Bush Considering Replacing McClellan With Fox News Anchor Tony Snow
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Bush Considering Replacing McClellan With Fox News Anchor Tony Snow
Moments ago, Scott McClellan resigned as White House Press Secretary. The White House is considering replacing him with Fox News anchor Tony Snow.
No, this isn’t a joke. Fox News has the story:
One of the people the White House has approached as a possible replacement for McClellan if his resignation comes any time soon is FOX News Radio host Tony Snow.
FOX News has learned that those discussions occurred as recently as this week.
Snow also appears regularly on Fox News television.
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Imagine my shock.
April 19th, 2006 at 9:47 amOur very own Baghdad Bob.
Snow Job, the Disinformation Minister!
April 19th, 2006 at 9:48 amNever thought I’d miss Scottie so soon… (sarcasm off)
April 19th, 2006 at 9:50 amUnbelievable. Well, maybe not. After all, the decider decided to decide this.
April 19th, 2006 at 9:50 amMac the doughboy just resign..here comes the snow job
April 19th, 2006 at 9:50 amGood riddance chunky
April 19th, 2006 at 9:51 amThat’s actually good. Now Tony can lie officially instead of trying to pass it off as balanced journalism. They should make Roger Ailes the Communications director.
April 19th, 2006 at 9:52 amCNN….Scotty just quit…..raw story also.
April 19th, 2006 at 9:53 amThere goes Puffy McMoonface, in comes Snowjob Bob. Who’s next, Heir O’Reilly and Druggy Limbaugh?
April 19th, 2006 at 9:56 amWhy don’t they give the job to Tom DeLay?
I think that would be more fitting for an administration of future felons.
April 19th, 2006 at 9:57 amWow, an amateur liar replaced by a real professional liar. What a surprise.
April 19th, 2006 at 9:59 amTony Snow is a complete phony propagandist nitwit > just the guy Bush needs > lol. At least we know that FOX News is completely controlled by the Bush Regime, since they hire their thugs!
April 19th, 2006 at 9:59 amSnow:A kinder,gentler,asshole.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:02 amNow we can impeach the chimp for giving us a ‘Snow Job’.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:03 amThat’s so shocking. Lying liars, the lies they love, and the public who loves to be lied to.
Yikes.
O/T - but that comment by Rumsfeld on Limbaugh’s show yesterday about bin Laden and Zarqawi having “media committees” and being “actively out there trying to manipulate the press in the United States.” Not only is that just a hopelessly transparent lie, but, even assuming Rummy’s speaking the truth, WHAT THE HECK HAVE WE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS? The terrorist network responsible for 9/11 still has frickin’ MEDIA COMMITTEES??? RUmmy, you are an incompetent boob, and you must go.
Bleccch.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:03 amwhich just goes to prove how much Fox News really is a shill for Bush and the Republicants…
April 19th, 2006 at 10:07 amQuick - somebody make the first FOX in the White House joke …
April 19th, 2006 at 10:09 amMy bet is the the “Snowjob” is just a false rumor…look for a blonde bimbo to take the job…Ann Coulter clone will be the next press sec…
April 19th, 2006 at 10:09 amWhat happened to Dan Senor? I think Deroy Murdoch would be great. Any one like Deroy that can put up with Wackjob gets my vote. Why not a brother?
April 19th, 2006 at 10:12 amDid Josef Goebbels decline the initial job offer?
-GSD
April 19th, 2006 at 10:13 amGood points all and humor to, wow, you guys and gals are good. Where are the trolls.?….I need more coffee before my wit kicks in…….Blessings
April 19th, 2006 at 10:14 amWhat’s the line in Vegas on Karen Hughes? She knows all the speil by heart.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:15 amHere are a few FAIR AND BALANCED things Tony Balony as said over the past few years:
On the Bushwars:
“It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.”
On prisoner abuse:
“Journalists love a feeding frenzy, and the press corps would have loved nothing more than a tale that would have nailed the president and Donald Rumsfeld with fresh prisoner-abuse allegations.”
On Social Security:
“The real sin with Social Security is that it’s a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.”
On the American people:
“We live in an anaesthetized society.”
