Tony Snow On President Bush: ‘An Embarrassment'

[Canuckistanian]

Tony Snow On President Bush: ‘An Embarrassment,’ ‘Impotent,’ ‘Doesn’t Seem To Mean What He Says’

A few selcted quotes from a great post on Thinkprogress:

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/25/snow-on-bush/

– Bush has “lost control of the federal budget and cannot resist the temptation to stop raiding the public fisc.” <3/17/06>

– “When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who can’t say no. In each of his three years at the helm, the president has warned Congress to restrain its spending appetites, but so far nobody has pushed away from the table mainly because the president doesn’t seem to mean what he says.” <The Detroit News, 12/28/03>

– “George W. Bush, meanwhile, talks of a pillowy America, full of niceness and goodwill. Bush has inherited his mother’s attractive feistiness, but he also got his father’s syntax. At one point last week, he stunned a friendly audience by barking out absurd and inappropriate words, like a soul tortured with Tourette’s.” <8/25/00>

Much, much more at the link.....

[Inland]

1. Can Bush accept such personal snarky asides?

Snow is a press secretary, not a political opponent in a primary fight.

[Kerrytravelers]

2. * would never know, He doesn't bother with the news...

... even faux news that provides him with 24/7 spin.

[mirandapriestly]

3. I guess that rumor about Snow as White House spokesman isn't true, then

But knowing the WH incompetency, maybe it is.

[tuvor]

4. This is the very same Tony Snow who's replacing Socky, right?

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

5. One and the same

Seems he wasn't too pleased with the Boy King at times. I imagine that's all over with now.

[RaleighNCDUer]

20. Now that they're paying him, that is.

You're a republican, you're loyal to who signs the checks.

[Canuckistanian]

21. They were paying him before as well

Just through a front organization. In his case, Fox News.

[rodeodance]

8. snow seems like a fiscal conservative to me (except for that last family

smack)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. I encourage people to read the ENTIRE Think Progress article...

...because it's one LONG laundry list of Snow biting the hand that will soon be feeding him. I have every confidence that Tony will be twice the "Baghdad Bob" that Scott McClellan ever THOUGHT of being.

The reason? If you want to believe the standard spin, McClellan was kept in the dark and "honestly" believed his masters had told him the truth.

Anybody walking into the job NOW knows what McClellan KNOWS...and what he "didn't" know.

Think about it.

:toast:

[WI_DEM]

7. I think the press secretary will have to have a press conference

to explain if he still considers his new boss all of these things (that is if he's selected for the job).

[RobertSeattle]

9. damn recording devices!!!!!

hee hee

[InternalDialogue]

10. Wow. Before he lies even once for *

he's going to have to lie about himself. Good way to get off on the right foot with the press corps. And we thought Scotty had a credibility problem...

Nothing like bleeding on the beach before you set foot in the shark tank.

[Spazito]

11. LOL, love it!

There is no hiding what one has said anymore with the 'internets', thank goodness.

[Redstone]

12. Now, if we can only find a reporter with the guts to ask about that

at a press conference, we might have something.

But I'm not counting on it happening.

Redstone

[Notoverit]

13. Ha!Ha! These are keepers! I hope Helen & comp get them and use them

in the welcome Snow job session.

[DFW]

14. The guy has colon cancer

No one is gonna post the comments that are gonna arise from this, but
that alone would make me seek out the other side of this planet before
enduring the jokes that will inevitably ensue.

[thereismore]

15. Like a soul tortured with Tourette’s!!!

:applause: :rofl: :applause: :yourock: Snow rocks.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

23. I've said this before...

I think * really does have mild Tourette's Syndrome. Look at how he twitches his head, blinks, and stammers whenever he's surprised with an unscripted question. I do the same thing when I'm nervous.

It is possible to control most of the symptoms while you're in public, but it gets much harder in stressful situations. And since many people with TS also suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder and ADHD, they tend to feel a lot of stress.

[dogday]

16. I wonder how the shrub will like this?????

we shall see... Nothing set in stone yet is there???

[Imagevision]

17. Can't allow Tony to forget his roots now can we...!

Tony Snow On President Bush: ‘An Embarrassment,’ ‘Impotent,’ ‘Doesn’t Seem To Mean What He Says’

[Jack Rabbit]

18. Gee, Tony

Should we welcome you to our side of the barricades?

