Tony Snow Offered McClellen's Job

[kpete]

Snow Offered McClellen's Job

White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten "has offered Fox News Channel anchor Tony Snow the job of White House press secretary," the D.C. Examiner reports. "Snow, who was once a speechwriter for former President George H.W. Bush, has not yet decided whether to accept the job. He recently recovered from colon cancer and has been helping launch a radio version of Fox News."

Meanwhile, The Hotline reports current press secretary Scott McClellen has resigned.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/04/19/snow_offered_mcclellens_job.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. I bet snow says no.

[RB TexLa]

3. anyone making money would say no to it n/t

[DancingBear]

21. Oh, somehow I'll bet if he says yes then money won't be an issue

Dont'cha just think those creative guys at 1600 (remember, Bolten comes from OMB) will find a way to grease Tony's loins (I mean, pockets) and make up the shortfall?

You bet they will.

[RB TexLa]

23. Network money, syndicated column, speaking fees

no one is giving up that much money "for love of party or country"

[Dulcinea]

37. He won't want to take a pay cut. eom

[NMDemDist2]

2. OMFG!

:puke:

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. I wonder who Brit Hume wrote a recommendation for

Probably gave the glowing letter to Cheney during the shooter interview. hmmmm...

[shenmue]

5. No. Please. No.

I want to :puke: every time I see that stupid bastard.

[Botany]

6. Bet ya he will take it.

They have to have had a spokes-liar waiting in the wings.

[Ganja Ninja]

7. Karl Rove has someone else in mind.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. Just so you know,

I hate Tony Snow more than I ever hated Scott McFuck.

There.

For the record.

He's MUCH worse.

Smarmy.

[DancingBear]

12. Hey Leftie - did you catch the WaPo piece on Hume today?

Geejus, the guy who wrote it must have been wearing a bib...

[OldLeftieLawyer]

15. I told you, I just got up

You people - god help you all - are my coffee buddies while I catch up on stuff.

Then the Post.

Is it good? Will I be happy?

[DancingBear]

19. That's OK - I slept in yesterday so you wouldn't have to

It's in the Style section, and Brit poo-poos his "more people get killed in car accidents in CA than in Iraq" by saying it may have been a "crude" way to put in.

The Post buys the bullshit - hook, line, sinker.

Why, he even calls his Fox program "Special Report" so as not call attention to himself.

Ack.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

20. Thank you

Yesterday was complicated for me, so thanks for covering.

Ah, the fucking Post. What a total rag. I do hate them, but they're the local paper. I cancelled the Sunday delivery, which still pleases me.

I'll skip his article, thanks to you. You saved me. I owe you.

::: burp :::

[DancingBear]

26. Eloquence, thy name is Leftie

God damn it.

[calmblueocean]

13. Totally agree. Tony Snow would be nasty.

He'd make Ari Fleischer look like Mr. Rogers.

[maddiejoan]

9. That's funny.

Considering Bush's Press Secretary job is for giving the press "snow-jobs".

[babylonsister]

10. Dan Senor, Trent Duffy, Rob Nichols names were just

floated as replacements on MSNBC. No Snow job there.

[Pryderi]

11. Sean Hannity

[Dulcinea]

38. He'd be perfect.

I truly despise Sean Hannity! He reminds me of the kid in grade school who beat up smaller kids for their lunch money.

[YDogg]

14. Might as well be a known hack.

[Mr_Spock]

16. Heck, why not just offer it to O'Liely

Heck, his moniker says it all - he is so used to lying that he would not even break a sweat defending these lying murderers...

[jojo54]

17. Whoever takes the job is going to be a fat lying f__k.

All I know is, Keith O. is going to have a field day with this one!!!

[Poiuyt]

18. Face it people, no matter who Bush appoints, he/she will be BAD

Bush is totally incapable of making a good appointment

[Junkdrawer]

22. McClellen was a bad liar, Snow is a pathological liar...

It's that simple.

[napi21]

24. Press spokesperson for Shrub makes anyone look bad!

It really doesn't matter who it is, or how good or bad they were in the past. The answers they are ALLOWED to give, and the things they are told to say, are all so bad, and transparently untrue, they would make Bill Moyers look BAD!

[MissB]

25. The press would be less kind to Snow.

McClellan appeared to be hapless, and I think the press was slightly nicer to him because of that.

[Atman]

27. Lying is part of the job description, literally

Would Tony even take such a job? I mean, sure, he's a Bushbot, but outright LYING to people's faces is different from just parroting BushCo talking points. I'm not Snow would allow himself to be used so blatantly, even given his usual propensity for Bush-fellating.

[giant_robot]

28. He's already a mouthpiece for the administration...

...so he might as well take the job and make it official.

[w13rd0]

29. Is this a joke?

I mean, come the hell on. He already shills for the administration. Now they are offering him an official office as well? I tell ya, these guys lack any sense of propriety. Remember "avoiding even the appearance of impropriety"? LOLOLLOLOLOLOOLOLLO

[rodeodance]

30. for what it is worth--this has been on TV news several times also

[Jack Rabbit]

31. Oh, Boy!! The press briefing really will become a Snow Job!!

!!

[warrens]

32. Oh, PLEEZ say yes, Tony

I want to watch that fascist bastard squirm day after day as he gets exposed to reality outside the Fox cabal. Having to answer real questions instead of the softballs they deal with at Fox might open the fucker's eyes. I doubt it, but it would definitely be fun to watch.

[DancingBear]

33. I hope he takes the job as well

He can't even cope with callers to his show who disagree with him.

It would be wonderful watching him try and go against Helen Thomas.

The good thing, however, is that he would, of course, at all times, be "fair and balanced." :)

[kpete]

34. Flashback:

Flashback: Prospective White House Press Secretary found on white supremacist website

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Flashback_Prospective_White_House_Press_Secretary_0419.html

[madinmaryland]

35. Isn't Faux News already the official spokesmen for the WH?

:shrug:

[Joe Fields]

36. And McClellan would be a perfect fit for Tony's old job at Faux.