Tony Snow doesn’t just want to talk for President Bush. He wants to talk to him. The new White House press secretary asked for “guaranteed access to the president’s ear and to an unusually large degree of latitude to reconfigure the (White House) press operation,” according to The National Journal’s Hotline.
Snow is smart and has journalism credentials that extend far beyond Fox News. But will his well-known conservative views make press briefings seem even more like political spin than they do now?
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If Tony talks to him for very long,he’ll probably be resigning shortly.
To you libs, everything is spin from the Bush WH. You’d only be happy if David Gergen was Press Secretary. The “right” voice on McNeil Lehrer who then went to work for Clinton. Just another example of the joke that is, the MSM.
Snow is a loyalist, he worked for GHW Bush, also.
Yes Melissa, there is a Santa Claus; and No Milissa, there will be no spinning coming from this Press Secretary.
If he can’t spin like a top, this Admin. will have no use for him!
Joe Blow wouldn’t recognize a thought if he had one.
CF, and like Ron White says….
“If you ever have a thought again, just let it go”.
Hey BlowJoe, check out this from the A.P.:
“As a GOP pundit, Snow called the president ’something of an embarrassment,’ a leader who has ‘lost control of the federal budget,’ the architect of a ‘listless domestic policy.’
“With friends like that, Bush hardly needs the Democrats to carp about him.”
Oh, I’m sorry the A.P. would be MSM, wouldn’t they. It’s probably ALL MADE UP.
Full story here:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060426/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_old_problems_1;_ylt=AsXTDWm16gf.OpZABU6LxZEb.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw–
Well if you’ve already committed just about every other outrage, why not shoot for the surreal.
This is proof that Fox news is the shill for the GOP. Now they got a an anchor in the White House. Will Fox be opening a newsroom there?
I’ve not yet read about Snows former harsh words as to bush. I’m gonna guess they were probably to the direction that bush wasn’t being a big enough jerk.
Just another snow job by the Bush administration.
As Jay Leno pointed out last night, his new job of promoting the right-wing Bush agenda is, uh, what he was doing at Fox news. Sort of a lateral move for him.
Does Snow honestly believe Bush will listen to anything he says? After all, Snow isn’t among the elitists in the WH.
Does anyone know if Snow is related to Hank Snow? I know Hank’s granddaughter, so I’m curious.
J R,
Shit, going back to the surreal would be a relief after the job this Administration has done on reality.
A little art, redux.
http://www.topo.ucl.ac.be/images/magritte.trahison.gif
CF, W. actually IS a surrealist, and quite amazing one at that:
http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/726/1/
“You’d only be happy if David Gergen was Press Secretary. The “right” voice on McNeil Lehrer who then went to work for Clinton. Just another example of the joke that is, the MSM.”
Gergen is fairly conservative. That’s the difference between Bush and Clinton. Clinton didn’t just listen to people he agrees with.
But in Bush’s case, it’s more like he listens to the people pulling his puppet strings.
Of course Snow wants to be more than a mouthpiece. He wants to be a buttplug, too.
I like Tony Snow. It will be pretty interesting to see the Press Corp handle him. :)
Ah, another functionary for the “Ministry of Truth”! rotflmosrfao
Viva La Raza Blanco!!!
Rage,That was an excellent link.
No wonder you guys can’t win an election. Which is it? Is Snow a shill for Fox? Or is he critical of the president? Or did you vote for Snow before you voted against him? Chortle.
Here’s some real class:
“Of course Snow wants to be more than a mouthpiece. He wants to be a buttplug, too.”
Wow, nice job.
Blow away Joe. Like the fart in the wind that you are.
New here rightuberslut? My guess is no.
But if so, you might better get to know a poster before you attack their “class”
The poster you demean addressed the thread. You didn’t.
I call blogfart on ya right.
There is no confusion to this. Snow has only “attacked” bush for not being a big enough asshole. I’m sure he will be reined in and be a good little propoganda minister.
Or maybe bush is getting ready to go unreined and better ingratiate himself to Snow and that audience.
“No wonder you guys can’t win an election. Which is it? Is Snow a shill for Fox? Or is he critical of the president? Or did you vote for Snow before you voted against him? Chortle.”
Isn’t this so very C-U-T-E. Who was the dumb fuck poster on the right who used to do the “chortle” thing all the time?!
The chortle part is your president, you dumb ass!!!! Wake up and smell the foul joke surronding you each day.
Viva la country sans El Busho!!!
Mercy,This subject does seem to engender some feelings on both sides, no?
sftr,what did the blowjob man (or a reasonable facsimile, thereof) do to get you so upset?
He (bjm) just chortled at his own stupidity; I would think, any way.
BlogMom
You’re right, mom. I should apologize, but your other dumb son, started this!
That’s right, it’s Ian Santiago’s fault. If he would just let our people go, go, go !!!
Ian and Ed are the reasons for our downfall.
Help us stop it.
Love,Sonny
Of course Snow wants to be more than a mouthpiece. He wants to be a buttplug, too.”
Made me laugh, which is always a great way to start the day.
I think Snow is perfect for the job. Good choice!
I’ll have to think a bit, and see if I can figure out who “Surrogate for Ted Rall” and “blogmother” really are (nope, I ain’t either of them, folks!).
Unfortunately, it’s hard to concentrate when you’re choking on your coffee! {HAHAHAH! GASPT! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!}.
While I suppose Snow is a rational choice–for this administration–ya gotta admit, at first blush, it really DOES read just like an Andy Borowitz headline.
XXX, TOO funny.
I heard tony wouldnt take any questions at his first “press conference”? WTF, what a nice way to start.
But to rub salt in the wound…
He did appear later in the day on Brit Hume’s show to answer HIS questions.
Heheh. And cheney gave fox the exclusive on how he shot an old man in the face?
Fux News as the OFFICIAL channel of the Ministry of Propaganda?
Like Keith Olberman said last night, now tony snow is OFFICIALLY on the white house payroll. He and the other “foxes” were unofficially working for the white house before snow’s appointment.
JR,”New here rightuberslut? My guess is no.”
I don’t care who you know! It doesn’t matter. It was a stupid thing to post.
So, your lack of maturity comes out in flying colors: rightuberslut?! My, my…
“Snow wants to be more than mouth-piece.”
Yup, he wants to promote himself to “ass-kiss.”
Oops, sorry XXX. Just read your very similar post.
Maybe tony was the only guy they knew to call since the white house tv’s only show one channel. Guess?
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/04/not_a_good_sign.html
Could tony possibly explain why pat roberts has mised yet another deadline on his investigation? This deadline was put in place, by roberts, in one of his own press releases, and now is being ignored.
http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/04/post_218.html#002142
NoJoCo?
Get over yourself.
Wonder if he’ll be able to get his mouth around the new Bush Dubai deal?