On politics, Republican style:
“I mean, I love old fashioned eye-gouging, hair pulling, sucker-punching, full-contact politics.”
On the peoples right to vote:
“Frankly, I don’t want ignoramuses showing up en masse to vote on propositions that could raise my taxes, restrict my freedom, or make life more miserable for my family.”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but he ought to be a real good fit for the Administration.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:17 amSpiel, I swear I changed it before i posted it. The type box is way too old for my middle age man eyes. What about spell check. My motorcycle forum has , preview, spell check and all we talk about is bikes so not too many big words or elaborate disertations on heavy subjects are used either.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:18 am[…] BBC’s coverage is here. CNN’s coverage is here. Fox News has it here. Think Progress also has news that their own Tony Snow is a contender for the job. […]
April 19th, 2006 at 10:19 ambush only needs a sign that says: ‘I can comment on an on going investagation’
April 19th, 2006 at 10:19 amGood; please hire this douchebag, Bolten.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:19 am(1) It gets this kool-aid pourer off the tube
(2) they have to go back to using another snake-oil salkesman who looks every bit the lying shill he is, versus the last guy who could blame his obliviousness to the spew he was shilling on apparent retardedness
(3) Let’s end the charade of an independent mainstream media that is anything more that the rightwing spin machine and that Faux News squakers are much else besides the neocon’s farm team.
Wait — isn’t Snow *already* a Bush mouthpiece?
This will be a change in his job title, not his actual job.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:20 amIt is a good choice, after all Fox News is the un-official goverment media outlet, for Snow the only change will be his workplace, not his job.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:23 amTony Snow as Bush’s press spokesperson?
PLEASE LET IT BE SO!
The line (such as it exists in reality) between Fox ‘News” and the Bushites will be officiall gone. Charges of Bushite collaboration with the corporate media will now be substantive and credible.
But, Snow will have a tough time transitioning from speaking for himself into spinning tall tales for the ‘liar-in-chief’. As a pundit, Tony can bluster all he wants, a press secretary has to be measured and controlled. I predict a very difficult and short stay at the White House for Tony if he takes this job.
Furthermore, I think this is a pretty big admission of disarray and trouble in Bush-land. Yet, it is typical of them to think that the problem is with the messenger and not the policies. So ….
…. I still say get ready for a dramatic ‘event’ to take place soon to shake up the political environment. Rove will have to throw the ‘Hail Mary’ political pass pretty soon if the radical Republicans are going to have much chance of surviving the 2006 elections.
War on Iran? Or is that a distraction to cover planning for a strike on Hugo Chavez? A major terror attack in Europe? A preemptive hit on North Korea? Bush has made such a mess of the world that Rove has a lot to work with … but, rest assured — IT IS COMING.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:25 am[…] Speaking of which, Washington is all a flutter with rumors of his replacement. The oddest of which came from ThinkProgress. One of the people the White House has approached as a possible replacement for McClellan if his resignation comes any time soon is FOX News Radio host Tony Snow. […]
April 19th, 2006 at 10:30 amI am continually reminded of a line from the Don Henley (of Eagles fame) song “Dirty Laundry”
‘ …I just have to look good, I don’t have to be clear..’
April 19th, 2006 at 10:35 amScotty, he’s such a cute Bottom-boy, I’m sure there’s more than one closet celebration going on in Austin tonight.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:37 amYou have to love a “shake up” that brings in one media “ho*” to replace another. We might even have a cabinet level replacement - who the hell has heard of John Snow other than the 1% of us who follow the foibles of “the fools on the hill**”? Maybe Bush can really shake it up and move Norman Mineta from Transportation to Treasury. Hang on to your hats, our fearless leaders / deciders, are BACK!!
* nod to Rush Limbaugh
April 19th, 2006 at 10:37 am** nod to the Beatles
Bush continues to amaze me with his poor judge of character. He’s so professionally groomed you don’t get a clear image of who this guy is until he chooses his allies - and reveals the small, twisted political landscape he calls home (and 65% of America calls la-la land).
