MR. SNOW: We're dodging the oath because -- well, I'm not going to say we're dodging the oath

[maddezmom]

MR. SNOW: I will let you -- you're asking a legal question that I would refer you either to the Department of Justice or to prosecutors, because they know the law. As you know, Ed, anybody who testifies before Congress, anybody that talks before Congress, is under an obligation to tell the truth, and if they don't, they're liable to legal punishment.

Q If they don't have a record of it, how would a U.S. attorney know how to prosecute it --

MR. SNOW: U.S. attorneys have been able --

Q -- you trust people's word.

MR. SNOW: I'm not a prosecutor, but I think you'll find that plenty of prosecutors out there will tell you how to get a conviction without a transcript.

Q Tony, will this President --

Q -- dodging the oath because of the legal consequences?

MR. SNOW: We're dodging the oath because -- well, I'm not going to say we're dodging the oath, because that -- (laughter.) Yes, I know, kaboom, steel trap closes. No, it's -- this is not a notion of dodging. It's simply, we don't think it's appropriate.

Q Appropriate doesn't set the scene.

MR. SNOW: The scene?

Q People are seeking the truth.

MR. SNOW: That's right, and we're making the truth available. And that's why we're kind of confused, because it seems that people are more interested in sort of seeing White House officials with their hands up being hectored, and I don't think members of Congress --

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070322-4.html

[Erika]

1. Snow is in over his head. Asking to defend a liar with known lies

But he accepted the position. He's an ex freeper. They and reality don't mix.

[fooj]

2. Actually, a FROG MARCH will do just fine.

:grr:

[tridim]

3. "we're making the truth available"

Great, then you should have no problem swearing to tell that truth.

[Iwasthere]

4. They are only making THEIR versions available.

The 3000 pages are carefully selected. And what about the 18 missing days?

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. Really? Then why aren't the WH emails being turned over?

Why is it that so far that only redacted communications from the DOJ are being turned over? Where are the WH emails, phone records, etc.

Doesn't the WH want to get the whole story out?

[texpatriot2004]

10. In fact, we are manufacturing truth, right now, as we speak in order

to make truth available. :sarcasm:

[tblue37]

25. Is "the truth" anything like "THE math"? (eom)

[tuvor]

5. Jon Stewart said it best last night:

"I don't know why Karl Rove can't just walk up to Congress, put his hand on a bible, and tell the fucking truth."

[enigmatic]

14. we all know why

Rove knows where the bodies are buried, since he helped bury them. Once they get him under oath, it's all over. He might risk perjury and jail time to save the administration, but I don't think does it in the end if he actually gets questioned under oath.

The guy really is the one thing that takes down everybody in the Bush/Cheney universe; it would be a bloodbath unprecedented in US politics.

[tuvor]

16. Hey, enigmatic, how are ya?

I still have that bottle with your name on it. :)

[enigmatic]

30. Hey bro!

I'm ok; the piles of snow we got this winter is finally melting away and I can get back on my bike and dodge potholes on the road now!

I hope all is well w/ you, and I swear I'll make it over to the Canada forum more often:D

[gordianot]

24. Not sure Rove is the clean up man, he basicly did the deed for Sonny Bush.

Rove is the the lead Bushie.

[lligrd]

7. But You Did Say It, Tony

Don't you just hate it when the truth slips out of your mouth, like that? Must have been a wierd sensation for you.

[tuvor]

8. I didn't expect the title of your post to be his actual words. K/R

[maddezmom]

11. amazing little nuggets in those pressers

:D

[gimama]

13. Been said before,"thank God for the Cspan!"

and the Cspan is why God made dvr-recorders! ;}

[Occulus]

9. Snowjob offers truthiness; melts- film at 11 n/t

[gimama]

12. MY fave.quote:"we'll run outta money for the war,in a few weeks"

I got no problem with THAT. Bring 'em HOME.
BTHN.org ~Bring Them HOME Now
IVAW.org ~Iraq Vets Against the War

[leftofthedial]

15. these lying fascist pieces of shit

need to be held accountable for the stench they've inflicted on the rest of the planet


not to mention the trillions of our dollars they've stolen and divvied up with their useless rich friends.

[Solly Mack]

17. I love reading the WH press transcripts

I've recently been reading Ari's old ones. A real hoot!

[BoneDaddy]

18. LOL man is this fun to watch

Snow has been caught in an avalanche... I don't see any St. Bernard's around either.

[annabanana]

19. I wish I could get my computer to "ping" me at the start of a presser.

I hate to miss the show. The Song and Dance is a sight to behold.

[GliderGuider]

20. Can we start calling him "Beltway Bob" now?

:popcorn: :rofl:

[sellitman]

21. He actually said that?

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!

[quiet.american]

22. It takes five seconds to take an oath, there's no being "hectored."

Give me a break. They just want a license to continue their lies and diabolical schemes.

[verse18]

23. Truth to a repub

Is like sunlight to a vampire. They avoid it as if their very lives were at stake (pun intended)

[MorningGlow]

26. Dance, Snowjob, DANCE!!

Is it just me, or is he stumbling in those dance steps more and more lately?

In a sick way, I feel sorry for him. Having to lie so much for so many has got to be exhausting. I see a rubber room in his future someday soon if he doesn't abdicate the podium to some other sucker.

[MLFerrell]

29. "I see a rubber room in his future..."

Indeed.

Although, it must be said that anyone who voluntarily associates him or herself with * has to be crazy to start with.

[DarbyUSMC]

27. I didn't like the former two press secretaries, but this one takes the cake.

I would like to see him walk into a press conference and have the reporters exit en masse. There is no sense in asking him anything at all as all the answers are contrived and predictable. It's a total waste of time.

[cyberpj]

28. Seen this? Tony Snow and Max Headroom ...