Tony Snow cancels speeches at EWU (Taken to Hospital)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: KXLY.com

SPOKANE -- Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has canceled a series of speaking engagements at Eastern Washington University because of illness.

Snow was supposed to make a series of appearances Tuesday at EWU. However, he was taken to the hospital to be treated for exhaustion, in consultation with his doctor, according to a source at the University.

The source said he checked into the hospital at 9:30 a.m.

Snow was diagnosed with colon cancer several years ago, and he left his position as press secretary for President Bush in September to deal with the disease. He has said the cancer is in remission.

This week, Snow was hired by CNN to be a conservative commentator. Before being named Press Secretary, he spent several years working at CNN rival Fox News.



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I'm certainly no fan of his and I'm pissed at CNN for hiring another wingnut - but I hope you beat this Tony. This doesn't sound good.

[Faygo Kid]

1. I hope he heals. And doesn't show up on CNN. Long life, outta my face.

Get well and go away.

[Genevieve]

3. that's it -- exactly!

you read my mind. :-)

[FatDave]

39. Could not have said it better.

Nicely done.

[peacebird]

2. perhaps the evil he willing spewed for so long has decided to feed on him

Hate to admit it, but so many GOOD people die of cancer - I can't worry about vermin like him.

[Pamela Troy]

48. But you can take the time to call a seriously ill man names, eh?

Your post is all the more disgusting given the username you've chosen.

You'd better hope that spewing evil DOESN'T cause cancer.

[Psephos]

69. Maybe you should pick a different username n/t

[The Doctor.]

4. As much as I'd like to make a sepsis joke, he's put up a hell of a fight,

and I hope it's nothing serious.

[Barrymores Ghost]

19. My heart goes out to the modern-day Goebbels.

:nopity:

[gateley]

5. I wish him the best,

although I can't stand him.

He HAS put up a hell of a fight, as someone mentioned.

[maddezmom]

6. geez

:( I was pissing and moaning about his commentary on CNN last night. Hopefully it's just the flu or something as I know it's going around here.

[cornermouse]

7. Hope it's not a recurrence

or metastasis. I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone.

[eleny]

8. uh-oh

doesn't sound too good.

[emilyg]

9. Hope he'll be OK.

[MissDeeds]

32. Same here

Don't like his politics, but we have more ethics than to wish a recurrence of cancer on him. I hope he lives a long, healthy life and in so doing sees that the "right" is wrong.

[emilyg]

46. Indeed.

[Name removed]

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[Mojambo]

11. Hope he gets well soon. n/t

[Catch22Dem]

12. Best wishes to Mr. Snow and his family

I'm not going to let my intense hatred for his POLITICS hamper my humanity. Hopefully he just overdid it and needs fluids and rest. I wish him the best. I also hope the last I hear of him is that he's OK. CNN doesn't need another conservative.

[Jack Rabbit]

13. Get well, Mr. Snow

!!

[SlingBlade]

14. He's going to be telling a lie

The day he dies. Probably the last words out of his mouth
will be a lie.

I find it hard to feel sorry for someone who has spun the
deaths of more than 4041 Americans and nearly 30,000 seriously
injured.

Who cries for them but their families.

[DemocratInSoCal]

16. Welcome To The Non-Human Beings Club

Because those of us who lack compassion for him, are less than human, according to many here.

I guess it's o.k. that he lives longer, so he can SPIN LIES and bring about the eventual death of more soldiers, and more Americans.

That's acceptable, but him suffering directly, is not.

I have no control over whether he lives or dies, but I won't lose any sleep if it's the latter, nor will I pray for his health so he continues to take up space on this planet.

[OhioChick]

15. I wish him well....

But wonder why he doesn't spend time with his wife and kids. He is terminal, isn't he?
I'd want to be with my family...but that's just me. :shrug:

[DemocratInSoCal]

17. Because....

SPINNING LIES and Backing This Administration Until His Last Breath, is much more important to him.

I'd have more respect for him if he retired and spent time with his family, but at least he has HIS priorities in order.

[Barrymores Ghost]

18. At least Lee Atwater had the basic human decency to make a deathbed confession...

...and apologize sincerely for his evil complicity in the Reagan/Bush regime's crimes, and to beg forgiveness.

[YDogg]

20. Fuck Lee Atwater.

[Barrymores Ghost]

23. I'm not lionizing Atwater...or any other neo-Con propoganda minister.

He didn't win me over just because he said "I'm sorry," but at least he admitted he was wrong -- which is something these animals are incapable of. I'm simply saying I'm not going to lavish any fake praise or waste warm fuzzies on Snow.

[YDogg]

25. sorry. my acid relux was actin' up.

:hi:

[calimary]

70. No need for apologies. In fact, I second your earlier post:

FUCK lee atwater. So much of what's gone wrong with this country and its politics, and the rise of the worst bad guys since Hitler can be laid directly at his headstone.

