Rep. Tom Lantos Dies

NBC ^ | Feb 11th.2008 | staff

[managusta]

Congressman Tom Lantos of California has died. Lantos was the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress. His spokeswoman says he died early Monday morning.

Lynne Weill said that Lantos, 80, passed away at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland.

[managusta]

Please be kind to his family

[Hildy]

Why? Are they on this forum??? Just asking.

[sauropod]

Prayers up for his family.

AFA he is concerned, good riddance to bad rubbish. I despise him.

[BelegStrongbow]

May he rest in peace and may his soul be given a place of refreshment, grace and peace.

[gridlock]

Even if you were opposed to Lantos politically, he was a man you could respect.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

I don’t care what his politics were, this is a terrible shame.

[jiggyboy]

Was he still in office? I thought I saw him on CSPAN just a couple of weeks ago.

[MortMan]

Can anyone identify which party he was in, and identify his term of service. I hate to give NBC the hit.

That said, and regardless of the answers, may God bless and comfort his family and friends.

[jiggyboy]

Oops yes he was, a little RTFA would have helped, doh.

[Double Tap]

Democrat from the San Fransico area. About as far left socialist as you can get. Love abortion only a little less than he loved gun control.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Can anyone identify which party he was in, and identify his term of service. I hate to give NBC the hit.

Democrat Representative from California, big ol' term of service.

[Hawthorn]

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.

[Theophilus]

"At leeeeast Admirrral Borrrrrda had the deeeecency to cooommit..."

Nevermind, I'm sorry for the Lantos' families loss.

RIP Rep Lantos.

[SkyPilot]

Rest in peace.

[radar101]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFPAB15My8U&eurl=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/petraeus-and-crocker-hearing-lantos-opening/3881418624

[kidd]

The last of the sincere liberals. The idealism of the 60s democrat died with Lantos.

The remaining liberals are self-serving power grabbers or agenda pushers.

[Right Cal Gal]

Indeed. I cared little for the man’s politics, but I wish him eternal rest and my sympathies to his family.

[Pistolshot]

Even though I disagreed with almost all of his political positions, Tom Lantos came from being a Holocaust survivor to being a member of Congress.

That in itself is deserving of respect and keep him in our prayers, and for his family.

[Kerretarded]

OMG. Prayers up to the family!

[MortMan]

Thanks. As I said, regardless of his affiliation, I offer my condolences to his family and friends.

[from occupied ga]

He was one of the enemy with an ACU rating of 7.8/100

And some earlier sanctimonious poster thinks we're supposed to be sad when the devil claims his own? Good riddance

[Oldexpat]

Lantos suffered from esphogial cancer(EC). EC is usually discovered too late and most don’t survive for a long time.
Ann Richards also died of this disease.
If you are taking those little purple pills for GERD..then you also are at tisk and should be carefull to have frequent check ups by good Doc.

[ikka]

“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name...” I would not want to be in Lantos’ shoes as he stands before his Creator and explains his pro-Molech stance.

[RushCrush]

I admire the tenacity he had to survive the Holocaust. Still, I never understood why he couldn’t identify the fascism in his political party here in the US.

[Clemenza]

Lantos isn't dead. He will return when darkness arrives!

I wonder if "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" will be played at his funeral?

In all seriousness, thoughts of symphathy for his family are in order.

[SolidWood]

Rest in peace Mr Lantos.

[RamingtonStall]

Prayers for Rep. Tom Lantos and condolences to the family.

I also did not agree with his politics but I really appreciated the earlier post to this thread that he was the last of the ‘60’s sincere Liberals.

May he rest in eternal peace. Amen.

RamS

[RamingtonStall]

Prayers for Rep. Tom Lantos and condolences to the family.

I also did not agree with his politics but I really appreciated the earlier post to this thread that he was the last of the ‘60’s sincere Liberals.

May he rest in eternal peace. Amen.

RamS

[stevio]

The same could be said about Soros.

[DvdMom]

He survived Hitler’s death / labor camp ..

May he have peace :)

[dbacks]

OK,... on three now...1-2-3 Awhhhhhhhhhh

[Greg F]

Holocaust survivors should be respected in the same way we respect POW’s from Viet Nam. They have proven their strength. Remember professor Librescu who sacrificed himself to save his students at Virginia Tech? RIP Lantos.

[Lazamataz]

His politics were that of my political enemy, but he served as best he knew how, the American people. I recognize his service, and wish his family the grace, mercy and peace of a Loving God during this time. May he rest in peace.

[QQQQ]

Bravo!

[cubreporter]

May he rest in peace. His eyes will certainly see Heaven as he and his family have already been through hell.

God bless them all.

[wally_bert]

I had nothing against the man but I did not agree with his politics. RIP Tom.

[blam]

[QQQQ]

There is no end to human stupidity.

[TexasCajun]

If my name was Bill Maher and Tom Lantos was a Republican I'd be dancing on his grave for my HBO special.

But since I'm not, I'll just say condolences to his family.

[qman]

Supported the war in Iraq, though disagreed with it’s handling by Bush.

[sirjohn]

He died years ago.

But he still kept speaking.

[MindBender26]

There is a certain honor in having served a cause well. I disagreed with 99% of his positions, but he was a man who followed his beliefs, not the illicit dollar.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

I’m a 14 year survivor of esophogeal cancer... very lucky to have found it early (at age 46) by a very good internist and then quickly referred to the best surgeon in the world at Sloan Kettering. 10 days elapsed from the time my tumor was “discovered/determined” and when it was removed. If I was living in Canada... well, I’d hate to consider the result.

Advice to fellow Freepers: when your body starts giving you signals, pay attention and get a good doc to look for the cause.

RIP, Rep. Tom Lantos.

[JillValentine]

I don’t wish to speak ill of the dead*, nor do I wish to tell untruths about them, positive or negative, so I will say this.

Tom Lantos had his moments, like when he called former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a “political prostitute”, and when he said that former French president Jacques-strap Chirac failed to respect the sacrifices of the American troops who liberated France. He also chewed out a Dutch idiot who was whining about Guantanamo, saying that “Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo.”

*This applies to human beings only. When Castro croaks, I’ll be celebrating.

[Hildy]

As proven by your post.

[Rummyfan]

Lantos was a Dem. Rest in Peace. I had never heard of him before his grilling and abuse of General Petraeus last September.

[QQQQ]

Our maid have higher IQ than you :-)

[SmithL]

Israel has lost a friend.

Rest in Peace.

[alwaysconservative]

May he rest in peace, and my prayers to his family on their loss.

[JillValentine]

Compare the prayers and best wishes we’re offering Lantos’ family with the vile hatred from the assholes at DU and Kos when Reagan died. There are no words, no numbers, no percentages, no ratios sufficient to describe how much better we are than them.