Snow brought to tears in mid presser.

[partylessinOhio]

Unbelievable.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Details, please?

Was this a response to a question or part of him telling his cancer survivor story? If the latter, it could have been an act aimed at garnering sympathy.

[partylessinOhio]

2. He was stopped dead and could not speak a word.

Had to put his head down and gather himself. When he looked up again he had tears in his eyes. I missed what set him off. Hope someone else can add that.

[cdb]

3. Did someone mention his mom?? n/t

[partylessinOhio]

7. Snow brought up his mother, said he lost her last year (I believe)

That she had the same type cancer as he had.

(I did notice the yellow bracelet - I guess he was asked about it and then teared up and couldn't continue speaking. Will have to watch the tape if reruns later.)

[Tom Joad]

4. I am so touched. Cancer survivor becomes spokeperson for most criminal

regime of the 21st century.
Soon to be a Hallmark Movie.

[Catchawave]

8. Just saw the clip....

ACTING !

No offense to Tony Snowjob's personal life, but don't drag it onto the public arena, geesh.

[partylessinOhio]

10. Fox just replayed the breakdown part -

Snow is not ready for this high pressure job - end of story.

You had cancer man! Put yourself first! You don't need this crap! Screw Bush!

[OzarkDem]

12. Chicken meet Col. Sanders

I guess that's why he supports an administration that CUTS funding for cancer research and throws cancer patients out of the health care system.

Go Tony!

[KyndCulture]

5. Some asked why he's wearing the yellow rubber bracelet.

He went to tears.

[ldf]

22. and just why would someone ask about the bracelet

everyone knows about the yellow bracelets. lance armstrong made them household knowledge. (didn't kerry wear one?)

it was a put up question to try and make him appear human, so he could do his little "breakdown" act.

i'm not fooled. he is still a partisan hack.

:grr:

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Perhaps he finding it's not so easy telling lies to a live audience

It's not going to be like FoxNews at all.

[partylessinOhio]

9. Snow was unsettling to watch. I noticed something funny in his eyes

when he stepped up on the podium.

[goclark]

11. Like maybe he was on heavy Meds or something?

God bless him.

He must really be committed to George to take on all this stress.

[sarcasmo]

13. Do they drug everyone of these Rwing pundits? Rush, Snow, Cheney?

[goclark]

14. Didn't Powell speak of Ambien as the drug they lived on

at the WH.

[nancyr]

15. so sad

What a pity...who can possibly be mean to a man who had cancer???? They certainly picked the ideal shill, didn't they?

[librechik]

16. I don't think he's used to wearing his contacts

that can give anybody a funny, blurry, teary look

[Nimrod2005]

17. This guy is fake, he is in over his head, he talks alot, and he is not

going to last...Press core is not Fox News audience.

Tony Blow Job oops I mean Snow job is a mess!!!

[TankLV]

18. They don't call him "Snow Job" for nothing! He's just trying to punk us

all.

Yeah - cry like a baby, asswipe.

I'll feel sorry when you and your bunch of WAR CRMINALS are in PRISON!

Until then, I've got to rearrange my socks...

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. In my best yellow-eyed Scott Farkas impression

"Cry Baby! Cry!"

[ProfessorPlum]

29. Heh. Indeedy.

As God is my witness, yellow eyes!

[cboy4]

20. I'm not going to bash the guy for getting teary over that evil disease.

Yea, it didn't look very professional, but so what?

One of the things I like so much about our party is that we're compassionate and humane.

Cancer, for those who don't know, is devastating.

What I will bash him about is cancer is a death sentence for those who don't have the privileged health care benefits and resources he has.

And now he's taking a job with an administration that couldn't care less about people.

And he's getting paid to further lies.

This I will slam him about, over and over.


edit: typo

[Supersedeas]

21. Snow tried to pull a Mrs. Scalito on National Television--Wow hearts and

sympathy strings Batman

[ShortnFiery]

23. That was my thought - Great Minds - aye?

Hey, I don't doubt that surviving Cancer takes great personal courage.

But Tony Snow getting all teary eyed during the first televised news conference had as much to do with his FEAR of f'ing up as it did with conjuring up ... (wouldn't he be guarded?) Rove probably told him to remember the most painful things and "let them out" so he can garner more empathy from those meanies in WH Press Corps. :thumbsdown:

No slack! :(

[tinfoilinfor2005]

24. The whole thing just came off silly and theatrical

even before the bracelet bit. This bunch really is run by P.T. Barnum.

[vi5]

25. What strikes me about this thing...

..and keep in mind I'm only going by press accounts of what happened, is that my understanding is that it started when someone asked him why he was wearing one of those yellow Lance Armstrong bracelets. Now why would someone in a press conference ask him about that as though it were some kind of odd thing. Everyone and their brother that I see wear one of those friggin things. Why would that be worthy of inquiry by the press corps?

If I read the situation wrong or read an incorrect account then I retract this. But if the whole thing was in fact prompted by a question about his yellow bracelet then it seems fishy to me.

[Tulum_Moon]

26. How long will he milk the cancer thing?

I just saw the recorded one I have. He seemed kinda phony. JMO.

[vi5]

27. I'm not even saying his reaction wasn't genuine....

I'll give the benefit of the doubt to someone who lost a parent to cancer or battled it themselves. But just asking about it in the firt place in a briefing/press conference seems fishy.

[bmbmd]

28. Compare Snow's "act"

with Dan Abrams' professionalism.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5952314/