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January 08, 2012

Tony Blankley, RIP
— Ace

He was a... child actor, appearing in "Lassie"? Who knew?

He was a great guy. Always liked seeing him on TV and reading his columns.

If you see the jokes about this being a "smart military blog," that comes from Tony Blankley, tossing the Q a mention. (That has, however, created a widespread misunderstanding that I'm a veteran, which I'm definitely not. When Blankley wrote that, "milblog" was a category often (wrongly) extended to blogs largely covering the war.)

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1 Blankley was one of the good guys. RIP.

Posted by: pep at January 08, 2012 11:07 AM (6TB1Z)

2 Didn't know that "smart military blog" was from Mr. Blankley. Read a few of his articles from Townhall. The conservative world has lost a real fighter. RIP

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 11:08 AM (zLeKL)

3 RIP Tony Blankley. He'll be missed.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 08, 2012 11:08 AM (Qjh0I)

4 Who is this Gene Robinson guy, that's playing lapdog to Chrissie Mathews? He must he auditioning for the next open spot on MSNBC? Polishing his resume for when the NYTimes crashes, I suppose.

Posted by: The 4th bestest blogger since Lincoln, FDR and that other guy at January 08, 2012 11:09 AM (ILOn4)

5 The "very smart military blog" reference. Rest in peace, sir.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2012 11:10 AM (XG+Mn)

6 I used to watch every one of those shows they are talking about there. RIP Mr. Blankley

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2012 11:11 AM (YdQQY)

Was that *Timmy*???

Posted by: MrObvious at January 08, 2012 11:12 AM (t4++D)

8 Best dressed conservative in DC. Poor guy had to share a stage with barking moonbat Eleanor Clift on the MG. Probably shortened his life by a couple years.

Posted by: Keith Richards at January 08, 2012 11:12 AM (6Toai)

9 Interesting note from the link:
Born in London, he became a naturalized American citizen after his parents moved to California after World War II.

I always thought he was naturalized only a few years ago because his accent didn't seem to be diminished from that of a lifetime Brit's. I spent a couple of years on Malta as a wee lad, and came away with a full on Queen's English accent. I lost it shortly after returning to the States.

Posted by: pep at January 08, 2012 11:14 AM (6TB1Z)

10 Sad news. RIP Mr. Blankley.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at January 08, 2012 11:17 AM (h6mPj)

11 Tony was great at making Eleanor Clift look like a shrieky fool.

Posted by: soothsayer as The Beaver at January 08, 2012 11:18 AM (j7IJ7)

12 RIP Mr. Blankley.

Fuck cancer.

Posted by: alexthechick at January 08, 2012 11:19 AM (Gk3SS)

13 11 Tony Eleanor Clift was great at making Eleanor Clift look like a shrieky fool. But your point is well taken

Posted by: pep at January 08, 2012 11:21 AM (6TB1Z)

@#11

Well, ya gotta give credit where it's due, she certainly always did her part.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at January 08, 2012 11:22 AM (iYwUw)

I had forgotten that "very smart military blog" reference came from him.

Also, what alexthechick said re: cancer

*hugs her*

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 08, 2012 11:22 AM (PjVdx)

16 Tony used to wind up Eleanor Clift and then just laugh as she shrieked and squeaked.

Posted by: soothsayer as The Beaver at January 08, 2012 11:22 AM (vyPsz)

17 Damn. First remember Blankley as Newts spokesman back in the day. A sharp and humorous mind whose writings were always an intellectual treat. RIP sir.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at January 08, 2012 11:24 AM (YJs05)

18 8 Best dressed conservative in DC. Poor guy had to shareÂ a stage with barking moonbat Eleanor Clift on the MG. Probably shortened his life by a couple years. -------------------- The look on his face when she spoke was priceless. Then he chewed her up by revealing where all of her talking points were from. She never had one original thought.

Posted by: priceless moments at January 08, 2012 11:24 AM (/MuFf)

rip Mr. Blankley.

Thanks for your service, Ace.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2012 11:26 AM (sGykg)

20 Thanks for your service, Ace. Oh, Ace was in the military? What branch?

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 11:28 AM (zLeKL)

21 Saw him many times over the years. His reasoned voice contrasted sharply to that howling buffoon McLaughlin.
RIP Tony Blankley.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 08, 2012 11:28 AM (HBqDo)

*hugs her*

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 08, 2012 03:22 PM (PjVdx)

*hugs back*

I must say, the cheerleaders do help. I'm deep, yo.