April 19th, 2006 at 10:37 am[…] ThinkProgress Click to enlarge photo…. Moments ago, Scott McClellan resigned as White House Press Secretary. The White House is considering replacing him with Fox News anchor Tony Snow. […]
April 19th, 2006 at 10:40 amThis crazy administration must be taking their plays from Wag the Dog. This gets more surreal every day!
April 19th, 2006 at 10:46 amSomething must be up. This guy does not fit the profile for a Bush employee. He has a neck and his face isnt bloated. What’s up.?. We’re in trouble now..LOL…..Blessings
April 19th, 2006 at 10:47 amIt’s also becoming clear that the wight wing wacktoids are ‘baiting’ us by throwing these stinking bits of rotting flesh out for us to snap at, as evidenced by last weeks offering of Tom Delay for head of OMB.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:47 amIn my humble opinion, these behaviors are a juvenile and perverse expression of the sadly regressing human condition.
All hope is not lost, still……..
If Rumpsfled has to resort to appearing with Rush Limbaugh, then the current mis-administration is really scraping the bottom of the media barrel….
(Or was it business related? Does Rummy-nose own stock in Oxy-cotton?)
Snow is one of the worst liars in talk radio. In classic Fox fashion, he shamelessly distorts the truth while simultaneously smearing those who don’t live in his fantasy world.
He’s a shoe-in.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:52 amPretty soon it’ll be the White House presents Fox News. Or Fox News, the news organization chosen by your government for your government news of the day.
I suspect this is a step towards more fake news coming out of the White House like the government propaganda that came out of Health and Human Services and was shown as real news on some stations.
Why do I always think of communists regimes and things like the KGB, dictators, all those things for decades we were told were the most evil things on the planet, when I hear of the Bush administration and Karl Rove.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:54 amhat tip to kindness: tony snow = max headroom
April 19th, 2006 at 10:54 amthere is a resemblance, not?
It’s such fun to listen to progs whining - it almost reminds one of pigs squealing! Of course, Tony Snow is NOT a news anchor at Fox News, but when has Think “Progress” ever been concerned with accuracy? I recall outraged progs wincing (LOL) when Georgie Stephanopolous landed at ABC or when James “the Alien” Carville, and Paul Begala got their gig. I’m sure the socialists and progs who litter this landscape with their clever “insight” and marginal “humour” find all they need to know in the “thorough” New York Times, the “Nation” or on Indy Media. It shows….
April 19th, 2006 at 10:58 amI see Red Sheeple.
-GSD
April 19th, 2006 at 11:04 amMighty Aphro,
See # 44.
-GSD
April 19th, 2006 at 11:06 amOnly one word will suffice –ohno.
April 19th, 2006 at 11:08 amOh dear, the big MA is flexing his mouth mussell again. I’m gonna go sign some more patitions…Have a good day MA even though you may have had something else planned……LOL…….Blessings
April 19th, 2006 at 11:11 amIsn’t this the same Tony Snow that posted a horrible piece about Martin Luther King and what the CIA heard when they tapped his hotel room? Here’s a link http://rawstory.com/ news/ 2005/ Fox_News_host_tried_to_white_1223.html
April 19th, 2006 at 11:11 amWhat a “liberal” use “of” quotes! I guess the “right” measures “intelligence” by their ability “overhype” anything “using” “quotes” and lies”.”
April 19th, 2006 at 11:12 am“.”
April 19th, 2006 at 11:18 am#30 - I’m with you, Dave C. — PLEASE LET IT BE SO!
April 19th, 2006 at 11:18 amMighty Afro:
How do you feel about Snow’s lying problem?
April 19th, 2006 at 11:19 amBIG SURPRISE: HE’S ALREADY BEEN A BUSH SPOKESMAN FOR SIX YEARS.
(WASN’T HUME AVAILABLE?)
April 19th, 2006 at 11:22 am43. If you’d quit fucking your pigs, they’d quit squealing.
April 19th, 2006 at 11:24 amNew Chief of Staff warns of terminations and who is the first to die? Shoot the messenger. Wow, what a policy change. No doubt they will “win” in Iraq with a new propagandist to sell Iraq 2 (see Truthout article on Guardian expose of new shock and awe plans posted yesterday at http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041806A.shtml).
