I don't think I've ever mentioned anything about Tony Snow on the Fozzolog before. I can't say that I was a "fan" of his, not that I didn't like him or anything. Today, however, I learned he has ultimately succumbed to the cancer he has battled for years.

My first exposure to Tony Snow was when he would occasionally fill in for Rush Limbaugh on the Rush Limbaugh radio program in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This was at a time when I really enjoyed listening to Rush (before I switched to Glenn Beck for my primary talk-radio fix). It was always a disappointment when Rush had a fill-in host, but of the fill-in hosts, Tony Snow was one of my favorite if not the favorite. He knew how to keep momentum on the radio, something that even the most seasoned broadcasters struggle with. 

Before Snow accepted the invitation to join the Bush administration as Press Secretary, he was an anchor and host on the Fox News cable channel. He also had his own radio program which was available in Utah shortly before he joined the Bush administration.

Unlike most people in the middle of the political news arena, Snow always seemed to me like a genuinely good guy. I would cringe at the prospect of, say, being at a barbeque with the likes of Sean Hannity, Chris Matthews, Keith Oberman, or radio hosts Michael Medved or Michael Savage. If Tony Snow was going to be there, I'd be delighted to go and mingle. He always seemed like an easy-going, down to earth dude.