[wryter2000]

19. LOL

I hope they hire him. The comedy factor will be priceless.

[Frank Cannon]

22. So what? Bush Sr. referred to Reaganomics as "voodoo"

That didn't George HW him from becoming an enthusiastic champion of the economic philosophy that STILL continues to bring this country to its knees.

The Republicans are full of suck-ups. Sucking up is really about the only thing they do anymore. Tony Snow will be a FANTASTIC liar for this inept administration and he will prove his worth from day one. Just you wait and see.

[rpannier]

24. That's oh sooooooo last month

You have to look at today, the here and now. Don't look back. Kind of like all the past failures in Iraq.
Last month Snow said scrub was a failure. In May he'll say he is a success.

[helderheid]

25. TERRIFIC find!

[tlsmith1963]

26. Looks Like He Won't Get the Job Now

Bush *never* accepts criticism. He'll pick someone else--just watch!

Tammy

[helderheid]

27. Keith Olberman did a segment on this!

[Canuckistanian]

32. What, the Thinkprogress post?

That's amazing.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

43. Here is a link to the MP3 of it! It was down right hillarious!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1024617&mesg_id=1025910

[Skittles]

28. looks like they didn't do their homework on Mr. Snow

big surprise there

[helderheid]

30. but.. but... it was on the internets!

[Greyskye]

29. Is Tony Snow the next Harriet Miers?

If this gains traction, there's no way he'll get this post.

And there will go a couple more approval points.

:popcorn:

[NYC Liberal]

31. If he actually is named Press Sec'y...

I cannot WAIT for his first presser! :rofl::rofl::rofl: These should be sent out to all the of WHPC.

[highnooner]

33. MSNBC just confirmed his appointment

[alfredo]

34. Wait for the announcement before going public with the quotes.

We want it official first.

[alfredo]

35. dupe

double clicked. An old Mac habit.

[tandot]

36. Tony will be the Harriet Myers of Press Secretaries

Just wait until all of America hears what Tony really thinks about the guy he is supposed to speak for. BWAHAHAHA.

How is he going to translate "...absurd and inappropriate words..." for his boss, who he says sound "...like a soul tortured with Tourette's"???

I can't wait for the first press conference: "Tony, when you said 'the President doesn't seem to mean what he says' what did you mean?" ... "are you calling the President a liar?" ... "Tony, explain what you meant with 'a soul tortured with Tourette's'"

[Up2Late]

37. Hummmmmmmmmm, Is this guy going to be able to stay "on message?"

This is weird.

[Ksec]

38. They vetted him real goodlike.

Jeebus. The stupid got stupider

[Warren DeMontague]

39. I like that bit about "brilliant foreign policy".

They must be smokin' some real good crack over there, at FOX NEWS.

[Elidor]

40. CNN: Sources: Snow takes White House job

The appointment of Snow, who has formally accepted the job, will be announced Wednesday morning, according to three Republican sources familiar with Snow's discussions with the White House.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/25/snow/index.html

Jeebus, this is going to be good! :bounce:
They're going to flog it all the way.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. I give you a meme: "Don't eat the Yellow Snow".

I give you a meme: "Don't eat the Yellow Snow".

[Peter Frank]

42. Well - Here's the whole thing w/links... (K&R)

Tony Snow On President Bush: ‘An Embarrassment,’ ‘Impotent,’ ‘Doesn’t Seem To Mean What He Says’

Fox News’ Tony Snow is expected to be named White House Press Secretary <http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/04/snow_in_late_ap.html>.

