On the heels of the liberal CNN's hiring of professional propagandist/BushCheney flak Tony Snow the liberal CNN has made up for it by hiring BushCheney Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend.
Stay fair and balanced, CNN!
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Former White House press secretary Tony Snow will join CNN as a conservative commentator beginning today, it was announced by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S.
Get ready to laugh:
"In the White House, Tony brought a remarkably human touch to the discussion of public policy, which he will continue to do as part of the Best Political Team on Television," Klein said. "He will contribute a unique breadth of political and journalistic expertise to what is already the most provocative and wide-ranging political analysis on the air."
If by "remarkably human touch" Klein means "unrepentant lying" then, yes.
And just think of how much this makes CNN/Time-Warner's campaign coverage "fair and balanced"!
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Even though it's his last day as Minister of Propaganda Presidential Press Secretary Tony Snow can't resist catapulting that propaganda:
Q: How long are we going to be in Iraq? Because the President last night was setting the stage for a long-term relationship with the Iraqis, which would include a U.S. military presence there.SNOW: Yeah, well, the Iraqis want that.
No, Tony, they don't.
And I would be remiss if I didn't mention that we're finally rid of Alberto Abu Ghraib Guantanamo Gonzales.
Off the ship, the rats are left treading water.
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An infinite number of Friedman Units:
A report citing a lack of progress by the Baghdad government is only "a look at the starting line" of the U.S. troop surge and shouldn't be used by critics to demand withdrawal, President Bush's spokesman said Tuesday."What Congress will get this week is a snapshot of the beginning of the retooling of the mission in Iraq," said Tony Snow, who defended the administration's war policy and argued that it's too soon to be talking about end-game strategies.
So the starting line is now. That's good to know.
But I can't help but ask the question: How many "starting lines" are there? Over four years of "starting lines" seems to be a but excessive.
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Earlier today George vetoed the second stem cell research bill sent to him by Congress. During today's gaggle a reporter made an obvious point:
QUESTION: This is just one example of how the president puts ideology before science…
So how does Tony respond?
SNOW: OK, stop right there. This actually is the president putting science before ideology.
No comment necessary.
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The executive branch is under no compulsion to testify to Congress, because Congress in fact doesn't have oversight ability.
What the White House is saying is that Congress has no say - no say - in the running of the country unless blessed by the president.
We're watching the destruction of the Republic.
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UPDATE: Snow repeats this during the gaggle. This is obviously an official administration talking point.
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From today's gaggle:
Q Tony, it looks like, from both sides, an impasse in the making.MR. SNOW: Again, let me respond to that and then I'll let you finish the question. I'm not sure. Again, I want you to understand the motivation here, which is that this is a very generous offer. I've used the term several times, and it is. We think the Congress ought to be able to find out all the facts in this case. And we have also come up with a proposal we think not only gives them all the facts, but also gives them access to all the key players so they can get every question answered to their satisfaction, so that they can draw a full conclusion. We have laid out an offer, the likes of which I don't think you've seen in quite a long time, and frankly, members of Congress need some time to think it through.
Q How much time?
MR. SNOW: I don't know. I don't know. I mean --
Q How much are you willing to give them?
MR. SNOW: As long as -- look, again --
Q Eighteen months?
More like 20 months.
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Tony Snow shown to be the lying hack that he is:
"Evidently, Mr. Clinton wants to shield virtually any communications that take place within the White House compound on the theory that all such talk contributes in some way, shape or form to the continuing success and harmony of an administration,'' the columnist wrote. "Taken to its logical extreme, that position would make it impossible for citizens to hold a chief executive accountable for anything.''"Sounds like you're reading an old column of mine,'' Tony Snow, the Bush administration's press secretary, said today, readily recognizing his nine-year-old words read back to him today at a press gaggle in which Snow was arguing for Bush's right to protect the internal deliberations of his White House staff.
In March 1998, Snow wrote for the Detroit News, in which this column appeared. Today, he is press secretary for another president confronting an aggressive Congress. It's a different situation, Snow insisted.
[Via Atrios.]
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The White House backed away today from its earlier assertions that the former White House counsel, Harriet E. Miers, was alone in hatching the idea to fire United States attorneys early in 2005.Instead, President Bush’s chief spokesman said today that, Karl Rove, the chief political adviser to Mr. Bush, had early conversations with Ms. Miers. “I think the thing that we can say with assurance is that Karl remembers her raising it to him and his saying he didn’t think it was a good idea,” said Tony Snow, the president’s spokesman.
“It has been described as her idea but ... I don’t want to try to vouch for origination,” Mr. Snow said, according to The Associated Press. “At this juncture, people have hazy memories.”
For such an allegedly smart bunch they sure have bad memories (See: Libby, Irving Lewis "Scooter").
Well, they at least have the weekend to agree on a new story. However...
Even Republican defenders on Capitol Hill are expressing growing unease.
I should think so.
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Tony Snow, President George Bush's press spokesman, will be the keynote speaker tomorrow at the Republican Committee of Allegheny County's annual Spirit of Lincoln dinner.
The modern Republic party wouldn't know the spirit of Lincoln if he came back to life and ate their brains.
Then again, GOP brains aren't at all nourishing.
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