April 19th, 2006 at 11:29 amIn tribute to his dismal service to the American people, here is a sampling of the Scott McClellan Hall of Shame:
April 19th, 2006 at 11:29 am“Scott McClellan’s Greatest Hits.”
Watching the progs fall into place and the disinformation will spread through the MSM like wildfire without any Rain to put it out.
This country can’t get any worse can it? I guess its going too…
April 19th, 2006 at 11:30 am#45 - Dear GSD - I see BLUE sheeple - many of them are regulars here.
#54 - Dear PIG - you post like the type of pig raised by swine, or wolves. “Mom” must be sooooo proud of your vocabulary!!
STILL waiting for the TP “correction” about Tony Snow NOT being a Fox News anchor…
April 19th, 2006 at 11:33 amMost likely, it will be a LOOOOONG wait.
[…] Bush considering continuing snow job with Snow. […]
April 19th, 2006 at 11:34 amGod, what a fucked-up country the Neocons have created.
Lying is the order of the day; personally attacking anyone who exercises their inalienable RIGHT to dissent; blithe dismissal of science in lieu of superstitious speculation; economic and class warfare; long-term damage to the economy, military, and prestige of the United States of America.
In a perverse way it’s kind of fascinating to watch. Like rubbernecking at a traffic accident or the way suburban Dresdeners watched the firebombing of the city. . .
April 19th, 2006 at 11:44 amwhat’s to “correct”?
April 19th, 2006 at 11:47 amanchor - n. …3: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute [syn: anchorman, anchorperson]
Mighty Aphro, trying to spin the news yet again.
When you have your own “news” show, what do they call you? Guess what? They call you the “anchor” of your show!
Now that you’ve been corrected, you can post your apology for attempting to spin this post.
Then again, as a neo-conservative, you will refuse to take responsibility for your actions and “spin” it to be someone elses fault.
Your “whining” can begin now. . . . .
April 19th, 2006 at 11:57 am[…] Fox News Anchor Tony Snow is being considered as a replacement for White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Looks like he would fit right in. Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Snow said that “people complaining about Donald Rumsfeld” were partially to blame for high gas prices. Watch it: […]
April 19th, 2006 at 11:58 am#58.
How original. Typical Bushbot, recycling my talking points.
-GSD
April 19th, 2006 at 12:00 pmMA - Tony Snow is a Fox News Radio Anchor. That is the description that I’ve seen.
Are you trying to say he doesn’t speak vile lies and get paid to do so by Phaux Pnews? If so, please, take another swill of that Kool-Aide. Here’s his bio from Phaux Pnews web site.
PS - I have seen him on Phaux TV too. My guess is that you think catching someone who didn’t properly dot an i is a big deal. Sorry to shatter your fragile world. but, lying to a nation to convince them to invade and occupy a foriegn nation that didn’t threaten us is a BIGGIE. Saying someone is on Phaux Radio vs TV doesn’t count as a biggie.
PPS- how’s that abused child and husband of yours? Have you stopped beating them yet?
April 19th, 2006 at 12:06 pm#49 I have asked repeatedly why he overuses punctuation. It must take twice as long to post for him. Wasting time is something that I never really admired out of folks. I wonder how they have so much to do nothing.
April 19th, 2006 at 12:09 pmAphro, what is with humour? Is that how you were taught to spell it? Like colour?
April 19th, 2006 at 12:11 pmSTILL waiting for the Mighty Aphro “correction†about Tony Snow BEING a Fox News anchor, and her attempts to spin the facts.
Most likely, it will be a LOOOOONG wait.
(I’m sure you’ll appreciate your own words being used right back at ya, Mighty Aphro!)
April 19th, 2006 at 12:15 pmAphro, there are several questions posed to you. Will you answer? Or will you squander the opportunty and insult Clinton to divert the fact that you have no answers?
1. What is with the ” ” all the time?
April 19th, 2006 at 12:16 pm2. What is with colour?
3. Will you apologize for asking TP to correct something that was actually already correct?
4. Will we just see you on a different thread where you can start your talking points and smears over from the beginning?
#68 It looks fancy if you add a bunch of unnecessary puncuation. Right Aphro?