Here’s some of what he’s had to say about the President:
– Bush has “lost control of the federal budget and cannot resist the temptation to stop raiding the public fisc.” <3/17/06 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/column/tonysnow/2006/03/17/190225.html>>

– “George W. Bush and his colleagues have become not merely the custodians of the largest government in the history of humankind, but also exponents of its vigorous expansion.” <3/17/06 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/column/tonysnow/2006/03/17/190225.html>>

– “President Bush distilled the essence of his presidency in this year’s State of the Union Address: brilliant foreign policy and listless domestic policy.” <2/3/06 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/column/tonysnow/2006/03/17/190225.html>>

– “George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.” <11/11/05 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2005/11/11/175174.html>>

– Bush “has a habit of singing from the Political Correctness hymnal.” <10/7/05 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2005/10/07/159692.html>>

– “No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives.” <9/30/05 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2005/09/30/158842.html>>

– Bush “has given the impression that is more eager to please than lead, and that political opponents can get their way if they simply dig in their heels and behave like petulant trust-fund brats, demanding money and favor — now!” <9/30/05 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2005/09/30/158842.html>>

– “When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who can’t say no. In each of his three years at the helm, the president has warned Congress to restrain its spending appetites, but so far nobody has pushed away from the table mainly because the president doesn’t seem to mean what he says.” http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=47839&Disp=53&Trace=on>>

– “The president doesn’t seem to give a rip about spending restraint.” http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=47839&Disp=53&Trace=on>>

– “Bush, for all his personal appeal, ultimately bolstered his detractors’ claims that he didn’t have the drive and work ethic to succeed.” <11/16/00 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2000/11/16/167623.html>>

– “Little in the character of demeanor of Al Gore or George Bush makes us say to ourselves: Now, this man is truly special! Little in our present peace and prosperity impels us to say: Give us a great man!” <8/25/00 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2000/08/25/160026.html>>

– “George W. Bush, meanwhile, talks of a pillowy America, full of niceness and goodwill. Bush has inherited his mother’s attractive feistiness, but he also got his father’s syntax. At one point last week, he stunned a friendly audience by barking out absurd and inappropriate words, like a soul tortured with Tourette’s.” <8/25/00 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2000/08/25/160026.html>>

– “He recently tried to dazzle reporters by discussing the vagaries of Congressional Budget Office economic forecasts, but his recitation of numbers proved so bewildering that not even his aides could produce a comprehensible translation. The English Language has become a minefield for the man, whose malaprops make him the political heir not of Ronald Reagan, but Norm Crosby.” <8/25/00 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2000/08/25/160026.html>>

– “On the policy side, he has become a classical dime-store Democrat. He gladly will shovel money into programs that enjoy undeserved prestige, such as Head Start. He seems to consider it mean-spirited to shut down programs that rip-off taxpayers and mislead supposed beneficiaries.” <8/25/00 <http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/tonysnow/2000/08/25/160026.html>>

[singe]

44. tony snow

i think for his first month questions should just be about stuff he said about the dummie.

[BrightKnight]

51. no, focus on the Bush Repugs

Ask a few apropriate questions and go after the Bush Repugs.

[Chimichurri]

45. well see then they didn't choose a partisan hack. Snow won't

be a shill for Bush like McClellen was :sarcasm:

I suspect Bushco is happy this is spreading around the blogosphere.

[Chiyo-chichi]

46. Yeah, the WH spin is that this shows

that they are receptive to different voices. I heard that on my local NBC affiliate this morning.

And what's with Joe Lockhart!!??

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aa9LW7uFUC3c

Lockhart said he expected the news media would highlight the more controversial comments Snow has made on the air at Fox. That may actually work to the administration's benefit if Republican voters conclude ``liberal reporters are attacking the press secretary,'' he said.

:rofl:

Those damn liberal reporters! Attacking Tony Snow WITH HIS OWN WORDS!

[lebkuchen]

47. The Late Show will have fun with this.

I look forward to Helen Thomas's first question.

[ComerPerro]

48. The right wing is pushing this angle too, lets not forget

They are trying to illustrate that Bush is picking someone who will be fair minded and who isn't just a sycophant.


Lets not forget Tony Snow's years and years of kissing Bush and GOP ass...


Every time he criticizes Bush, he is careful to add in something like "But the Democrats aren't any better"

[w13rd0]

49. This just demonstrates...

...that they are monumentally stupid. This isn't a crafty move, this isn't them bringing in dissenting voices (Snow will have NO role in actually creating policy). Just more whitewash PR bullshit from the White House where image is everything, and substance is non-existant.

[BrightKnight]

50. "Impotent" or not Snowjob still wore knee pads to work - n/t

[Beelzebud]

52. Tony Snow is a whore that doesn't mind shilling for an embarrassment.