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and is threatening to recreate the holocaust

there is genocide in sudan

a terrorist attack in egypt

gas prices are going up

iraq newly formed a government

and tony snow once said somethings which did not support the president...

...stop getting noticed at all.  :)

I once worked with a gentleman who was in the Johnson White House press office.  Told me once how hard it was to return to civillian life after that.

Mr. Snow will be a good change to the mediocre performance during the daily briefings.  Ever since they became televised, I felt that you needed someone like a Tony (or, there are others out there) to just look those idiots in the face and say "what?"

The reporters now pontificate for the camera, and previous WH Press Secs were basically PR people, not accustomed to the press environment.  Tony knows press inside and outside, and can give the likes of Gregory a good a$$ spanking when he tries to perform for the camera.

My dream, ole' Gregory gets on his burbon-induced high horse and ole' Tony looks and him and says (in front of the C-SPAN cameras), "hey, bud, ask a sane question or get out of my room."

Dreams

that would be.

Who is this Andrew Sullivan you speak of?

to attract viewers to press conferences.  I intend to watch when I know one's on.  I hope he is as good as he has seemed all these years.

While he's at it, the conferences could use some humor.  For instance, the Press Secretary laughing at the questions.

that's twice now in one day where I've read a comment from Andrew that clearly shows him jumping the shark. The first was where he blamed police brutality on Bush's torture policies (as described by Andrew Sullivan).

I think his sleep apnea machine must be on the fritz, because he's sounding more moonbattish by the day.

He's at Orange Level

now, if kerry were pres., he'd call an international conference and solve everything lickety-split.

can't wait to see it all the episodes back to back without interruption

And one that occurred to me while reading this recent, rather uncharitable piece on President Bush, by Peggy Noonan.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110008260

I thought about the areas in which I agreed or disagreed with the President. I have come to the conclusion that our alignment on taxes and our tactical and strategic interests in the Middle East outweighed my disagreement on other issues.

In response to your observation:

And here is the puzzlement: Up until now, one of the chief criticisms of the Bush White House was that it lived "in a bubble" and didn't pay attention to its critics. Now it's hiring one of them and what is the response?

Snark?

And that's it?

It is doubtful that President Bush would appoint a spokesperson who agrees with his ostensibly free spending style but disagreed with his approach to the war on terror.  This may be an indication that Snow's past comments do not particularly bother the President because his action in regard to spending is less a reflection of his philosophy than a reflection of where he chooses to spend political capital in such grave times.

Just like in poker.

You can only play the cards you actually hold.

Any trial lawyer would laugh at someone calling this job switch some kind of moral compromise. This is just moving from the Red Sox to the Cubs. What's the sin?

I wonder if they post a schedule anywhere.

describing WH reporters walking in the hall and rehearsing their questions outloud, sort of like Oliiver running over a scene from Hamlet in his dressing room.  Must have been some tough questions. A slight stumble over a unrehearsed answer however is proof of irredeemable stupidity.

     You need a man who has worked with and observed at first hand such hopeless and hapless clods.

at about the time his blog turned into a "we cant slap a terrorist because thats torture, and gays should marry" nonstop rant.

Sullivan's comments smack of jealousy--look, I agree with Tony on all these things, and no one is asking me to do anything!

Keep trying, Andrew, and maybe you can be Hillary's assistant press secretary for blog affairs.

That maybe the problem is that the left's carefully constructed bubble mirage isn't?

Dude's got a tough road to hoe.

Tony Snow has already been nicknamed "Snow Job." Didn't take long. Heh...

insults Helen Thomas, offers to buy David Gregory his next drink, recommends Weight Watchers for Elizabeth Bumiller, and buys Terry Moran a plastic toy brain.  He may stipulate that if you have to read your own question then you can't ask it and it's not worth answering.

I have worked at places where I agreed with:

• 50 percent of the policies being promoted, but thought it was kind of a cool job and a step toward advancement.
  
• 65 percent, but I really liked the boss and there was a cachet attached to the post.
  
• 85 percent, but the boss was a friend, and besides, I had no clue of what was really happening.
  
• 85 percent, but the boss was such an improvement over the previous management that my support was enthusiastic. And I needed the job.
  
• 90 percent. As close to perfect as the real world allows. And I have a window.

So, in a career of politics and PR, I have compromised my principles many times over. But I have also promoted my principles to the best of my ability and advanced, at the margins, the cause of freedom and free markets.

The only people who can get away with insisting on "my way or else" are billionaires, tyrants, or really cute children with indulgent parents.

To those of you on the left taking potshots at Snow for compromising his values, you fit under Category 3. Only not so cute.