Farewell to Tony Snow: 1955-2008

Tony Snow is almost universally remembered as a fine, decent man. I saw him speak at a local auditorium some years ago, and his optimism and love of family and country were infectious. May God bless him and his family. The country has lost a wonderful thinker, commenter, husband, and father.

That said, here are some tributes to Tony Snow from the intellectual giants at the liberal blog Daily Kos:

a reminder of the need for universal health care - if a dude like Snow can get hit with cancer when probably able to get decent care under his employers' health plans (not just the gold-plated government plan, but also when he worked for FAUX News), how many people are walking around with undiagnosed crap because they can't afford to see a doctor? Oh, and guys - check your balls regularly.

I feel for Tony's kids. They had nothing to do with their dad's miserable public service.

Fuck Tony Snow. Fuck GWB. Fuck the right wing as a staff, as a party, and as a motherfucking crew.

The fact that he died doesn't make everything cool. Hitler is dead too, and he's still an asshole, and i wish I could bring him back just to kill him again. Now fuck off, douche.

And my personal favorite:

Oh. Fucking. Well.

Spread filth and lies during your life, work for a networks full of assholes, and spreading Bush propaganda.

No fake ass eulogies here. Good riddance motherfucker.

Hopefully Bill o Reilly can kick the bucket soon, him and limbaugh.

Fuck Tony Snow. Rest in hell.

My goodness. To be sure, there are other commenters telling these tolerant progressives to cool it, but mostly because it might reflect badly on them, not because they find such nonsense offensive beyond the pale.