Tony Snowjob Shines in Lying Debut

Having worked at Fox News prior to his appointment as the new White House Press Secretary, Tony Snow is accustomed to making the case for George W. Bush. So he seemed to avoid the first-day jitters in his initial day of full-time lying for a living. Snow held his first solo press briefing yesterday and, while watching him bob, weave and answer few questions, it was almost as if Scott "The Lyin' King" McClellan never retired to the GOP fibbers hall of fame.

Have a look, as Snow has a run of null answers that must have had McClellan wiping away tears and saying "that's my boy."

Q: Tony, I'm curious, why won't you comment at all on the USA Today story, or at least talk in a limited way about how average Americans' phone records are handled by the National Security Agency?

Snow: Because it's inappropriate.

Let's try another…

Q: Has Karl Rove told the President that he will resign if he is indicated in the Valerie Plame affair?

Snow: I am not going to comment at all on Karl Rove and his private communications with the President, nor am I going to comment on what may or may not happen.

And another…

Q: What kind of timetable do you have for a comprehensive bill? I mean, when would you have to have it in your hands, because --

Snow: You're talking about immigration?

Q: Yes.

Snow: Again, this is one where I've already overstepped my bounds by presuming to predict a Senate vote. I'm not going to go any further. I think the President would like to see action.

And yet another...

Q: Does the White House have a notion on the percentage of these Guard troops that are already in the four border states, versus how many might have to come from --

Snow: I'll refer technical questions like that back to the Department of Homeland Security. I do not have the breakdown. I know that they were briefing on that earlier today.

And one more...

Q: Could you update us on where President Bush stands on giving the District voting rights in the House, now that Chairman Tom Davis is pushing a bill that would give the District voting rights?

Snow: That is an issue -- why don't we wait and see what happens first. If Representative Davis has success, we will be able to formulate a position.

OK, just one more non-answer.

Q: Tony, as the only other talk radio host in this room, I'd like to ask you as a former colleague a brief, one-part question. (Laughter.) Congresswoman Maloney of New York and 43 others in the House have written the President, and this is the fourth time with no response from him, to ask, is the President opposed to contraception or not?

Snow: Well, thank you, that's -- (laughter) --

Q: Thank you?

Snow: Yes.

Q: How does he stand?

Snow: The President does not share his private correspondence with members of Congress or others, and so I don't have an answer for you.

So there you have it -- and the rest of the time he wasn't nearly so direct. Will Snow fill his quota of saying "ongoing investigation" and "September 11," based on McClellan's standards? Will he change the subject every time Helen Thomas opens her mouth?

We'll see but, for now, it's the same circus, but with a different clown.

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pretend you are crying

If he pulls out that crap on a regular basis, the Pressers will eventually turn on him.

Let's hope his stupid little honeymoon ends soon, and they can start hitting him with some serious questions.

Yeah, that'll be the day.

No, they bobbed, and weaved, and weaseled. But at least the press was starting to get a bit combative at the televised pressers. You could smell the bullshit through the screen.

Right now, it's a damn lovefest. No one wants to throw the first punch, yet, anyway. He can't keep crying, and he can't keep saying "I don't know." If he does, someone needs to call him on it--if he doesn't know, why doesn't he know, and when is he gonna know?

It'll probably take Helen to get up there and take the gloves off.

think he still works for Fox?