Posted on 07/13/2008 9:33:09 AM PDT by kristinn
Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died Saturday after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 53. His father, Jim Snow, 76, who lives in The Villages in Lake County, talked about his son with Sentinel reporter Gabrielle Finley.
"I saw him in the hospital, spent four or five days with him. I think the hardest thing is he looked like he was making a recovery on Thursday.
"His sister called me Thursday and said he had been able to sit up for about 15 minutes and they had reduced the amount of oxygen he had been on. Things were kind of looking up.
"His brother called and said there was hope. His doctors thought so, too; they were pleased.
"The prognosis was never great, but he was such a fighter. Friday, he just went downhill. He was so weak. He couldn't fight anymore. . . .
"He was on the speaker's circuit, and he loved to be with people; he loved to speak. He was always well-liked, but he liked his family the most, though. He loved and respected the president. But he was devoted to his family, and he wanted to make money to take care of his family. . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
May he rest in peace. Prayers for his family
I’m upset that fine people like Tony die and retarded gasbags like Al Franken and chrissie matthews are still breathing.
This is how I lost my religion. - And as another great conservative and Freeper bids us goodbye, the liberal tide is rising.
Even the GOP is casting us aside.
RIP Tony. RIP
You should read the comments after the article. I left a couple myself. But the two others were terribly vicious.
Yes very sad for the family... and the Lord grieves at their pain ...Don’t know what religion you “lost” but Christians accept what the Lord has in store. Jesus never loses us.
In times of distress Christians believe even more and their faith gets stronger...there is everlasting life.
Yes, but you know Tony would just smile that smile of his and go on.
Final point: My “secular” description of consolation was less secular than you might imagine. The simple impulses to practice compassion make absolutely no sense in a world shorn of meaning, guided by mere caprice, and eventuating in a dusty casket. There would be no reason to feel empathy, sympathy or love. But we do, whether we consider ourselves believers or not. And the pertinent question to ask once we grant to one another our shared humanity is: Why do all generations of mankind share the same basic precepts, same feelings of compassion, the same altruism — especially toward the young — despite wild changes in the natures of societies themselves. Governments have evolved radically over the last two milennia. Basic moral precepts have not. And the overwhelming question — the one that led me, at least, back to faith is: Why?
45 posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:52:21 PM by Tony Snow
yeah, that’s so very true.
Which is why I didn’t bother leaving a comment. Waste of energy and time. Idiots. We lost a good man.
Yes, he would. I just posted my opinion and I'm not returning to that cesspool again.
I'm not the man Tony was, but oh well, I stated my opinion as to just why I call most liberals “liberal trash.”
My wife died of colon cancer at 45. For 8 years, her doctor told her she had Irritable Bowel Syndrome. By the time they caught it, it was a full blown level 4 cancer. Prayers for Tony’s family, and please everyone get a second opinion with something like this.
Hey Bill, I just read yours :) Way to go!
... Christians accept what the Lord has in store. Jesus never loses us.
Sorry, I don't buy into that. Not for a second.
- Thats the mindset that let the Jews be herded into the gas chambers without any resistance.
I accept nothing, and I fight or resist until death. - God would like that, were he to exist.
Thank you for your reply and good day. - Bill
I’m sorry for your loss. God bless.
Very sad and a tough way to go.
Typical for the loony left. Tony would say, they are "smoking rope"!
Each one of us CAN do this--if not for ourselves, then for Tony.
Never give up.
BELIEVE.
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Tony did.
Their hatred is a direct ratio to how much Tony embodied GOOD.
Evil often squirms most and screams loudest, when faced with its direct opposite.
Dittos. His interactions on FR showed him to be an unflappable gentleman. May he rest now in our father’s loving arms.
Oh my. Excuse me while, I wipe away the tears.
RIP Tony.
Wow. Really sad. I got to meet Tony at the White House when I visited Pres. Bush in August of 06. We didn’t get to talk much, but I told him how much I enjoyed his radio commentary. There just seems to be no justice when people like Jesse Jackson and Ted Kennedy and Harry Reid keep walking around, and someone like Tony Snow and the other day, also, Yankee great Bobby Murcer, die way too young.
Lord God....someday, please explain to us why YOU in YOUR wisdom take home the best and the finest but leave the evil, the immoral, the scrum to live and spread their ugliness over all the earth....
I don't understand....I just don't.....
Did she have a colonoscopy and the found noting yet she still had cancer
The idiot doctor didn’t even give her a rectal exam. The ER doc found it in 2 minutes.
