I for one am sorry to see Scotty leaving.

[ReadTomPaine]

He's the worst WH press secretary I've ever seen. This was a gift after Ari's departure and a real benefit for progressives. I'm going to miss seeing Scotty's flop sweat and beet red face whenever he's backed into a corner - he's the least effective liar in American politics.

Those pig-roast press conferences of his were great soul food after the '04 elections. There's no way Snow could be worse.

[neuvocat]

1. Oh I don't know...

Tony "Yellow Journalism" Snow sounds pretty amusing to me.

[Skittles]

6. yes, working for FAUX NEWS demands no accountability

his lies have to be explained now

[incapsulated]

12. Tony will be fun.

A Barrel of Monkeys FUN!

[tridim]

2. Scotty was a perfect press secretary for *

His job was to be a wall and a liar, and he was a wall and a liar for his entire tenure without even breaking a sweat.

Tony Snow is a lightweight and will crack very quickly. Probably within weeks.

[ReadTomPaine]

4. Scotty never seemed comfortable in this role...

Couldn't hold a candle to Ari. I don't see him as a successful Press Secretary. YMMV, and apparently does.

Snow is a lightweight, I'd agree. I do think he'll be more effective than his predecessor, however.

[cynatnite]

3. I hear you...

Scotty was endearing in that red puffy faced sort of way.

[ReadTomPaine]

11. Check out the WP article in post #8...

Nails this on the head...

[Skittles]

5. he was recently described as "a human traffic cone"

too funny

[ReadTomPaine]

8. Found the article from the WP - you're right this one's a keeper!

Scotty, the Joke Was on You

By Ana Marie Cox
Sunday, April 23, 2006; Page B02

I 've always had a soft spot for departing White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Watching him give his choked-up goodbye on the White House lawn last week, I realized why. The jowls he's grown, the hair he's lost and the dark circles that have grown under his eyes in two years and nine months on the job have made him resemble Washington's other helpless diplomatic pawn: Scott McClellan is the baby panda of the press corps.

No wonder I couldn't stand to see him get beaten up.

McClellan is a metaphor magnet, actually. And they're rarely complimentary: He's been called a punching bag, a rock 'em sock 'em robot, a cog in the greater machine, Piggy from "Lord of the Flies." Even conservatives tend to use a tone in talking about him that's usually reserved for homely pets that can't seem to get adopted: the adjective "capable" turns up a lot. (McClellan and his wife have four cats and two dogs, a poignant piece of trivia for those of us who think of Scott as an abused puppy.)

In modern administrations, the press secretary is often compared to an obstacle of some sort. McClellan's prickly predecessor, Ari Fleischer, was a smirking wall -- mean, arrogant, indifferent. McClellan was no more forthcoming, but he lacked Fleischer's swaggering, eat-you-for-breakfast podium style. His verbal tussles with reporters have never seemed like a fair fight. They'd run over him with facts and quotes, and his tired, puffy face would take the impression for an instant, before popping back into place, reinflated by the expulsion of talking points. When reporters fought with Ari, it was unstoppable force meeting immovable object; when they charged at Scotty, they were running over a human traffic cone....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042101759.html

[Awsi Dooger]

20. Great stuff

Scotty always reminded me of a character from Beavis and Butthead. The pronounced forehead, the bewilderment. And the reruns more hysterical than the original viewing.

[cynatnite]

22. "Free to good home"

That what people would write on a cardboard box with puppies inside.

[Zorra]

7. Aw, yeah. "Here lies a liar. He lied poorly" n/t

[ReadTomPaine]

10. Online Tombstone/Epitaph generator....

Perfect for this type of thing ;)



http://www.jjchandler.com/tombstone/

[SoCalDem]

9. Now we'll need "SnowJob Bingo Cards"

You can create them at :

http://teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/

[ReadTomPaine]

18. Cool site!

:) Thanks for the link.. I hadn't come across this before, quite a resource.

[Marr]

13. Wait a minute- Tony Snow GOT THE JOB?

Please, tell me you're kidding. Tell me the White House hasn't put Rush Limbaugh's fill-in host in the position of Press Secretary. Please tell me the "uniter" isn't now plucking his staff from the sewers of Fox News and fascist radio.

[ReadTomPaine]

15. Here's a link...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/24/snow/

Straight from the sewer, indeed.

[Marr]

16. Jesus Christ- that's just shameful.

I don't even know what to say.

[uppityperson]

23. oh dear, I thought this was all a joke.

This explains why his freeper postings were scrubbed and all the other postings that I thought were just a joke.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. It means they're trying to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.

It doesn't mean that they won't be able to do some damage. All it means is that they know they're in trouble.

They may actually succeed in doing US Lefties damage. Time will tell.

[ReadTomPaine]

17. Between this, James Baker's arrival and Harriet Myers getting canned...

They are apparently in full disaster control mode. Bolten is attempting to make his mark, it seems.

[tenshi816]

19. He was pretty transparent, wasn't he?

Even my 9-year old had McClellan figured out. Just a few weeks ago he said to me "you can tell when Scotty is lying because you can see him sweat." Out of the mouths of babes.

[ReadTomPaine]

21. Loyalty trumps competence with these people...

This has been a flaw with Bush's political machine right from the start.

For example: