Think Progress has combed through the files and gathered a humorous and embarrassing collection of comments the likely next White House Press Secretary, Tony Snow, has said about President Bush.
Tony Snow On President Bush: `An Embarrassment,' `Impotent,' `Doesn't Seem To Mean What He Says'
Fox News' Tony Snow is expected to be named White House Press Secretary. Here's some of what he's had to say about the President:
- Bush has "lost control of the federal budget and cannot resist the temptation to stop raiding the public fisc." [3/17/06]
- "George W. Bush and his colleagues have become not merely the custodians of the largest government in the history of humankind, but also exponents of its vigorous expansion." [3/17/06]
I suppose it's not completely fair to comb through five years of news broadcasts for unflattering comments from Tony Snow on his new boss. But it seems fair to ask Snow what he thinks now. And it is an encouraging sign of some sense of reality. Honestly, hearing Scott McClellan loyal but delusional defenses has been a strain.
- "President Bush distilled the essence of his presidency in this year's State of the Union Address: brilliant foreign policy and listless domestic policy." [2/3/06]
- "George Bush has become something of an embarrassment." [11/11/05]
- Bush "has a habit of singing from the Political Correctness hymnal." [10/7/05]
- "No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives." [9/30/05]
- Bush "has given the impression that [he] is more eager to please than lead, and that political opponents can get their way if they simply dig in their heels and behave like petulant trust-fund brats, demanding money and favor -- now!" [9/30/05]
And remember, Tony Snow is a pro-Bush conservative. Some of these quotes will be great to use in upcoming elections. We should all thank Tony Snow and Think Progress for putting them together for us.
- "When it comes to federal spending, George W. Bush is the boy who can't say no. In each of his three years at the helm, the president has warned Congress to restrain its spending appetites, but so far nobody has pushed away from the table mainly because the president doesn't seem to mean what he says." [The Detroit News, 12/28/03]
- "The president doesn't seem to give a rip about spending restraint." [The Detroit News, 12/28/03]
- "Bush, for all his personal appeal, ultimately bolstered his detractors' claims that he didn't have the drive and work ethic to succeed." [11/16/00]
- "Little in the character of demeanor of Al Gore or George Bush makes us say to ourselves: Now, this man is truly special! Little in our present peace and prosperity impels us to say: Give us a great man!" [8/25/00]
....The English Language has become a minefield for the man, whose malaprops make him the political heir not of Ronald Reagan, but Norm Crosby." [8/25/00]
- "On the policy side, he has become a classical dime-store Democrat. He gladly will shovel money into programs that enjoy undeserved prestige, such as Head Start. He seems to consider it mean-spirited to shut down programs that rip-off taxpayers and mislead supposed beneficiaries." [8/25/00]
It will be interesting to see how much a new front plate can change the publics opinion of the Bush Administration deeply flawed policies, integrity, and lack of implementation competence.
But my guess, is President George Bush and out nation are in a lot more trouble than can be fixed by changing a few staffers.
