Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Ex-Times Editorial Page Editor Tony Blankley dead at 63
Washington Times ^ | 1-8-2011

Posted on 01/08/2012 12:07:45 PM PST by Dysart

Tony Blankely, a noted conservative author and commentator and former editorial page editor of The Washington Times, died Sunday morning, according to family sources. He was 63 and had been battling stomach cancer.

Mr. Blankley was an executive vice president of the Edelman public-relations firm in Washington, a visiting senior fellow in national-security communications at the Heritage Foundation, a syndicated newspaper columnist and an on-air political commentator for CNN, NBC and NPR.

He was also a regular weekly guest on “The McLaughlin Group.”

Mr. Blankley was editorial page editor of The Times from 2002 to 2007, and from 1990 to 1997 he served as press secretary and general adviser to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blankley; conservatives; mclaughlingroup; obit; obituary; rip; tonyblankely; tonyblankley; washingtontimes; wt
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-72 next last

1 posted on 01/08/2012 12:07:55 PM PST by Dysart
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Dysart

Damn, too young. I always liked Tony.


2 posted on 01/08/2012 12:09:12 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

RIP Mr. Blankley


3 posted on 01/08/2012 12:09:26 PM PST by Yankee (ANNOY THE RNC AND THE MEDIA: NOMINATE NEWT GINGRICH!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

R.I.P. He was a good man.


4 posted on 01/08/2012 12:09:40 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart
He could be heard on WLS-AM with Don and Roma. Always a reasonable and clean thinker.

Very sad.

5 posted on 01/08/2012 12:09:58 PM PST by Paul46360
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

Oh my God! I’m so sorry to hear that! My prayers are with him. How sad that a good man is gone.


6 posted on 01/08/2012 12:10:16 PM PST by pattyvita
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

Very sad.


7 posted on 01/08/2012 12:10:25 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

So sorry to hear this...


8 posted on 01/08/2012 12:11:23 PM PST by dogcaller
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

RIP Mr. Blankley. You were a great force in the conservative movement and you will be sorely missed.


9 posted on 01/08/2012 12:11:23 PM PST by Bernard Marx
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

God be with his family. He was one of the good guys and is now enjoying heaven


10 posted on 01/08/2012 12:13:03 PM PST by Linda Frances
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

Rest in peace Mr. Blankley


11 posted on 01/08/2012 12:13:13 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

I used to like him on McLaughlin Group. he used to give Eleanor Clift hell. Sorry to see him pass. I think Tony Snow also was taken by stomach cancer. Sad.


12 posted on 01/08/2012 12:14:07 PM PST by elvis-lives
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bernard Marx

RIP Mr. Blankley. You were a great force in the conservative movement and you will be sorely missed.

....AMEN, you will be missed Tony, much like Tony Snow is missed...
RIP good and faithful fellow,

EI

ymmv


13 posted on 01/08/2012 12:14:34 PM PST by ElectionInspector (Molon Labe...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

bookmark


14 posted on 01/08/2012 12:14:59 PM PST by GOP Poet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

RIP, Mr. Blankley. You will be missed.


15 posted on 01/08/2012 12:15:13 PM PST by KansasGirl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

So sad. RIP Mr. Blankley.


16 posted on 01/08/2012 12:15:43 PM PST by HelloooClareece ("We make war that we may live in peace". Aristotle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bernard Marx

I am saddened. He was a gentleman and a scholar. I loved his work. He always made a cogent, well-reasoned argument without resorting to sarcasm or personal attacks. Time will not diminish the glory of his deeds.


17 posted on 01/08/2012 12:16:19 PM PST by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Dysart

18 posted on 01/08/2012 12:16:53 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: y'all

19 posted on 01/08/2012 12:16:53 PM PST by Dysart (#Changeitback)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dysart
Nice guy and mighty bright.

Also played Rod Steiger's son in Humphrey Bogart's last picture.

Really. He was a child actor.

20 posted on 01/08/2012 12:16:58 PM PST by x
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-72 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson