This is terrible.  First we lost Tim Russert, and now Tony Snow.  Both brilliant political commentators, and both far too young.

Two great political minds and voices in a year where the presidential race promises to take on historic prop…

What I find unbelievable is the left is constantly saying that the conservative/right is filled with hate. I guess hate is ok as long as you are directing it towards Republicans.

Disgraceful. I’ve never seen such a collection of lowlifes and cowards…..except in Congress.

Godspeed Tony Snow and thank you.

Sounded like a giant cosmic fart. That you on the way to hell, Tony?

Followed by this:

I didn’t like him when he was alive, why should I feel differently not that he’s dead? Sympathy for his family??? How much sympathy do think they felt for all the sons and daughters that returned from Iraq in body bags? This man’s lies helped to perpetuate this shameful, illegal war and I think it’s high time those on the conservative side get to experience a little grief. I don’t fell any sympathy for them because they don’t give a tinker’s damn for us.

Classy. There’s your renowned compassionate “liberal” at work.

It’s no better at dKos. Some charming examples:

Sadly, there are other thug Snow replacement haters lining up to fill his hateful boots.

Which led to this response:

And we should deal with them the same way….derision in death and life.

And this remark -

If it’s any comfort to you, colon cancer is a horrendous, painful way to die. The suffering he went through is a pretty thorough kind of karma for his past misdeeds.

- generated this exhibition of good will:

Perhaps he can relive it 100,000x

And this –

There’s a new Snowball in Hell today.

And probably the worst:

My compassion is not for Snow. I salute him in the same way as I diaried Helms. I will pour a beer on your grave, Snow, but not before it has been filtered through my kidneys.

And Kos (judging by the way their annual convention was a “must-do” for Dem presidential candidates) is arguably the mainstream of their party. Sickening.

HuffingtonPost isn’t even allowing comments. They know the kind of digital diarrhea their usual audience would be posting.

I can’t wait for Dan, from the Satullo thread, to drop by and enlighten us again about how this isn’t really happening, as he did last time. Oughta make for some fascinating dissembling.

I salute you sir!

RIP my brother……….Semper Fi

For a long time, there were only two individuals who attracted me t to FoxNews — Brit Hume and Tony Snow. Sadly, this morning’s perusal of the Web brings reports of the death of one of those men — consummate……