It's kind of nice that he finally apologized - probably because he felt the cold breath of the Grim Reaper and knew what was coming next, and didn't want to have to face what he'd earned. But it was - um - a LITTLE late. He might have started a decade or so earlier, if he sincerely wanted forgiveness.

[orleans]

22. tony snow is a fucking asshole. he won't be getting any special

treatment from me just because he is sick. fuck him. he went along and fucked all of us over for a good long time. i think he's a dick.

[elfin]

21. The various news organizations are handing

him off to one another sequentially so he can continue to have health insurance. That's my guess.

They must know he cannot do any substantive work in his condition -- but they "like' him and are covering for him to help set up his family.

I don't think he is enormously wealthy unlike others in the biz.

[RamboLiberal]

24. I think you hit the nail on the head

Maybe if these clowns had to pay their bills out of their own pockets or be denied treatment cause they lacked funds they'd get a clue. I don't wish ill on Tony, but it would be an eyeopener to these jerks if they and their families lost their comfortable lifestyles and had to hold community fundraisers to get treatment. Maybe then they'd quit selling the damn Repuke agenda and realize its past time for single payer health care in this country just like the rest of the industrialized world. Maybe then they quit spewing the lies about how health care in Canada and other industrialized countries are not as good as U.S. care.

Yep, CNN stepped in to help a well-heeled member of their little elitist fraternity.

[Barrymores Ghost]

27. Then again, maybe they WOULDN'T.

I'll withhold any benefit of the doubt until I see concrete evidence of behavior that warrants it.

[mwb970]

26. I don't need for him to suffer.

It would be a much tougher call if it were cheney.

[Barrymores Ghost]

28. Wouldn't be a tough call for me at all.

And when it was over, I'd show up at the evil fuck's funeral in a red suit with a purple, green and orange ascot, and carrying an airhorn.

[Skittles]

50. that is unseemly

totally understandable though :rofl:

[Pamela Troy]

52. It's disgusting.

So is that "cute" animation in your reply.

[Skittles]

54. I could not drum up any sympathy for that evil bastard Cheney

if you could, more power to you

[Pamela Troy]

55. God I hate the Freepification of language here.

It's always the same chest beating, the same posturing, the same swaggering. Invariably the poster mimes trying to "drum of sympathy," or "work up some tears," and then preeningly confesses his or her failure to do it.

Does wallowing in this kind of crap truly make you feel tough?

[Skittles]

59. oh PLEASE

that bastard is responsible for the DEATHS OF MILLIONS. GO FUCKING CRY YOUR TEARS SOMEWHERE ELSE. :puke:

[Pamela Troy]

60. No. I'll do it here. Freepers disgust me. Wherever they turn up.

Honestly, do you consider yourself stronger, braver, tougher because you have an emotional stake in sneering at a seriously ill man? Because if you do, that's pathetic.

[Barrymores Ghost]

75. We were talking about Cheney...go back and read the entire sub-thread.

If you happen to just miss that part, then I'd advise you to kindly pay closer attention next time, before you jump in with accusations of trolling Freepers. That's a tomb-stoning offense, and I for one take it very seriously.

Now, on the other hand, if you can still muster your phony praise and sappy well-wishes for that evil, mass-murdering prick and insist that I'm a bad person for looking forward my day of celebration, then I'd say you're a puffed-up hypocrite.

But you go ahead and bask in your self-professed moral superiority.

[Pamela Troy]

78. What "praise" have I offered Tony Snow or Dick Cheney?

I don't consider it especially elevated to refrain from gloating about another person's suffering.

Maybe it just looks that way from where you're standing.

[Barrymores Ghost]

80. I don't think it's particularly elevated, either...

...and I certainly don't think that actually gloating is.

But I also don't think that it's any more elevated to stand on a soapbox and make public pretense (sincere or not) of giving two shits about the nasty fate of truly evil people who have contributed more to the cause of global human suffering than any of us can fathom, and who've done it all for power and profit, for their God, and maybe even just for shits and giggles.

It that makes me a bad person or a neo-Freeper in your eyes...oh, well.

[spoony]

71. Oh, good, old man Phelps posts at DU now.

[Barrymores Ghost]

74. We were discussing Darth Dick, not Snow, and I'll ignore your obvious ignorance about me...

...and what I believe in. If the bastard's shriveled black heart were to explode in his chest today, I'd call in sick from work and go to the nearest bar and buy shots for the entire house until closing time.

If you can work up empathy or sympathy for people who are responsible for bankrupting a country and for committing mass murder on a global scale, then you're clearly a "superior" human being. Congratulations. I'll raise my glass to you while I pump my other fist in the air.

Cheers.

[spoony]

77. Human death doesn't get me off

Unlike Cheney and, apparently, you.

[Barrymores Ghost]

79. I'd toast the greater good...

If you call that "getting off" from human death, then that's your interpretation.

Whatever.

[Doremus]

76. No hunting parka and boots? n/t

[CoffeeCat]

29. I saw him on CNN earlier this moring....

...and I thought he looked terrific.

