Friday, February 13, 2009

Tony Snow...

I was trying to find a quote... a sign off really that came from one of Tony Snow's broadcasts during the Christmas season of 2001. He gave a sweet little message to his daughter. I couldn't find it, but ran across this quote...

“Yet even while staring into a mirror darkly, great and stunning truths begin to take shape. Our maladies define a central feature of our existence: We are fallen. We are imperfect. Our bodies give out. But despite this — because of it — God offers the possibility of salvation and grace. We don’t know how the narrative of our lives will end, but we get to choose how to use the interval between now and the moment we meet our Creator face-to-face.”

How the conservative movement needs a thoughtful, graceful man or woman with the intelligence and kindness of Tony Snow! Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity are almost always right except in their delivery because they lack grace and forget that you catch more flies with honey. Tony Snow never forgot to be graceful, but he was so smart and so prepared that he was hard to argue with. Until the Republicans come up with a group of folks with Snow's many qualities including his integrity... they won't regain power.

1 comment:

Rebecca said...

I concur with your thoughts about popular commentator's "delivery." It's why I rarely enjoy your aforementioned 'talkers.' Tony was a great Press Secretary.