Amen. It must have been tremendously difficult for Tony's father to see his son go through this and after losing his wife to this as well. God bless Tony and his family and friends. I will always remember the great person that he is.
For patients to rally at the end, is quite common in my experience.
Prayers up for Tony and his family.
I’ve lost many friends and family members over the last 10 years, and a significant increase in alertness and appearance, after a long decline, has been very common just days before they have died.
My recommendation is rejoice during those last lucid moments, and say what is on your heart. For this is not always an indication that you’ll have another chance.
I have put down my lantern.
I have found an honest man.
†
Great advice. God bless.
We should be having colonoscopies yearly (those of us
in “middle age”).
Bill,
I think Tony would be aware of the irony. C.S. Lewis probed the subject with The Problem with Pain. The theme of "how can bad things happen to good people" is not new. If anyone could have entitled to loose his religion over it, Tony could. He was supremely aware of how blessed his life was. He wrote of it here:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/july/25.30.html
It is well worth the read. And for Tony and the adventure of what he called his 'promotion':
May God make safe to you each step;
May God make open to you each pass;
May God make clear to you each road;
And may He take you in the clasp
Of His own two hands.
And may it be so for you, Bill.
We should be having colonoscopies yearly (those of us
in “middle age”).
Some doctors give a hard time about this. They must get a benefit from keeping the costs low.
“....after a long decline, has been very common just days before they have died.”
This reminds me of Tammy Faye who went on Larry King with all of the energy she could muster to be able to tell as many as possible that she was not afraid to die and that we should not be afraid either; and that she forgave her enemies. I believe she passed a few days later. Never really fond of Tammy but this program and her spirit moved me to tears!
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Yep, it's all about you.
Prayers for his family.
Well, I sure hope that was the case, if not then folks should work to see it done.
This Jew said our prayer.
BTTT
Indeed, hospice and other care givers will warn family that an unexpected "rally" after a prolonged dying process with a chronic illness more often than not is a signal the end is near and not actually the beginning of recovery.
Folks need that burst to set things right in their minds if they can.
That was lovely. Thank you.
“Indeed, hospice and other care givers will warn family that an unexpected “rally” after a prolonged dying process with a chronic illness more often than not is a signal the end is near and not actually the beginning of recovery.”
Interesting. I wonder why this occurs.
His father mentioned how he rallied on Thursday. That rally just before the end happens often.
My father died on a Monday. He had lung cancer and his voice was raspy the last few weeks. Two or three days before he died, his voice cleared up and he had so much energy and spent hours reminiscing with a cousin that had come to visit him. We were amazed at his turnaround that day.
I posted my opinon as well. The majority of posts are very nice.
If you lost your religion because of this, it is because you do not see the other side. Ask Tony today if he would trade anything for where he is now. I don’t have to guess what the answer would be. His life here may have been too short for us, but he has eternity at Christs side.
And those of us who believe will join Tony in the heavenly chorus soon enough. What a great day that will be. Meanwhile the fate of those who refuse to believe and accept is nothing I want to ponder. When the scales are weighed at the end, even the skeptics and unbelievers will have to say that God is just and fair.
I've buried friends, my parents and those who came before them in my life and I've seen this more than once.
Care givers also claim most atheists die hard too at the very end but that's another topic.
For most of us who have lost a loved one to cancer, this is a familiar story. The Friday before I lost my father, his doctors were preparing him for a round of chemo to help stave off bone cancer. On Sunday, he took a turn for the worse and passed away on Monday morning. No one expected him to beat his cancer, but we were hopeful for a little more time.
Seems like heaven always prepares for the good ones before we are ready to see them go. Rest in peace, Tony Snow. You will be missed.
If one is tired of fighting then put that frustration into leading an admirable (Godly) life and work to be as God has gifted you and as an example and inspiration to others.
No matter how high the liberal tide, in the end God prevails. He always does. Giving up and allowing evil to prevail is the way it always wins.
Maybe the “losing of my religion” is a good thing as it allows you to pick up anew in God which will return you to worship, to search for the daily discipline to sharpen you and to buffer you in joyful and glum times. This is the religion that is offered by many ‘conservative’ churches. It is also a place to be re-inspired when the day to day evil in the world wears at us. This is my 2 cents given my experience. It may not be your struggle, but one I often need to be reminded of so I share this--if not for you--but for me.
Tony is with God and God is most likely smiling. Al and Chris are just living in their own dodo by themselves—alone— buffeted by their huge egos.
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