April 19th, 2006 at 12:18 pmGSD - “something” about #58 makes me think it didn’t get your pun either…
silly pug - no sense of “humour” …could THAT be the problem?:
Main Entry: hu·mor
Variant: or chiefly British hu·mour /’hyü-m&r, ‘yü-/
Function: noun
1 a : a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (as the blood or lymph) b : a secretion (as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity
2 in ancient and medieval physiology : a fluid or juice of an animal or plant; specifically : one of the four fluids that were believed to enter into the constitution of the body and to determine by their relative proportions a person’s health and temperament —see BLACK BILE, BLOOD 3, PHLEGM 1, YELLOW BILE
well, there’s your problem, aphro - get some HUMOR, you’ll feel better…
April 19th, 2006 at 12:23 pmDear kindless - I asked your friend Mr. Bill, but he could NOT find any correspondence from YOU slamming him for his assertions about Saddam Hussein. Roaring Al Gore said you were “missing in action” (Gore trying to impress with his war correspondence lingo). Your selective memory labels you correctly as a HYPOCRITE.
DemSoldier - Look up the differences between News anchor, analyst, pundit, reporter and journalist. You’re welcome.
Dear PP neighbour - My spelling is none of your business. Why waste your extremely valuable time considering such trivial nonsense?
’til later…..
April 19th, 2006 at 12:24 pm[…] Bush considering continuing snow job with Snow _ Fox New’s Tony Snow. […]
April 19th, 2006 at 12:28 pm72 - talk about “trivial nonsense”… always good for that, at least
April 19th, 2006 at 12:33 pmMaybe we’ll let the thread continue on w/o MA’s input. I don’t see what the hell she’s talking about in her responce. Ah well, life is short (too short for some to forget to take their meds!).
April 19th, 2006 at 12:48 pmMakes complete sense to me to put a neocon “yes” man in the job. He is already a highly qualified sycophant having worked for Faux News. Putting his nose up the Bushcovites butts will put a good smile on his face. They deserve each other. After all,
April 19th, 2006 at 12:50 pmSnow ceased being a serious journalist years ago. He has proven that he can hawk the party line. Just more of the same old crap.
Aphro, just trying to understand how people like you come to such conclusions. And just the fact that you post here tells us implicitly that it is our business. You seem confused.
April 19th, 2006 at 12:55 pm#71 And THAT is why I love it here. Thanks, funny stuff.
April 19th, 2006 at 12:57 pmM.A. Tony Snow is an anchor and you know it. If the decider decides that deciding Tony would be beneficial for the White House, he is decidely fucking crazy.
I personally think that Fox News is secretly being funded by the Decider Administration
April 19th, 2006 at 1:13 pmand if so, doesn’t that make it illegal?
New fresh meat for Helen Thomas. MMMMM! To St. Helen, Tony, like Porky, is the Other White Meat.
David Gregory has his fork and knives ready.
April 19th, 2006 at 1:16 pmAt least we could call the WH press conferences what they really are..
A Snow job.
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April 19th, 2006 at 1:28 pmTalk about rats deserting a sinking ship. But there’s always more rats to replace them.
April 19th, 2006 at 1:28 pmHow perfect! The Republican News Channel’s very own Tony Snow. Can just imagine the first press conference….Reporter “Tony, question. Can you explain to us, why does Fox News Channel always agree and shill for the Bush Administration? Can you tell us why Brit Hume’s “Political Grapevine” always consists of stories on Liberals and Democrats and how bad they are? Could you tell us why Brit Hume’s panel consists of always 3 or 4 conservatives vs. 1 liberal? Could you tell us why Bill O’Reilly says he is independent yet his news stories and “Talking Points Memo” always bashes Liberals and the Left EVERY SINGLE NIGHT? Could you tell us why on the weekend Fox shows that deal with the stocks and money that there are taglines at the bottom of the screen such as “Do Liberals want America to fail”? “Why do the Liberals want Terrorists to win”? “Do the Liberals want a Communist State”? “Are the Liberals and the Democrats in line with Al-Qaeda”? “Why a Democratic Congress means Higher taxes for you”. Tony, are you able to explain any of that to our “Fair and Balanced” audience out here. Do you believe Fox News is Fair and Balanced?……Tony Snow “Um, yes….yes I do”.
