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Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

Fight them, without becoming them!

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

How stupid are these people?

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

The lights are all blinking red.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

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Tony’s New Job

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Bush announced that Tony Snow will be his new press secretary:

President Bush announced his new White House press secretary on Wednesday: former Fox News host Tony Snow.

“As a professional journalist, Tony Snow understands the importance of the relationship between government and those whose job it is to cover the government,” Bush said during a White House appearance.

Snow replaces Scott McClellan, who announced last week he would step down during a West Wing makeover by Josh Bolten, the new White House chief of staff.

Snow, 50, was a weekend news anchor and political analyst for the Fox News Channel, which he joined in 1996. He also hosted “The Tony Snow Show” on Fox News Radio.

Some quick thoughts:

1.) I have no idea what would motivate ANYONE to be the WH press secretary for ANY administration.

2.) Why anyone would want to be the press secretary for THIS administration makes even less sense.

3.) I would have chosen someone who was not affiliated with Fox news, for the obvious reasons.

4.) I haven’t seen anyone do it yet, but I am sure by this time next week I will be ready to slug people who use the phrase ‘snow job’ and think they are being clever.

That having been said, Tony Snow didn’t seem like a crazy person on the news shows I have seen him do, but I have heard him be occassionally hacktacular on his own show. I guess we will find out and see which Tony Snow we get.

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  1. 1.

    DougJ

    I’m sure it’s a coincidence that they announced this the same day Rove goes before the grand jury again.

  2. 2.

    Edmund Dantes

    You really have been swamped then John. Snow-job is well underway to being overused.

  3. 3.

    fwiffo

    Do you mean you haven’t seen “snow job” yet, or you haven’t seen a slugging as the result of the use of “snow job?” I’ve heard it enough to know that such a slugging is already overdue. The jokes about it being a just a lateral move or title change are better, but already overdone.

    This is the funniest bit I’ve seen on it so far.

  4. 4.

    Steve

    I’ve never watched Snow, but his written work has struck me as intelligent. He seems like a good, smart conservative to me – surely a better conservative than George W. Bush. I think Andrew Sullivan had the right take:

    What Bush needs to do is bring in actual senior staff people who understand and want to reverse his profligate fiscal policy, his incoherent energy policy, and his shambolic war-management. What Bush has – typically – done is get a spokesman, who doesn’t set policy, to appeal to alienated conservatives. It is literal window-dressing.

    I’m a bleeding heart myself, but I’d take honest conservatism any day over this irresponsible mishmosh of an administration.

  8. 8.

    Perry Como

    Any word on who the White House chose to fill Tony Snow’s job over at Fox?

    A Speak & Spell.

  9. 9.

    The Other Steve

    Any word on who the White House chose to fill Tony Snow’s job over at Fox?

    They want to fix their perception as being right leaning.

    They are in negotiations with Rosie O’Donnell

  10. 10.

    docG

    Wikipedia entry for the G. W. Bush administration and Tony Snow, circa 2065:

    When the bullshit soured, and was no longer being bought by anyone, the response was not to alter the bullshit, but to hire a better bullshit salesman. The shit still stunk and was still not purchased in bulk. (Curiously, according to recently declassified documents, someone named Darrell [no last name] made regular bullshit purchases from the White House until late 2007.)

  11. 11.

    Krista

    1.) I have no idea what would motivate ANYONE to be the WH press secretary for ANY administration.

    2.) Why anyone would want to be the press secretary for THIS administration makes even less sense.

    No kidding. You couldn’t pay me enough to do it. (Well, yeah…I could maybe do it for a week before wanting to stab someone). Although, if you can handle it, it makes any future PR jobs look like a breezy day in the park with puppies and butterflies.

  12. 12.

    fwiffo

    They want to fix their perception as being right leaning.
    They are in negotiations with Rosie O’Donnell

    I can’t tell if this is a joke or not.
    I can’t tell if this is funny or not.

  13. 13.