Posted by: alexthechick at January 08, 2012 11:29 AM (Gk3SS)

23 "smart military blog"

Three words , two mistakes...
Blankley wasn't too bright was he?

Posted by: Rmoney at January 08, 2012 11:32 AM (7MFxV)

I have followed Tony for a great number of years, back in '80's when he was a "small" part of the Reagan administration, when he worked for Newt, and read his columns in the Washington Times (my wife's former boss, a big time Dem Lawyer, used to make a little fun of me for subsrcribing to the WT back in the '90's), after Newt left Congress and Tony joined the WT.

A very funny, thoughtful and gracious man, who could combine all three, at the same time, to great effect.

Eleanor Clift is a bit of a crazy shrew. How her late husband, Tom Brazaitas ever put up with her, I'll never know. Tom was a big Lefty-dem political writer, but he had a tremendous sense of humor. He made fun of everyone, including himself. He died of cancer too.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 08, 2012 11:33 AM (sJTmU)

25 "....widespread misunderstanding that I'm a veteran, which I'm definitely not." Explains the whole longbow thing right there. Seriously, Blankley was a good guy. Where I live they run Highway Patrol early early in the morning. Saw him on it and couldn't figure out where I knew him from.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 08, 2012 11:34 AM (z+hCt)

26 How come it always seems to be our side? Tony Snow, Buckley, now this?

Posted by: USS Diversity at January 08, 2012 11:36 AM (PddVe)

>> I must say, the cheerleaders do help. I'm deep, yo.

For you honey. *smooch on the cheek* There.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 08, 2012 11:36 AM (PjVdx)

28 Does anyone have video of a Blankley/Clift smackdown? It would be a great tribute... I'm trying to find some.

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 11:37 AM (zLeKL)

29
Oh, Ace was in the military? What branch?

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 03:28 PM (zLeKL)

Navy SEAL

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at January 08, 2012 11:37 AM (7+pP9)

30 That is too bad. Tony was a good guy. . .

Posted by: NavyOne at January 08, 2012 11:37 AM (BlK8v)

31 How come it always seems to be our side? Tony Snow, Buckley, now this? Because they're the Party of Faust.

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 11:37 AM (zLeKL)

32 ^{26
How come it always seems to be our side? Tony Snow, Buckley, now this?}

^{Posted by: USS Diversity at January 08, 2012 03:36 PM (PddVe)}

The other side has the deal with the devil.

Posted by: MrCaniac at January 08, 2012 11:39 AM (uuOfy)

33 Navy SEAL That makes perfect sense. I've seen video of ace on Fox News, and he's definitely got the build for a SEAL. Don't wanna mess with him!

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 11:40 AM (zLeKL)

34 His reasoned voice contrasted sharply to that howling buffoon McLaughlin.
RIP Tony Blankley.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 08, 2012 03:28 PM (HBqDo)

The only thing worse than that gasbag McLaughlin was the horse blankets he wore for sports coats. Of the paltry number of conservatives on there, I liked Blankley the best; there was something about Barnes that slightly irritated me, Kondracke lost his fucking mind, Mort Zuckerman only appeared so that McLaughlin would suck his balls about how much money he had, Laura Ingraham wasn't asked back after she shut the dried up crone Clift up and Buchanan is a worthless turd. Am I missing anybody (I haven't watched it in years).

RIP

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 08, 2012 11:40 AM (9AVhU)

35 Joffen,

I see you subscribe to my newsletter.

Posted by: MrCaniac at January 08, 2012 11:40 AM (uuOfy)

36 I thought Ace was an Army Ranger?

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2012 11:41 AM (sGykg)

The other side has the deal with the devil.

Posted by: MrCaniac at January 08, 2012 03:39 PM (uuOfy)

Beat me to it. My comment was going to be 'Yeah but our people go to heaven.'

Posted by: ErikW at January 08, 2012 11:41 AM (PDUxq)

RIP Mr. Blankley.

Fuck cancer.

I could not have said it better. Tomorrow marks one year since my mother died from cancer, and my father passed away from it several years ago.

I didn't know anything about Tony Blankley. Thanks Ace for telling us about him and his connection to this blog. I take comfort knowing the people who leave us live on through the impact they have on the people still here, and Mr Blankley's contributions surely fit that bill.