Whoever it was that cried about Stephanopoulis or Carville being on shows, THEY don’t do any of the things that you see above on Fox News. You don’t have CNN or MSNBC or any other saying “Is Bush in line with Al-Qaeda?” “Do Conservatives want Iraq to fail”? “Are Conservatives in line with the Terrorists”?…..You NEVER see that and if you have, just prove it and show it.
April 19th, 2006 at 1:58 pmOf course, Tony Snow is NOT a news anchor at Fox News, but when has Think “Progress†ever been concerned with accuracy?
Comment by mighty aphrodite — April 19, 2006 @ 10:58 am
From FoxNews’ own web site:
FOX News Radio Service provides radio stations with hourly newscasts at both top and bottom of the hour. Newscasts are anchored by trusted FOX News Channel correspondents and provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service also provides radio stations with radio-anchored breaking news coverage of crisis events both nationally and internationally.
“The Tony Snow Show” engages listeners with thought-provoking opinion and analysis on key issues affecting our lives. Hosted by renowned journalist Tony Snow of the FOX News Channel, “The Tony Snow Show” features top political guests such as Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, as well as famous personalities from the worlds of news, film, television, radio and music.
FOX News Radio Service
So, Tony Snow anchors his own show because he is a “trusted FOX News Channel correspondent” -but he is not an anchor? Riiight…
April 19th, 2006 at 2:03 pm#72 - News Anchor: “News analysts—also called newscasters or news anchors—examine, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources. News anchors present news stories and introduce videotaped news or live transmissions from on-the-scene reporters.”
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos088.htm
There now, your “spin” has been debunked multiple times. You’re wuite welcome.
Still no apology from you for being, not just wrong, but quite disingenuous in your “spin” about Snow supposedly not being an anchor on his own show. Typical neo-conservative behaviour.
I guess I’ve become immune to your inability to take responsibility for your actions. I guess that’s because you emulate Pres. Bush and the elected Republicans so well.
April 19th, 2006 at 2:11 pm#72 - ”
A news anchor is a television personality who presents material prepared for a news program and at times must improvise commentary for live presentation. The term is primarily used in the United States and Canada. Many news anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programs. Sometimes news anchors interview guests and moderate panels or discussions. Some provide commentary for the audience during parades and other events.”
“In the current age of mass media and consolidation, news anchors tend to be viewed as belonging to the infotainment or news trades, rather than to the journalism profession. There is a spectrum and scale however — the quintessential national news anchors from early days of television news tended to come from experienced backgrounds in print journalism. Since then, television news has largely been an entity in its own right, where print and television journalism can be viewed as divergent trades.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_anchor
Yet more information to support the fact that Mr. Snow is a news anchor.
Yet more waiting for Mighty Aphro to apologize for her spin.
Yet more proof that neo-consesrvatives refuse to take responsibility for their own actions.
April 19th, 2006 at 2:18 pmObviously Al Franken is a much better choice. ;)
April 19th, 2006 at 2:38 pmYou guys sound like a bunch of evil, crazy, know-it-all’s. How do you sleep at night with such vile thoughts swimming around in your heads? I pity your spouses and anyone related to you because your hate must be overwhelming for them to deal with on a daily basis. And to top off your hate towards anyone who disagrees with you, you are ignorant and close minded. It’s obvious no one could ever have a rational discussion with any of you because your ego’s are of epic proportion. What amazes me is that you are so positive you know “everything” and have “all of life figured out”…end of discussion. You’re a patheic lot…weak, foolish, arrogant, boors.
April 19th, 2006 at 3:12 pmI think Teller from Penn & Teller would be a good choice as the new WH Press Secretary. He could just stand behind the podium everyday and look at the press corp. Sometimes a look can say alot more than words.
April 19th, 2006 at 3:25 pm#89 - I like how you refer to the people on Fox news. It’s very accurate and exposes them for the people they really are!
Good for you and your obvious “progressive” leanings for that honest diatribe against the “pathetic, weak, foolish, arrogant, boors†on Fox news!