    Pb

    I’ll tell you what, if Rosie O’Donnell was the Press Secretary, I wouldn’t want to mess with her. Then again, you might do better to hire Horatio Sanz in a dress.

  14. 14.

    tBone

    “As a professional journalist, Tony Snow understands the importance of the relationship between government and those whose job it is to cover the government,” Bush said during a White House appearance.

    Snow followed up the President’s remarks by performing “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” with members of the Three 6 Mafia in the Rose Garden.

  15. 15.

    Krista

    As a professional journalist, Tony Snow understands the importance of the relationship between government and those whose job it is to cover the asses of the government,” Bush said during a White House appearance.

    There. That’s better.

  16. 16.

    LITBMueller

    Should I assume, then, John, that “Snowed in,” “Snowed under,” and “yellow Snow” are also on your shit list? ;)

    I guess we will find out and see which Tony Snow we get.

    Indeed. Will we get the Tony Snow that wears glasses to look smarter, or not?

  17. 17.

    Mr Furious

    I just listened to John Dickerson (of Slate) on NPR in the car and he had a couple good points:

    1. It’s hard to say “no” when the President offers you a spot on the team.

    2. There’s something noble/heroic about running into a burning building.

    3. Snow might actually feel he can help the Presiden, and has no doubt equipped himself with better power than his predecessors to do so.

  18. 18.

    Mr Furious

    Indeed. Will we get the Tony Snow that wears glasses to look smarter, or not?

    Oh, absolutely Tony “Glasses” Snow.

    Glasses are an invaluable prop, especially if you don’t really need them. They can be taken on and off for emphasis. Used as an effective “jab enhancer”—gesturing to a pesky reporter after taking off your glasses and holding them in your hand is always effective…

    You can stall and adjust glasses when you’re uncomfortable/on the spot…

    And there’s always the old, “you wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses?…”

  19. 19.

    Steve

    2.) Why anyone would want to be the press secretary for THIS administration makes even less sense.

    It’s basically like being DougJ and getting paid for it. Doesn’t sound so bad to me.

    If you happen to actually believe some of the stuff you say, thus obviating the need to make it up out of nowhere, things get even easier!

  20. 20.

    Zifnab

    2. There’s something noble/heroic about running into a burning building.

    Hahahahahaha! Fantastic

  21. 21.

    The Other Steve

    Used as an effective “jab enhancer”—gesturing to a pesky reporter after taking off your glasses and holding them in your hand is always effective…

    I think that only works for Ed Asner.

  22. 22.

    Paddy O'Shea

    Wait’ll Tony Baloney finds out that he will be expected to check his brain in at the White House door, and that all he is going to allowed to say is what Karl Rove tells him to say.

    That’s what The Decider expects of a hireling.

  24. 24.

    LITBMueller

    Tony Baloney! I love it, Paddy! :)

    Glasses are an invaluable prop, especially if you don’t really need them.

    And, I suppose if he needs to, he can always use them to stab Helen Thomas in the neck, a la Godfather III.

  25. 25.

    The Sanity Inspector

    A good press secretary has to be comfortable with the idea that, when the White House issues a statement, that is not the end of the matter, but the beginning.

    As for names, I once transacted business with a man whose last name was Yawn. I stifled a reflexive yawn upon hearing this. Then I stifled a reflexive urge to exclaim about the reflexive yawn, realizing that he’d probably heard all about it his whole life.

  26. 26.

    Paddy O'Shea

    TSI: When the Bush administration issues a statement, or basically does just about anything, it truly never is the end of the matter.

    Tony will discover that damage control is an important part of his job.

  27. 27.

    Steve

    It’s hard to say “no” when the President offers you a spot on the team.

    This is not really the case. Conventional wisdom is that we would have had a new Secretary of the Treasury long ago, but no one with gravitas wants to get anywhere near the job since Bush has basically made a joke out of it.

