posting in a Anglo name. Every dog has his day and so shall you have your day Ken.

Sure, they died too soon, but they both lived badly. Let's not glamorize hacks.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 13, 2008 3:27 AM

No doubt you must be referring to Mr. Snows work in Kenya years ago to help the impoverished. Folks like you shouldn't be allowed to post when they are so ignorant to the facts of ones' life. Enjoy your hate filled life do you ?