Posted by: Mayday at January 08, 2012 11:42 AM (orrLR)

39 Thanks for taking out bin laden Ace. We owe you.

Posted by: Keith Richards at January 08, 2012 11:43 AM (6Toai)

40 I think ace might have been in the Navy. He always seems comfortable surrounded by Seamen.

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 11:43 AM (zLeKL)

41 As a kid growing up in the Washington, DC suburbs, Tony Blankley felt like a fixture to me, whether giving a statement as Newt's spokesman/press strategist back in the '90s, commenting on the McLaughlin Group, or writing in the Washington Times editorial page. (And folks, the Washington Times was a much different paper back in the '90s than it is now, with far greater importance in that pre-Internet era...to a young conservative who felt almost completely isolated from any points of view that expressed how I felt, the Times was pretty much all that we had.) I've always liked the guy, and he actually did play a real role in shaping my political consciousness back in the day (the other public figure was, oddly enough, G. Gordon Liddy, whose midday WJFK radio show was something I would literally sneak a radio into school or cut class to listen to).

RIP, Tony.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 08, 2012 11:43 AM (hIWe1)

42 Hmm, I'm drawing a blank(ley). Oh well.

Posted by: Jimmah at January 08, 2012 11:44 AM (TMeYE)

43 I thought Ace was an Army Ranger?

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2012 03:41 PM (sGykg)

He was a SEAL and a Ranger. First and only one.

Posted by: Tami at January 08, 2012 11:44 AM (X6akg)

44 Nah, Ace flew Intruders in Viet Nam. He went into Hanoi once with Willem Dafoe and all hell broke loose.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 08, 2012 11:46 AM (YnFL2)

45 I thought I'd suggest a daily thread called "Shhh Huckabee is on". No?

Posted by: Jimmah at January 08, 2012 11:46 AM (TMeYE)

46 The Harder They Fall 1956

Boy watching TV @0:37:17 > 0:39:16

http://tinyurl.com/6uu8mme

Posted by: Someguy at January 08, 2012 11:46 AM (dhN1e)

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 08, 2012 03:33 PM (sJTmU)

Brazaitis was a turd too. He used to write a mindless column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that was easily as irritating as his crone wife. He once invited people who left the ballot blank between Bush and ManBearPig to write in and explain what their thought process was. I knew a woman who'd left it blank and urged her to write in since I figured he was just collecting data; only to find out that he was chastizing people for helping to elect GWB. So fuck him in Hell with the barbed cock of Satan.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 08, 2012 11:46 AM (9AVhU)

48 Nah, Ace flew Intruders in Viet Nam. He went into Hanoi once with Willem Dafoe and all hell broke loose. That's what turned the tide in our favor.

Posted by: Joffen at January 08, 2012 11:47 AM (zLeKL)

49 What branch? Fur-tenant in the Ewok Army, I thought.

Posted by: t-bird at January 08, 2012 11:47 AM (FcR7P)

Ace flew Intruders in Viet Nam. He went into Hanoi once with Willem Dafoe and all hell broke loose.

Fuck a'you Ewok!!

Posted by: Vietnamese PM at January 08, 2012 11:48 AM (sGykg)

51 punch up!

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2012 11:48 AM (sGykg)

52 Nah, Ace flew Intruders in Viet Nam. He went into Hanoi once with Willem Dafoe and all hell broke loose.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 08, 2012 03:46 PM (YnFL2)

Was that before or after the secret mission up that river into Cambodia to terminate a rogue Green Beret colonel with extreme prejudice? I think he got a hat from a CIA guy on the way up.

Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 08, 2012 11:49 AM (zpgiG)

53 here was something about Barnes that slightly irritated me, Kondracke lost his f******* mind,

I can't listen to stuttering Mort for more than 10 seconds without throwing a shoe through the screen. It's utterly beyond me how these people get TV gigs. I suppose it's because they write columns, so naturally the geniuses in TV management think that makes them good choices.

Fred Barnes isn't much better.

Posted by: pep at January 08, 2012 11:49 AM (6TB1Z)

54 This hurts my heart, same as when Tony Snow passed away. Two awesome men. Rest in peace, Mr. Blankley. Say hello to Mr. Snow when you see him.

