Posts filed under “Tony Snow”
Bush Takes The Fifth
At the joint press conference with Tony Blair this morning, Kelly O’Donnell asked the president the question that many Americans already seem to regard as a foregone conclusion: Q Thank you, sir. There’s been some very dramatic testimony before the Senate this week from one of your former top Justice Department officials, who describes a [...]
Going To Iraq, But Not To Fight
AP: The Pentagon has notified more than 35,000 Army soldiers to be prepared to deploy to Iraq beginning this fall, a move that would allow commanders to maintain the ongoing buildup of troops through the end of the year if needed. I know I’ll get confused if I don’t annotate this right away, so here [...]
Tony Snow On Executive Privilege (contd.)
Another of Tony’s greatest hits: What kinds of conversations does executive privilege protect?…What are the limits on privilege? 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 [...]
Virgin Tony Speak
Some things just deserve to be presented unedited and without comment: Q Okay. You keep saying the Justice Department, the response — that these emails, the 3,000 pages is unprecedented, is very responsive. Why, then, is there this gap from mid-November to about December 4th, right before the actual firings? Why is there a gap [...]
Fun With Cut And Paste
If you take the techniques of PhotoShop, and apply them to Tony Snow‘s press briefing yesterday, here’s what you can end up with: Q But, Tony, in the interest of getting at the truth, in the interest of accuracy, why not have an official, indisputable record of what was said — a transcript? Then, after [...]
Straightshooting From Tony Snow
Here’s Tony on executive privilege: But as the clock ticks, the public’s faith in (the President) will ebb away for a simple reason: Most of us want no part of a president who is cynical enough to use the majesty of his office to evade the one thing he is sworn to uphold — the [...]
Defending the President’s Defense of Buttercheeks
When you’re the White House Press Secretary, you can end up having some strange conversations with members of the White House press corps. Some of these, fortunately, happen on the record. Here’s what went down at Tony Snow’s press gaggle* on Tuesday: Q In reviewing the emails, or getting briefed on them, does the President [...]