He looked like he had improved a great deal, from when he was diagnosed and fighting
the cancer.

[Ian David]

30. I wish him a speedy and dignified end to his suffering.

I don't want to have to stand outside his hospital with a piece of tape over my mouth and a sign that says, "Feed Tony."

Besides, I really enjoyed him in The Munsters.

[ckramer]

31. Warning - Being a hateful rightwing damage your health

it's true.

[Pamela Troy]

58. Being a hateful leftwinger is just as bad.

[onehandle]

33. Best to Mr. Snow and his family. nt

[libnnc]

34. That is not good news

Hope he's able to spend time with the people he loves.

Screw the career at this point.

[DemocratInSoCal]

38. He PREFERS The Career

He has the ability to spend time with the people he loves.

He CHOOSES to spend it SPINNING LIES until the very end.

[Dulcinea]

81. He's probably trying to earn as much as he can, while he can. eom

[madrchsod]

35. maybe he will see the light like lee atwater did....

[DemocratInSoCal]

37. Maybe The Easter Bunny Exists nt

[Scooter24]

36. My prayers are with you Mr. Snow

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

[DemocratInSoCal]

40. This Is What Sets Democrats Apart From Repubs....

And is a perfect example of why the repubs will continue to roll right over the Democrats for years to come.

All of this sympathy or prayers for a VILE "human" being. You would think it was Ghandi who was sick.

Is there anybody who you would not feel sorry for? What exactly does a person have to do before you wish ill health on them?

If Rove has a heart attack, and gets rushed to the hospital, I'll look forward to all the prayers and well wishes here, because after all, he's a human being, and deserves it.

If you want it for SPINNING & LYING Tony, you had better want it for everybody, because he's PART OF THE PROBLEM, and will Defend this Administration and it's crimes, which you supposedly get so angry over, until the day he dies.

And since he's in the media, he SPINS & LIES to Millions daily, and I guess in your eyes, that's a good thing, so I hope he lives many years, and continues to do so.

[Barrymores Ghost]

41. Settle down, hoss........

......I don't think it's necessary to turn on our own...if they want to feel better about their superior compassion, hell, let 'em.

We already agree that it's no sin to say "He's sick? Feh. So what? It happens." and leave it at that. We have nothing to be ashamed of.

[Pamela Troy]

57. Feeling compelled to announce your lack of compasssion

most certainly IS something to be ashamed of.

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[Pamela Troy]

51. This post is a perfect example of how addictive hatred is.

It's like the reaction of a drunk to someone taking his or her bottle away, this almost hysterical outrage because people here insist on treating Tony Snow like a human being.

Do you really think it's healthy to have so strong a stake in hating someone that you revile people who refuse to join in? Do you truly imagine that spewing this kind of hateful garbage at a sick human being means you are strong? Smart? Brave?

It doesn't. Quite the opposite.

[libnnc]

56. Dude. I've lost close members of my family to cancer recently.

I don't wish that on anyone.


Cheney maybe...but no one else.


I'm not sure why my original post was deleted. I would like to know, though.

[spoony]

72. I LIKE that we aren't like them

Well, most of us.

[Joey Liberal]

43. Despite his politics, I wish Mr. Snow well n/t

[Doctor_J]

45. ConNN hired him as a conservative commentator to balance out

Blitzer, Schneider, Kurtz, Cooper, Brown, Crowley, and Cafferty

:puke:

[FVZA_Colonel]

47. I'd much rather he be alive, healthy and pissing me off on CNN than wasting away to cancer (which

this is more than likely related to.) I hope he recovers soon.

[Skittles]

49. I detest that bastard but I would not wish that horror on anyone

I do wish him and his family the best in this fight

[skyounkin]

53. Good!

I hope you suffer you fuck.

[Pamela Troy]

66. Disgusting.

[JI7]

61. get well Tony so you can report on the Democratic Victory in November

[unkachuck]

62. is he dead yet?....

....bear in mind who mr snowjob shilled for....and then think about the spare-no-expense top-of-the-line health care he's receiving, health care you and I can only dream about in this capitalist society....

....now fill your bladders....and piss....

[Pamela Troy]

63. Are you a freeper yet?

Yes, I think you qualify...

[libnnc]

64. just curious...

I posted that I've lost very, very close family members to cancer and I wish Snow no ill at all. Been there. Done that. So why did you have my post deleted?

[Pamela Troy]

65. I didn't have your post deleted.

Nor would I have if I had the power.

[Hulk]

67. It's really hard to show compassion for such people....

...I guess this is what takes a "bigger man than me". I wish him no harm, but I would pray for a lot more righteous people before I would waste my time praying for tony snow.

I would be a bigger hypocrite to say "I care about his well being". He is part of the cancer that is killing this country.

[Pamela Troy]

68. There is nothing very virtuous about praying for people you like.

Hatred is part of the cancer that is killing this country.

And anyone who takes part in it is part of the problem.

[mitchum]

73. That's life