April 19th, 2006 at 3:34 pmObviously Al Franken is a much better choice. ;)
Comment by Seixon — April 19, 2006 @ 2:38 pm
[M]Ann Coulter would be the perfect choice. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to see him/her
April 19th, 2006 at 4:33 pmenrageengage the press.Forgive me progs. This site is SOOOOOO concerned with FOX NEWS CHANNEL (that’s on “cable” for all of you minimum wagers staving off job loss to illegal aliens) that I did not consider (shame on me!) your penchant for ALL THINGS FOX - including obviously , radio.
So, according to the “infinitely intelligent” DemSoldier, Grgrrrr and JimBOOB, Al Franken, Chris Matthews, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Rusty Rhodes, are all news anchors????? I’m sorry - all of them are “commentators” in my book, giving their comments and opinions - not necessarily factual observations. Who knew?
I suppose the greatest News Anchor to moonbats is Dan Blather. Such a sad commentary on this nation to be deprived of his bias and evil manipulations…
April 19th, 2006 at 5:30 pmSo, according to the “infinitely intelligent†DemSoldier, Grgrrrr and JimBOOB, Al Franken, Chris Matthews, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Rusty Rhodes, are all news anchors?????
Comment by mighty aphrodite — April 19, 2006 @ 5:30 pm
You have merged two strawman arguments into one.
First, Fox News’ web site lists Snow as an anchor. If you disagree, you might want to take it up with them. I didn’t say it, they did.
Second, Rush Limbaugh, & Michael Savage do not present news and/or coordinate correspondents, but merely comment on the events -as you already pointed out. The whole discussion, and maybe you missed it, was whether or not John Snow was a news anchor. At this point, I am going to direct you again to the Fox News website, where they say he anchors a newscast.
April 19th, 2006 at 5:50 pm#93 - Comment by mighty aphrodite — April 19, 2006 @ 5:30 pm
Why is this issue so important to you? Who cares whether or not he is an anchor.
April 19th, 2006 at 6:07 pmgrasping straws, nat, grasping straws…they have so little…
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April 19th, 2006 at 6:37 pmMcClellan out; Rove shifts focus…
From the New York Times:The overhaul of the White House staff intensified today as Karl Rove, one of the president’s most powerful and feared advisers, gave up day-to-day control over administration policy to concentrate on the midterm elections and S…
April 19th, 2006 at 6:40 pmIt makes sense that when Bush needs to replace a media representative, he would draw from the media wing of his administration, Fox News!
April 19th, 2006 at 7:27 pmGrgrrrrr, I suppose you think Dan Blather was an unbiased News Anchor. The operative word is unbiased. (As a kid, my mom and dad didn’t tune in to Rather of Reynolds for their OPINIONS - they tuned in to find out what was going on. Most intelligent people realize if they listen of watch Tony Snow, he will be imparting HIS opinion or take on issues. The operative word is intelligent…..
April 19th, 2006 at 9:54 pmTony Snow has a big toothy grin smile, so the Bush Regime thinks the White House press corps
April 19th, 2006 at 10:59 pmwill eat up his propaganda lies > plus they think Tony can flirt with Helen Thomas to get her distracted from asking tough questions >lol.
Most intelligent people realize if they listen of watch Tony Snow, he will be imparting HIS opinion or take on issues. The operative word is intelligent…..
Comment by mighty aphrodite — April 19, 2006 @ 9:54 pm
If you don’t like John Snow being called an “anchor” move to action, call FoxNews, complaint and get them to change his job title. But then, that’s what most intelligent people would do. You are right, the operative word is definitely “intelligent”…
April 19th, 2006 at 11:48 pmLay off MA, she’s right Snow and Fox have nothing to do with news, it’s a disgrace to even mention news and those two in the same breath. Snow and Fox are shameless shills. MA does what ALL right wingers do. They get you riled up over some mundane issue so they don’t have to face the real issue: That Fox and anyone who is affiliated with them should be ashamed to call themselves a news person. It’s like in the old days when Al Capone used to “HIRE” NEWSPAPER MEN to write the news in their favor. Besides everyone knows that the right man for the job is Sean Hannity
April 20th, 2006 at 2:23 amNotice C Storms has nothing to say about THIS one?