Posted by: Theresa's voting anybody (_!_) Obama at January 08, 2012 11:49 AM (ejSrN)

55 I have in my possession documents showing Ace went AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard in 1972.

Posted by: Dan Ratherstupid at January 08, 2012 11:50 AM (dVBif)

56 What's the name of the only real conservative ever at the Washington Post, the one who died in Iraq?

He was a great writer and the first to go.

BTW -- the reason Ace disavows his service as a SEAL and Ranger is because he's now a member of Delta Force.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at January 08, 2012 11:50 AM (7+pP9)

57 No you are all wrong. Ace was in the Rebel Alliance stationed on one of the moons of Endor.

Posted by: MrCaniac at January 08, 2012 11:51 AM (uuOfy)

58 >>Posted by: Captain Hate at January 08, 2012 03:40 PM (9AVhU)

I'm amazed that the show has survived all these years especially given the host's inexplicable deference to the mindless, shriveled, commie parrot Clift.

For some reason he always found her extra time instead of rationally ordering her to STFU until she had an original thought, and one that didn't sound like an old car breaking at high speed.

Again, another sharp contrast with Tony B.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 08, 2012 11:51 AM (HBqDo)

59 Michael Kelly iirc?

Posted by: ontherocks at January 08, 2012 11:52 AM (HBqDo)

60 Wrote good books too--"West's Last Chance" gives the emmis on the ROP and the feral jihadi ideology--RIP Tony--you were a real mench and a warrior for Western Civilization!

Posted by: HULUGU at January 08, 2012 11:53 AM (IW5Su)

61 RIP Mr.Blankley, you gave it a damn good run.

Posted by: Gmac at January 08, 2012 11:53 AM (i/tme)

62
Michael Kelly iirc?

Posted by: ontherocks at January 08, 2012 03:52 PM (HBqDo)

That's him. May they all RIP.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at January 08, 2012 11:54 AM (7+pP9)

63 Uhm, don't want to be disrepectful of your years of service and all Ace, but are you SURE you have the right Tony? I mean, yeah... "Smart milblog" and all that. But SRSLY? I'm going to believe that you are talking about that fat guy from Baltimore, that used to be on the McGlouhlin Group in the late 90's. You know, the only one who could make that weird spinster, Ealeanor Clift, fucking blush at her own bullshit? But, if you day so, I guess that I will accept that the guy's main claim to fame is as as a child actot of some sort

Posted by: Deety at January 08, 2012 11:54 AM (RvDoQ)

64 RIP Tony Blankley, a really nice, smart, funny guy, candid when his own guy needed to take his lumps and [ahem] a Gingrichite from waaayyyy back. We need more Brits like Tony, and less like Tina Brown and Andy Sullivan... I'll miss Tony.

Posted by: JewishOdysseus at January 08, 2012 11:56 AM (hRH92)

65 @Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 08, 2012 03:33 PM (sJTmU) Two dead counterparts. Would that make Clift a carrier of Teh Cancer?

Posted by: ddiddly at January 08, 2012 11:56 AM (GBQlq)

66 >>He was a SEAL and a Ranger. First and only one.
_{All because he wore a black mask and balanced a beach ball on his nose at one party?}

Posted by: ontherocks at January 08, 2012 11:57 AM (HBqDo)

67 I'm amazed that the show has survived all these years especially given the host's inexplicable deference to the mindless, shriveled, commie parrot Clift.

For some reason he always found her extra time instead of rationally ordering her to STFU until she had an original thought, and one that didn't sound like an old car breaking at high speed.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 08, 2012 03:51 PM (HBqDo)

The "Eleanor we think you're swell-eanor" was always a good audio syrup of ipecac. As was her shrieking "Can I finish" when somebody else had the nerve to interrupt one of her dumbass streams of illiteracy. For some reason, when she pronounced Rosalyn Carter with a long "o" it made me want to toss her in a wood chipper. Definitely had a voice that only Helen Keller would appreciate.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 08, 2012 11:57 AM (9AVhU)

68 Kelly was a stud who tore Democrat assholes for breakfast. Missed still. RIP Mr. Blankley. A smart classy guy and a patriot

Posted by: Frank G at January 08, 2012 11:58 AM (cJqu0)

69 Blankley was a fun guy to watch. 63 is way too early. I'd noticed he dropped a lot of weight in the last few years. I assumed he was doing it on purpose. He definitely embodied the Reagan-esque "Happy Warrior" ethos. I wish I was more like him in that regard. My temper is too short, though. Sadly I'm at the point where I just can't talk politics with left-wingers I need to maintain cordial relations with. Actually, I can do it on a one-on-one basis. But where I live I'm usually massively out-numbered, so any politics discussion ends up being a gang-up on the right-winger session, which infuriates me.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 08, 2012 12:00 PM (QcFbt)

70 I'm going to believe that you are talking about that fat guy from Baltimore, that used to be on the McGlouhlin Group in the late 90's.

