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roguevalley

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31. bless you honey. you are my hero!

Reply to Ecumenist (Reply #29)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 11:10 AM

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Tony Blankley, conservative commentator and former Gingrich press secretary, dies at 63 [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Jan 2012 OP

Sorry to see him go even though he was a pompous windbag tularetom Jan 2012 #1

he sneered and was a total douchebag but RIP anyway. I don't see death as bad. That's just me. roguevalley Jan 2012 #16

Amen RogueValley! I've had 3 NDE's myself... Ecumenist Jan 2012 #29

bless you honey. you are my hero! roguevalley Jan 2012 #31

Very sad. I didn't agree with him but I would not wish him dead, for sure. CTyankee Jan 2012 #2

A complete asshole, but way too young, and a very tough way to go .... Trajan Jan 2012 #3

RIP - way too young. emilyg Jan 2012 #4

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Thank you. Good riddance to bad rubbish Ishoutandscream2 Jan 2012 #6

Well said. DavidDvorkin Jan 2012 #7

well, I wouldn't have wished stomach cancer on him. provis99 Jan 2012 #8

And those of us who have had heart attacks are moved by your decency and compassion. CBHagman Jan 2012 #21

You make me ashamed. nolabear Jan 2012 #22

God rest his soul. CBHagman Jan 2012 #9

Too bad he didn't live to see klook Jan 2012 #10

Dying doesn't make an evil fucker any better. tabasco Jan 2012 #11

Blankley also was a panelist on KCRW's debate show Left, Right, and Center. alp227 Jan 2012 #12

My dad used to work with him when he needed quotes from Gingrich as speaker. DFW Jan 2012 #13

Goodbye, Tony. stlsaxman Jan 2012 #14

Rest In Peace Tony Brooklyns_Finest Jan 2012 #15

Wow. I'm sorry he died. He was fun, at times. RIP, Mr. Blankley. nt babylonsister Jan 2012 #17

I never liked blankley....may he try to rest in peace, wherever conservatives go....n/t unkachuck Jan 2012 #18

Yeah, that's too bad. JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #19

RIP Tony Ron Obvious Jan 2012 #20

RIP to a man who made me grit my teeth, but was wicked smart. nolabear Jan 2012 #23

Some of the comments here are disgraceful. Beacool Jan 2012 #24

I saw him a few weeks ago Mz Pip Jan 2012 #25

I didn't agree with him any of the issues Itchinjim Jan 2012 #26

No deathbed "mea culpa" ala Lee Atwater peace frog Jan 2012 #27

Rest in peace, Tony Samantha Jan 2012 #28

I wonder if Noot will go to his funeral. Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #30

He was a good arguer. He did his best with his untenable ideas. Bruce Wayne Jan 2012 #32

RIP librechik Jan 2012 #33

Lawrence O'Donnell had some nice words for his old colleague JCMach1 Jan 2012 #34