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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:53 PM
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the health of Tony Snow
Watching his conference today, I noted a couple of things. First, he is a far better communicator at giving not evn an inch than the smirky jerk he replaced. He manages to say nothing or to spin a bad facat favorably much better than his predecessor.
Second, he looks ill. His eyes are sunken, his pallor is striking and his face looks tired, weak and as though his body is falling apart.
Anyone else notice that he looks not 100% healthy? Anyone know anything about his health history?
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RoseMead Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:55 PM
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1. Perhaps he's developed an allergy
to bullshit?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:55 PM
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2. Cancer.
Edited on Thu Jun-29-06 01:01 PM by Richardo
On edit: Colon or Prostate. I don't know whether he's in remission.
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:57 PM
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4. pancreatic cancer - very bad.
But hey - he has some of the best health insurance money can buy.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:00 PM
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9. I misremembered - colon or prostate
Edited on Thu Jun-29-06 01:01 PM by Richardo
CAn you tell I'm not Googling this?
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:55 PM
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3. He had Prostate Cancer. That's all I know n/t
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:57 PM
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5. What happens when you sell your soul to the devil.
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teenagebambam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:58 PM
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7. Argh! You beat me to it!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:58 PM
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6. It's a shitty job, even in the best of circumstances
And these circumstances are not the best.

I'm guessing he's butting up against a little REALITY. Like, Rove and Company are NOT cutting him in on all the important meetings he thought he'd get to go to....he's discovering that he's nothing more than a mouthpiece with lousy, long hours.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 12:59 PM
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8. McClellan overate to deal with his anxiety
maybe Crony McSnowjob is being eaten from within.

:headbang:
rocknation
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:00 PM
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10. I noticed he's dyed his hair darker.
Maybe that's what you're seeing. I've also noticed a vacent, hollow look in his eyes since he sold his soul to Bushco.
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Crowdance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:00 PM
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11. Colon cancer in 2005
It takes quite a while to recover from the surgery and chemo. I was surprised he wanted to take on the stress of the WH job so soon after treatment. I'm sure it's very stressful lying through his teeth all day.
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Crowdance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:00 PM
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12. dupe deleted!! n/t
Edited on Thu Jun-29-06 01:02 PM by Crowdance
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baby_bear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:05 PM
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13. He had colon cancer, and we shouldn't make light of it
His mother died of it when he was 18, and he had surgery and chemotherapy
for it himself, last year.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20060427-16445600-bc-caregiving-tonysnow.xml
and
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/271754_thomas28.html
<snip>
After Snow was diagnosed with colon cancer a year ago last February -- the same disease that killed his mother when he was 18 -- his doctors refashioned his small intestine to function as a colon.
<snip>

Everything I have read indicates he is in good health now. I'm no fan, but don't wish ill health on anyone.


b_b
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Nimrod2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:11 PM
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14. I am hoping cancer is eating his heart out, or other parts of his body
from the inside outward -
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pooja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:22 PM
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15. i think he realizes the smooze job he has taken on and
knows as a journalist it is wrong to spout the lies.
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:52 PM
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16. Snow looks sick and I've said it from day one.
The eyes will give away illness every time.

If I had cancer, chemo, and was trying to recover, I would put my feet up and enjoy my life by removing all manageable stresses. I certainly would not let a parasite like Bush suck the life out of me.
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Sailor for Warner Donating Member (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-29-06 01:57 PM
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17. No fooling
He is a conservative but he has not been a rah rah Bushie, now he is being eaten by the bullshit he has to spew. His body may be loosing the will to resist. My grandfather dies of cancer and my mother is a survivor. I pray that he stays in remission.
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