That was Jack Germond. He was smug and condescending whenever anyone brought up the notion of press bias. Why, it was laughable and only the right wing loons would think such a thing. Then one day he made the mistake of saying that to Krauthammer, who proceeded to open the proverbial can of whoopass on him.

Posted by: pep at January 08, 2012 12:00 PM (6TB1Z)

71 I'm sorry to hear this news. I always liked Blankley. He had a great attitude and could articulate the conservative viewpoint with style and class.

Posted by: exceller at January 08, 2012 12:03 PM (Z7Znk)

72 I could not have said it better. Tomorrow marks one year since my mother died from cancer, and my father passed away from it several years ago.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Posted by: alexthechick at January 08, 2012 12:03 PM (Gk3SS)

73 "Kelly was a stud who tore Democrat assholes for breakfast. Missed still. " To show you how far we have sunk, consider that he was for several years editor of the liberal/Dhim New Republic...

Posted by: JewishOdysseus at January 08, 2012 12:04 PM (hRH92)

You know those maps they have on the wall in malls and large pubic places like that? The ones that say "YOU ARE HERE"?

...HOW DO THEY KNOW???

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2012 12:04 PM (I2LwF)

75 That was Jack Germond. He was smug and condescending whenever anyone brought up the notion of press bias. Why, it was laughable and only the right wing loons would think such a thing. Then one day he made the mistake of saying that to Krauthammer, who proceeded to open the proverbial can of whoopass on him.

Posted by: pep at January 08, 2012 04:00 PM (6TB1Z)

Germond used to get really pissed when McLaughlin would take shots at what a fat piece of shit he was. I think that's why he left the show.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 08, 2012 12:05 PM (9AVhU)

76 RIP, Tony Blankley.

As for Ace, he was based in Antarctica. Things... got ugly.

Posted by: sandy burger at January 08, 2012 12:07 PM (AMgS3)

77 Gotta hand it to Germond, tho, he used to really skewer that uber-pompous "Doctor" McLaughlin personna...I used to think it was all in good fun, till Germond wrote about it in his book, it seems that McLaughlin got seriously enraged by it, till he kicked Germond off the show! Germond was best buddies w/Robert Novak, BTW, though they looked ready to kill each other on that show.

Posted by: JewishOdysseus at January 08, 2012 12:08 PM (hRH92)

78 Germond was at least an old-school reporter who would do the hard work of running a story down instead of the lazy fucks with bad attitudes we have today. He was straight up lib though....

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 08, 2012 12:13 PM (9AVhU)

79 This is very sad news. RIP. My condolences to his family.

Posted by: EBL at January 08, 2012 12:15 PM (IgakF)

80 RIP, sir. Sixty-three is too soon.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 08, 2012 12:20 PM (7utQ2)

81 Damn it. RIP Tony. You were a good man and a class act.

We've lost some good one's lately.

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at January 08, 2012 12:21 PM (HqpV0)

82 Sorry to hear this. I enjoyed Tony's commentary on television and the web. RIP.

Posted by: reginaldL at January 08, 2012 12:21 PM (5UcWX)

83 Wait, you mean you guys didn't realize EWOK was an acronym, like SEAL??

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 08, 2012 12:22 PM (XdlcF)

84 RIP Tony. Hey, btw, someone last night or this morning was talking about finding stray pills of the wrong kind mixed in with some other kind of pills in her bottle. Driving home just now I heard on the radio that Novartis is recalling bottles because at some plant the wrong pills were making it into the wrong bottles; they said to checkout Novartisotc.com for more info.

