Did he announce who Dean Barnett is?
That’s so sad. It was so sudden; I had no idea.
Hopefully someone gave him an absentee ballot before he passed. we need all the friggin’ votes for McCain we can get.
Seriously, anyone in your family seriously ill or going in for surgery shortly, consider having them get an absentee ballot and making sure they get their vote in.
This is really a shame. God give comfort to his family and friends and peace to his soul.
Dean Barnett
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Dean Barnett (July 13, 1967 - October 27, 2008) was an American conservative columnist and blogger and occasional fill-in host for Hugh Hewitt. He graduated from Harvard University and Boston University Law School.
In 2004, Barnett created SoxBlog, a weblog focused on conservative politics, social issues, golf and the Boston Red Sox. Barnett’s popularity led to a co-blogging roll on Hugh Hewitt’s website and eventually led to a job writing for the Weekly Standard. Barnett was a resident of Massachusetts and was a declared supporter of Mitt Romney at the time of Romney’s run for the Republican nomination. Barnett was Romney’s driver during Romney’s 1994 Senate campaign, about which Barnett wrote in the New York Times.[1] Barnett was known for his thick Bostonian accent (to which some callers reacted by nicknaming him “Chowdah”) when he filled in on Hewitt’s radio show.
Barnett suffered from cystic fibrosis, a fact he openly discussed in numerous blog posts.[2] On October 8, 2008, he was admitted to the hospital with a severe infection to which he finally succumbed on October 27, 2008.[3]
Wow wiki is fast they already posted it.
That’s sad. He had a good wit and was a fine writer. I followed him from his days at soxblog. He then moved to Huhg’s blog and finally weekly standard.
He’ll be missed. Sympathies to his family.
I am so sorry to hear that! He had been putting up a valiant fight against CF but was in very bad shape last week.
I was praying for him and will continue to do so in addition to his family.
Holy moley! I’m extremely sorry to hear that. Our thoughts and prayers are with Dean Barnett and his family.
What a shocker. He wasn’t a very old guy, was he? He wrote a lot of articles on the Town Hall blog, I believe.
Here I am missing Tony Snow soooo much and now we lose another fighter for the cause.... just before the election.
Many, many prayers to him and his family.
in prayers,
KFFD
Very sad—heard he was really sick. I’m going to see Hewitt tonight in Denver along with Prager and Medved. Very sorry about Barnett. Really liked him as one of Hugh’s fill ins.
From Wikipedia:
Dean Barnett
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Dean Barnett (July 13, 1967 - October 27, 2008) was an American conservative columnist and blogger and occasional fill-in host for Hugh Hewitt. He graduated from Harvard University and Boston University Law School.
In 2004, Barnett created SoxBlog, a weblog focused on conservative politics, social issues, golf and the Boston Red Sox. Barnett’s popularity led to a co-blogging roll on Hugh Hewitt’s website and eventually led to a job writing for the Weekly Standard. Barnett was a resident of Massachusetts and was a declared supporter of Mitt Romney at the time of Romney’s run for the Republican nomination. Barnett was Romney’s driver during Romney’s 1994 Senate campaign, about which Barnett wrote in the New York Times.[1] Barnett was known for his thick Bostonian accent (to which some callers reacted by nicknaming him “Chowdah”) when he filled in on Hewitt’s radio show.
Barnett suffered from cystic fibrosis, a fact he openly discussed in numerous blog posts.[2] On October 8, 2008, he was admitted to the hospital with a severe infection to which he finally succumbed on October 27, 2008.[3]
Dean, Tony and Tim. Three classy guys.
I sent around an article he wrote on Hugh's blog explaining the surge before they had started it. Everyone who read the article thanked me for sending it around because it was so clear, plus our MSM friends were interested in confusing the issue and couldn't be bothered to give such good reporting as Dean had done.
Prayers for his family.
(Some honky, no doubt.)