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White House Press Secretary Snow Resigns
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by gryphon | August 31, 2007 at 09:22 am
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In a strange turn of events, Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary, has resigned citing low pay. Snow has suffered from recurring cancer and may not be at full strength. Yet instead of choosing health concerns or spending time with family as a reason for his departure, he specifically made it known that it was teh money that made him leave.
I find this very strange for a man who made his money in television, most recently as anchor of Fox News shows. He was fully aware that public service does not pay as much as private employment and yet he choose to take teh Press Secretary position in April 2006.
What changed? Has he really run out of money? Are we to belive that somone of his intelligence can not balance his personal finances? Is he a victim of the stock market speculation?
Its a very strange season in the White House with so many high profile departures: Snow, Rove, Gonzales.
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at 09:36 on August 31st, 2007
gryphon, you've convinced me you've done the work
You provided excellent context for this story and it's a strange twist. I wonder how many more Bush supporters will jump ship before his presidency self-destructs.
at 01:01 on September 1st, 2007
how do u think so?
at 09:42 on August 31st, 2007
Also, we were all watching him visibly age in his latest gig... being the mouthpiece for such a controversial White House (and whipping boy for an increasingly truculent press) cannot be much fun.
at 10:10 on August 31st, 2007
Funny he had the strength to say this today
BUSH GOVT DISPUTES UNFAVOURABLE REPORT FINDINGS
The Bush Administration has disputed a leaked congressional audit report that's found that very few benchmarks for political and security progress in Iraq have been met. The White House insists that progress is being made, while Iraq's Foreign Minister has warned there are no "magical solutions" to the challenges facing his country.
A cholera outbreak in Kirkuk is Iraq's latest calamity after sectarian clashes in Karbala this week killed 52 people. According to a leaked congressional audit report by the Government Accountability Office in Washington, only 3 out of 18 political and security benchmarks in Iraq have been met.
NORA BENSAHEL, POLITICAL ANALYST: The facts on the ground in Iraq remain fairly difficult. It's a very, very unsettled situation. The GAO report suggested that the level of violence has not decreased.
Claiming the GAO had set the bar too high, the White House tried to put the best possible spin on the negative report.
TONY SNOW, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN: Well, look, it's no secret that many of the benchmarks have not been met. What is significant, what is significant, is that there is progress toward a great number of them.
Democrats in Congress pounced on the leaked report's pessimistic findings.
JASON ALTMIRE, US DEMOCRAT: And we have not only, as I said, made no progress, we have gone backwards, on a lot of indicators.
Democrats also lashed out at the Iraqi Government.
MICHAEL ARCURI, US DEMOCRAT: They have squandered the time that we gave them, they have squandered the time that our troops have fought for, to give them.
But Iraq's Government insists progress is being made, while dampening down expectations from a keenly awaited troop surge report, due next month.
HOSHYAR ZEBARI, IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER: I personally believe that this report would not provide any magical solutions or provide any instant answers.
But all attention will be focused on the crucial progress report to be made by the top US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus. Even some Republicans, along with Democrats, are insisting on proof of substantial progress, or else they'll demand a new strategy, including a troop pullout.
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at 14:55 on August 31st, 2007
gryphon, god bless Tony Snow I hope he can survive the cancer he ia a good man.