April 20th, 2006 at 7:36 amIt’s impossible after what this admin has done to the nation to be a supporter of Bush and refer that you are intelligent! IT DOESN’T PASS THE SMELL TEST!
April 20th, 2006 at 8:46 amWHAT? The White House is thinking about PAYING Fox to tell their stories now?
April 20th, 2006 at 10:38 amM.A. I only mentioned Tony Snow not the “fat ” Limbaugh, Savage Beast or (M)ann Coulter. Read my post again. Apparently you didn’t get the message.
April 20th, 2006 at 12:05 pmFox news is the only news station that is balanced. When they tell stories they give both sides of the story and let me decide. The other stations state their liberal views as fact when in fact it is not. Fox news has the most viewers for that reason. Look at the others. Look at CBS telling lies and Dan almost getting fired for it. Look at CNN and how they don’t even come close to a real story.
Tony is honest and caring family man. Go Tony. I hope he gets the job.
I stumbled accross this board. I am very concerned and even frightened by many of the comments on this board. I know the educational system in this country was bad but I never knew it was this bad.
April 22nd, 2006 at 7:17 pmBig Deal.
April 23rd, 2006 at 1:41 pmThe lefties have their pet network (CNN)
Did Clinton appoint a Republican?
We righties have ours (Fox)
Leno is going to have a ball If Tony gets the job.
[…] One of the few active bl blogs, Paiderastia was shut down closely following a public attack aired by FOX, the unbiased news network that straightforwardly airs O’Reilly as a “no spin zone” and produces prime candidates for the White House press secretary Tony Snow. The attack was issued by the extremely qualified Stacy Harp, qualified by being a politically active christian conservative with a “bibliocentric worldview” who graduated with honors in human development at some unnamed college. You can view the entire attack on free speech here. […]
April 24th, 2006 at 7:13 pmStrictly a first class move. Tony Snow just puts it out there like it is and he does it with intelligence and grace and honesty. A rare guy. GO TONY!
April 25th, 2006 at 2:02 pmI agree totally with: Strictly a first class move. Tony Snow just puts it out there like it is and he does it with intelligence and grace and honesty. A rare guy. GO TONY!
Give him a chance!!!
April 25th, 2006 at 10:38 pmThis is wonderful!!!! Tony is a super great guy, and a very very honest man just like the rest of Fox News.
April 25th, 2006 at 10:44 pmTony recently battled with cancer, he is courageous. He also has a good sense of humor. He has worked in the Reagan and Bush Sr. white houses, on top of being an employee of Foxs News radio and television. One of the few talk radio personalities that never seems to be in a bad mood or rude to the the people who call in. Just my two cents.
April 26th, 2006 at 12:46 amLeftist hooey parading as truth!! Turn off your over-wraght emotion and turn on your brain!
Bush is doing something! More than you can say about “I’ve never told the truth” Clintons!!
April 26th, 2006 at 1:00 pmTony, Congradulations on appointment to White House/ Andy Card played trumpet with me in H.S./ I will be doing a project in Gulf States to get kids instruments and teachers.Retrired and teach outreach programs for Bridgwater college. Played with 4 tops, and White House concert for Kennedys, stay in touch, john smith-retired music teacher
April 26th, 2006 at 5:51 pmTony, Congradulations on appointment to White House/ Andy Card played trumpet with me in H.S./ I will be doing a project in Gulf States to get kids instruments and teachers.Retrired and teach outreach programs for Bridgwater college. Played with 4 tops, and White House concert for Kennedys, stay in touch, john smith-retired music teacher
April 26th, 2006 at 5:51 pmI thought it was a good choice. Tony is charismatic, honest and an overall good person. His media experience will assist the media with reporting the news instead of the unpatriotic crap that usually harms America - i.e. torture prisons etc… We need to torture those who will unleash nukes upon us, torture them until they beg for Allah…….
April 26th, 2006 at 7:31 pmyou are terrorist
April 27th, 2006 at 7:47 amUsama - you will soon be dead. Enjoy your virgins and say hi to Allah. By the way, we’re planning anoter run of the Danish cartoons. Please again show the world that you represent the religion of peace, as your followers threaten to behead us….lol..
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