Snow stumbles during first meeting with White House press

"It obviously at this point is just a mess," new White House press secretary Tony Snow said good naturedly, summing up his rocky first question-and-answer session with reporters.

During 23 sometimes-chaotic minutes Friday with the White House press corps in his West Wing office, Snow offered a half-dozen apologies for a less-than-smooth debut, pleaded ignorance on seven questions and ruled out all talk of international or currency issues.

"I do not wish to set off global tempests," he said, "because I frankly just don't know enough on those."

One of his don't-know answers (on President Bush's signing plans for the tax bill) even turned out to be wrong when Snow later recited next week's schedule. The signing ceremony was on the calendar for Wednesday.

"I should have read my own paper," he said.



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him on what on earth this admininstration is doing with our constitution.

certainly underlines that BushCo is not particularly interested in expertise or experience in their hiring practices.

But, I feel a little badly for Snow...I think he is in over his head, and it seems he had no idea before he accepted the position.

I thought that one of the reasons he took the job was to be in the loop....now his pat answer for tough questions is - 'i haven't been briefed'

I'm tired of these assholes masking their evilness behind the veil of incompetence.