Tony Snow went in for surgery yesterday and the news is not good. Doctors removed a small growth from his pelvic area and tests revealed it was cancerous. It was also discovered the cancer has metastasized to his liver.

This is sad news because there are so many people in the White House that cancer should visit but Snow is not one of them. Several names come into my head; El Presidente, El Vice Presidente, Rove, Rice, Scooter, Fielding, Bolton. But Snow is just their mouth clown, not a creator of the incompetence and anti-American bullshit that pours out of the White House. Lately I have come to feel sorry for him because of all the crap he is being forced to spew.

Snow had colon cancer two years ago and had his entire colon removed, which probably does not make shitting very fun. He underwent six months of chemotherapy. His survival depends on how much of the liver is affected and if it has spread to other parts of the body.

Bush spoke to Snow this morning. Not surprisingly, the President is going to pray.

Aw, he’s nice. I’m sure that warmed Tony’s heart. Snow is 51, is married and has three kids, 10, 11 and 14.

The news comes only one week after John Edwards wife, Elizabeth, announced that her breast cancer has returned and is incurable, but treatable. His decision to continue on with his campaign has been met with quite a bit of criticism from several right wing pundits, like drug addict Rush Limbaugh. They apparently believe people with cancer should stop working and crawl into a hole and die. That’s what Jesus would have done.