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 08, 2012 12:28 PM (niZvt)

85 Novartis recall:

Novartis Consumer Health Inc. (NCH) informed customers, that it is voluntarily recalling all lots of select bottle packaging configurations from retailers of Excedrin^Â® and NoDoz^Â®products with expiry dates of December 20, 2014 or earlier as well as Bufferin^Â® and Gas-X Prevention^Â® products with expiry dates of December 20, 2013 or earlier, in the United States. NCH is taking this action as a precautionary measure, because the products may contain stray tablets, capsules, or caplets from other Novartis products, or contain broken or chipped tablets.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2012 12:35 PM (YdQQY)

...HOW DO THEY KNOW???

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2012 04:04 PM (I2LwF)

Drones duh, some of them are as small as bees, yes bees.

RIP Tony, I found this blog through Rachal uhmm fuck I can't remember her last name, anyways she moved to England. That rachal. I found a bunch of fellow vets here which was a bonus. I didn't know Tony was the one with the reference.

Posted by: robtr at January 08, 2012 12:35 PM (MtwBb)

87 Newt Gingrich is going to miss Tony Blankley's advice and friendship even more at this critical juncture in his campaign.

Given that Tony Snow also died of a cancer of the digestive tract, I'd say that Washington, DC, is a bad place for press secretaries named Tony to eat.

Posted by: stuiec at January 08, 2012 12:36 PM (BJmna)

88 ahh, my mind started working. Rachel Lucas.

Posted by: robtr at January 08, 2012 12:38 PM (MtwBb)

89 New cleavage thread up.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2012 12:47 PM (YdQQY)

90 He was a nice guy. Strong pundit kung fu, but always polite. I liked his TV appearances and articles too.

Posted by: rdbrewer at January 08, 2012 12:59 PM (CHtyL)

91 God Bless Tony Blankley

Posted by: Steven W. at January 08, 2012 01:02 PM (oEGG0)

92 Eh, I feel pretty bad now, confuzzling Blankley with Germond. Honestly, I had forgotten all about old Jack. Tony WAS the one who took his place though, no?

Posted by: Deety at January 08, 2012 01:23 PM (RvDoQ)

93 Tony Blankley was a class act. Well done, sir.

Posted by: S Daniel at January 08, 2012 01:41 PM (fM4AU)

I am very saddened to hear about Tony Blankley's passing.

Rest In Peace Mr. Blankley.

A good man who was ever gracious.

Posted by: journolist at January 08, 2012 01:42 PM (szbkL)

95 Tony WAS the one who took his place though, no?

Posted by: Deety

Germond was irreplaceable. Thank pointed ears and pitchforks - he was an annoying old gasbag.

Ace and the cob-loggers should start a Dead Pool for 2012. All the old farts and people who live stupid lives that are anathema to the Ace of Spades should be candidates.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 08, 2012 02:47 PM (sJTmU)

96 We started the kids political education, other than reading books, with watching Tony Blankley taking out Eleanor Clift. They were about 8 years old. They loved it! They are 21 now. When they see Eleanor now they scream, "There is that old, crazy woman we used to watch on tv! Man Mr. Blankely made her look like an idiot". We used some of Tony's books in the kids home schooling as well. They loved Tony, as did we, and he was a great example as to how one can be serious, but hilarious all in one well dressed person. He was tackling the subject of the dangers of Islam well before other Conservatives did, and was proof Conservatives, and Conservatism was intellectual as well as just plain common sense. Contrary to what Libtards like to claim. Our most heart felt condolences to his family. Our thanks to them for sharing him with us, and the country. May God bless them, and comfort them in this most difficult time. America will miss you greatly Mr. Blankley!

Posted by: freeus at January 08, 2012 02:49 PM (zxRJP)

RIP Tony. I'll miss your writing.

ace was M.I., Mobile Infantry. You should have seen him doing combat drops in a powered suit on bug planets, totally badass, plus rumor has it he dorked Anne Hathaway in the squeek-hole.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 08, 2012 03:20 PM (ejpiM)

98 Man, I'm sorry to see this. I didn't realize he was sick. Rest in peace, Mr. Blankley, and prayers for your family.

Posted by: Y-not at January 08, 2012 04:22 PM (5H6zj)

99 This is as shocking and discouraging as Mike Kelly's death in Iraq. So much charm, insight, prudence and wisdom gone too soon.

Posted by: Tonawanda at January 08, 2012 04:53 PM (fgysf)

100 I remember him along with Eleanor Clift and the fat guy on the McLaughlin Report. He was the reasonable one.

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