time is running out for him to get a job that pays some serious money.

Like a FOX News commentator.

I know he's being treated for cancer, but really? Am I just being an insensitive bitch?

Having cancer has not made him any less of a douchebag, is what I think.

Are these law librarians GC? Maybe Lee and I know 'em!

Charitably, if I was diagnosed with serious cancer, I might look to make as much money in the short term to see that my family/kids are comfortably well off.

Having cancer has not made him any less of a douchebag, is what I think.

So he's learned not to repeat the mistakes of Lee Atwater....

After the [1988 presidential] election, Atwater was named chairman of the Republican National Committee. This appointment was controversial, but Atwater's time as chairman was short, for in 1990, he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.

Shortly before his death from a brain tumor he said he had converted to Catholicism, [through the help of Fr. John Hardon, SJ][2],and, in an act of repentance, issued a number of public and written apologies to individuals whom he had attacked during his political career, including Dukakis. In a letter to Tom Turnipseed dated June 28, 1990, he stated, "It is very important to me that I let you know that out of everything that has happened in my career, one of the low points remains the so called 'jumper cable' episode," adding, "my illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything."

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eta: He wrote in Life in 1991:

My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The '80s were about acquiring -- acquiring wealth, power, prestige. I know. I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. What power wouldn't I trade for a little more time with my family? What price wouldn't I pay for an evening with friends? It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.

Impressive turnaround for a mega-douchebag....

But he's not one of the uninsured Americans... But I suppose I could understand that, despite the quote being all "Let them eat cake,"-ish.

I don't know whether Tony Snow is a douchebag or not. But god knows what it takes to have to make up excuses for that shitshow professionally. Good on him for leaving. Although why not just say "hello, cancer, I'm out"?

Tom Turnipseed

This is such a felicitous name I am going to have to insist it is some character made up by Berkeley Breathed.

Having cancer has not made him any less of a douchebag, is what I think.

Cancer does not make you a better person. I'm all the proof you need.

What am I doing this weekend? I need something to do.