A final prayer for Tony Snow
UPDATE: scroll down for lowlights in the comment section at LA Times obituary page for Tony Snow.
A thoughtful, funny and genuine soul has left us for his place beside his maker.
Tony Snow has died after a long bout with cancer. He was 53. I started listening to Tony Snow on the late night radio, and quickly grew to appreciate his coy wit and simple wisdom. He expected decency from people and chided those of us who didn’t offer it first before passing judgment on our opponents. As a press spokesman for the Bush administration he was all class, even when cutting Helen Thomas down to size! I’ll miss his charm, and we’ll all miss his reminders that the world doesn’t pivot on a politicians word or his policy. God Bless You Tony Snow.
EXTRA: I want to add this wisdom from Tony Snow posted on Michelle Malkin’s site.
Blessings arrive in unexpected packages—in my case, cancer.
Those of us with potentially fatal diseases—and there are millions in America today—find ourselves in the odd position of coping with our mortality while trying to fathom God’s will. Although it would be the height of presumption to declare with confidence What It All Means, Scripture provides powerful hints and consolations.
The first is that we shouldn’t spend too much time trying to answer the why questions: Why me? Why must people suffer? Why can’t someone else get sick? We can’t answer such things, and the questions themselves often are designed more to express our anguish than to solicit an answer. I don’t know why I have cancer, and I don’t much care. It is what it is—a plain and indisputable fact. Yet even while staring into a mirror darkly, great and stunning truths begin to take shape. Our maladies define a central feature of our existence: We are fallen. We are imperfect. Our bodies give out.
But despite this—because of it—God offers the possibility of salvation and grace. We don’t know how the narrative of our lives will end, but we get to choose how to use the interval between now and the moment we meet our Creator face-to-face.
Second, we need to get past the anxiety. The mere thought of dying can send adrenaline flooding through your system. A dizzy, unfocused panic seizes you. Your heart thumps; your head swims. You think of nothingness and swoon. You fear partings; you worry about the impact on family and friends. You fidget and get nowhere.
To regain footing, remember that we were born not into death, but into life—and that the journey continues after we have finished our days on this earth. We accept this on faith, but that faith is nourished by a conviction that stirs even within many nonbelieving hearts—an intuition that the gift of life, once given, cannot be taken away. Those who have been stricken enjoy the special privilege of being able to fight with their might, main, and faith to live—fully, richly, exuberantly—no matter how their days may be numbered.
Just to remind anyone who has forgotten – here is how our liberal friends in the comment section are taking the news at the LA Times:
Because there obviously is no god, nor heaven and hell, I’ve always adhered to the idea that if you are saddned by the deaths of your friends and family, you should equally be gladdened by the deaths of people you hate. Tony Snow was a professional liar and willing member of the most notorious administration in this country’s history. I didn’t know him personally, but professionally he was a BS artist extraordinaire. This was the best cancer since Lee Atwater’s brain tumor. — Submitted by: Shaun Mason
I definitely feel sorry for his children and wife. But TOny Snow did while he was at FOX and Whitehouse can’t be forgiven. These Republicans are criminals and the democrats who voted for this war including. I don’t feel sorry him. I think it is time for redemption. Most of us deserve the worst possible punishment for our arrogance and the crimes we committed in the name of liberty,justice and other BS on the rest of the world. THis country runs based on Greed. America is committed to destroying other religions and cultures in the world and make world into an absolute trash. — Submitted by: naagam
I thought the carpet coverage of Snow was really excessive.I did not know the man but I do know Fox News .He could have done something better with his life than defend a man responsible for so many dead soldiers and innocent Iraqi people. — Submitted by: joseph marcucilli
Perhaps one shouldn’t speak ill of the dead, but I do get tired of seeing them dishonestly sanctified by the press. First Tim Russert (the coverage of his death was REALLY overblown), then Jesse Helms, and now Tony Snow. Although the unrepentant Helms might have been the only truly evil character of the three, Russert and Snow covered themselves and their profession with shame by going along with the corruption of the Bush administration. They did tremendous injury to journalism as a profession, and the way they conducted themselves did great, and perhaps irreparable damage to this nstion. — Submitted by: mp
Sick minds. Liberal Democrats. I sense a theme here…
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