    For a lot of people, getting a job in the administration is basically a resume item that you can use to make big money in the private sector for the rest of your life. If you’re already a successful figure in the financial world, you don’t necessarily need the headache.

  28. 28.

    Tractarian

    Has anyone noticed that very few people seem to be complaining that the Administration is hiring someone directly from a major news network? Sure, there are the “lateral hire” jokes being thrown around – but can you imagine the “librul media” uproar if, say, Dan Rather became Clinton’s press secretary?

    Actually, I think the lack of outrage is a good sign. I was never bothered by Fox’s political slant – what bothered me was their claim of being “fair and balanced.” Why can’t they be proud of what they are – a conservative media outlet? Maybe the Snow appointment will force them to tear down the “fair and balanced” facade.

  29. 29.

    Paddy O'Shea

    Fox News is basically fantasy infotainment aimed at a specific demographic, mainly middle-aged fat white guys who think everyone is out to get them. And since the Bush admin rarely deals with hard reality either, Snow should fit in quite well.

    If our national emcee George W. Bush is the Alex Trabek of presidents, Tony Snow just became Vanna White.

  30. 30.

    scarshapedstar

    Why can’t they be proud of what they are – a conservative media outlet?

    Because life’s just no fun if you don’t lie.

  31. 31.

    The Other Steve

    It’s interesting. My girlfriend doesn’t really follow US politics much. She doesn’t like Bush, but she doesn’t know the ins and outs of the political parties and so on and so forth. She’s from Russia, so you can’t blame her.

    But she does watch the news. Generally CNN Headline News, sometimes she flips around though.

    She doesn’t much care for Fox, in her words… “The guys talking always seem so nasty.”

  32. 32.

    Krista

    If our national emcee George W. Bush is the Alex Trabek of presidents, Tony Snow just became Vanna White.

    Pft…Trebek has more brains in his little finger than Bush has in his entire carcass. (Besides, if you’re drawing a sidekick parallel, then wouldn’t Bush be Pat Sajak?)

  33. 33.

    Richard 23

    Why don’t we ever hear the good news about Tony Snow becoming the new White House Press Secretary? The terrorists are obviously monitoring you moonbats and your opinions of this great American. Aid and comfort is treason!

    Why can’t Balloon Juice (condom deposit) be like it was in the old days? When the real Americans outnumbered the traitorous moonbats…. Until then, we at Scrutator will continue to list John Communist and Tim Marxist as part of “the wrong way.”

  34. 34.

    HyperIon

    TOS: Your girlfriend’s quote “The guys talking always seem so nasty” reminds me of something I have noticed for several years now–even before the Age of Flight Suit Boy.

    Although I consider myself a fiscal conservative, I perceive many Republicans as mean or at least mean-spirited. Contrast this with “bleeding-heart” liberals. And then ponder the phrase “compassionate conservatism”…as a novel alternative to regular old NON-compassionate conservatism.

    I would like to reject this analysis as over-simplified but whenever I hear folks unknown to me genuinely expressing sympathy for someone who is not in their “club”, it usually turns out that they are not Republicans.

  42. 42.

    Krista

    Krista, your canuck bias is showing

    Damn skippy it is. GWB isn’t fit to be Alex Trebek’s towel boy.

  43. 43.

    Pb

    Paddy O’Shea,

    Fox News is basically fantasy infotainment aimed at a specific demographic, mainly middle-aged fat white guys who think everyone is out to get them.

    Bingo.

  45. 45.

    scs

    Damn skippy it is. GWB isn’t fit to be Alex Trebek’s towel boy.

    And your PM is an idiot! (whatever his name is)

    Anyway, I think it’s funny how foreigners think it’s okay to criticise other people’s leaders, but don’t necessarily like the same treatment in return. When my German cousins visited (prob more liberal than any of you all) and bashed Bush freely to us, I made some comments about how I didn’t like Schroeder that much, didn’t like his style, his persona, his 5 or 6 marriages. They immediately got very defensive about it. Just a little irony, no?

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