Tony Snow, a former Fox News anchorman and White House Press Secretary, passed away this morning after battling cancer, but instead of the somber remembrance and sadness that you would expect upon the death of such an important person, much like with the death of Jesse Helms, the left was far less than apologetic and the only condolonces offered were for themselves, that it was not the President nor Vice President whom had perished.

I begin with the Queen of Lies, Arianna Huffington herself, so-called “former conservative” who now runs what amounts to the virtual equivalent of the five minutes hate. Here’s a few choice comments her readers had to say about Tony Snow’s passing:

gcswift2 | Posted 03:22 PM on 07/12/2008

“He brought wit, grace, and a great love of country to his work….
Huh?Bush administration he was enjoying “the most exciting, intellectually aerobic job I’m ever going to have.”…
all that lying has to be difficult

if not always a command of the facts _ he became a popular figure around the country to the delight of his White House bosses….
He gave a great “snowjob”

I send my condolences to his family, but I’m happy he’s gone.

moving to Washington in 1987 to become editorial page editor of The Washington Times. Snow left journalism in 1991 to join the administration of the first President Bush…
I would argue he left journalism in 1987.“

Speaking of Helms, here’s one that involves the both of them:

doctorzuma | Posted 02:55 PM on 07/12/2008

“Helms and Snow in one week-the world is a better place without both of these regressive forces. Sad but true.“

Despite Ms. Huffington desperately trying to prevent such comments from making her look bad while the world is watching, comments like the following are par for the course as far as her website is concerned:

wmbear | Posted 02:43 PM on 07/12/2008

“We’ll miss ya, Tony…

NOT!!!

My reaction to the death of Tony Snow is about on par with my reaction to William Buckley’s death a few months ago. As J.R.R. Tolkein might have put it, a pernicious influence has passed from the Earth.

Unless you were a personal friend of Tony Snow’s (god help you), what’s to mourn.

(And by the way, I make no apologies for the tone of this post. Do people whose scope has allowed them to do great damage — or in Snow’s case, enable it — deserve our tears?)“

I would quote from the DailyKos and other such leftist sites, but the quotes I found there were far worse and too vitriolic that I dare not post them here. When an established leftist passes away, we are made to hear about them for weeks and their service to America, but when it is an esteemed Republican that passes away, it’s just short of a parade on the left. Our liberal friends are morally and mentally bankrupt, and if you let their masters like Barack Obama into the White House, you’ll be bankrupt too. The only change Obama hopes to create is spare change, and he’ll take that from you too.

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