Tony Snow WARNS us against finger-pointing; then tries to label Minn. governor as DEMOCRAT

[Bluebear]

Q You're basically saying that they're supposed to investigate, and they're supposed to investigate, and they're supposed to -- so are you --

MR. SNOW: No, April, this is a classic mistake at a time like this. This is not a time for finger-pointing at all. This is a time for dealing with those in grief and also working to assist the state in getting that artery put together as quickly as possible.

Q So I guess the question is, in light of what has just happened -- you talk about it being premature and finger-pointing, but what should Americans look to to have any measure of confidence that this is not about to happen again somewhere else in the country?

MR. SNOW: Well, I mean, look, this is something where you have very rare occurrences like this; people trust their own experience and they know what's going on. I don't want to get up here and try to act as if I'm the chief engineer of the United States, because I'm not going to give you a survey of each and every bridge. But I can tell you that there are people who devote their lives to doing this stuff and they're serious about it.

Q Doesn't it raise questions about something in the system being broken? You talk about vigorous inspections, but obviously something was overlooked in this situation.

MR. SNOW: I don't know what's obvious, Elaine. Why don't you wait until somebody finds out, rather -- again, I think there's always a temptation to leap to conclusions, to look for a global one-size-fits-all solution. The most important thing is to be responsible and figure out what the facts are; then you can draw a conclusion that are actually responsive to the facts.

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MR. SNOW: Well, what she -- no, she also said --

Q -- "whenever practicable," when you talk about Democrats and all that --

MR. SNOW: Well, again, the Democratic Governor of the state made the point that he thought --

Q Republican.

MR. SNOW: That's right, the Republican Governor, you're right, thank you. I was thinking Minnesota. But the Republican Governor also made the point that scheduled rehabilitation was in the future and they both attested to the fact that this was something where someplace in the future -- and it is indeterminate, you're right, it doesn't say six years or 10 years.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070802-3.html

[lonestarnot]

1. Ack! An almost snowjob.

[karlrschneider]

2. He was "thinking Minnesota"???? Where the fuck does he think Minneapolis is?

:wtf: :eyes: :grr:

[Bumblebee]

7. He was thinking "Minnesota"... a blue state.

A natural slip for a right winger. Furthermore, there should have been a Democratic governor... and two Democratic senators...

[karlrschneider]

8. Oh, okay. I didn't think he could hold those 2 thoughts in his vacuous skull.

My bad.
:shrug:

[Left Is Write]

27. Yeah. A blue state that hasn't had a Democratic governor in quite a while.

[shain from kane]

10. He was thinking Louisiana and Blanco. Notice that he mentioned "she".

[Bumblebee]

11. Well, they share Mississipi... :)

[LSparkle]

3. If you were THINKING Minnesota, then why did you say Democratic?

Total lying sack of crap evasive answer. Snarky comment: He can always blame it on the meds.

[Bluebear]

12. 'Total lying sack of crap evasive answer. ' : per usual n/t

[CottonBear]

4. Oh god. Tony is just following his Faux News training: call bad Republics Democrats.

Remember all of the times that Faux labels Republics as Democrats (remember Mark Foley D-FL?) :grr:

[KamaAina]

5. "tries to change party of Minn. Governor"

Should've asked Minn. Senator Norm Coleman (R-Changing Parties Just Like Changing Hairstyles) for some tips. :P

[Supersedeas]

6. he was thinking Minnesota!?!

[Quantess]

9. What an asshole.

His illness seems to be impacting his ability to be glib, though. His job can't be good for his health. (As if I care.)

[shain from kane]

16. To this casual observer, he has been declining over the last several months. There won't be any Snow

this winter.

[earthlover]

22. If yu think dying is a source of humor, you must think Iraq is hillarious

Get a life

[awoke_in_2003]

31. I may be mistaken

but I don't think that the poster you were responding to was wishing death. I took the "declining" to mean declining ability to do his job (bullshit the press) not declining health. By saying "no snow this winter", i took that as meaning we will have another press secy, in what has become a revolving door office. I could be wrong, though.

[earthlover]

33. the guy is dying of cancer....

[awoke_in_2003]

38. okay

didn't know that. Makes sense now.

[diane in sf]

32. We all die sooner or later and it's fine with me if Neocons go sooner.

It can't be good for Tony Snow's health to spend everyday lying and defending a pack of criminal fascists. If he is not a total sociopath he is accelerating his own death by living in unresolvable conflict. If he is 100% with them well then I can't shed any tears at his passing.

Death can be a source of humor--look at all the Darwin in action entries. My ambition is to outlast Bush, Cheney etc. and dance or piss on their graves as the spirit moves me.

[Quantess]

35. We were merely stating the obvious,

that he has a devastating illness, and that his job is not good for his health.

[LTR]

13. Oh. Hell. No.

:rofl:

[yardwork]

14. Tony Tony Tony.

I heard that he once had integrity.

[PA Democrat]

15. FOX News taught him well. n/t

[Bluebear]

17. Hey, maybe that was HIS brainchild! nt

[eleny]

18. Not the current governor but the next one damned sure should be a Dem

[porphyrian]

19. Yeah, eat shit, snow. - n/t

[lebkuchen]

20. 9-11, pentagon, anthrax terrorist, Gulf States/NO, Minneapolis, Iraq/Afghanistan et al

Bush will go down in history as the "disaster president" of the millenium. Is it really in the evangelicals' best interest to be praying for another terror attack? Americans are sick and tired of waking up to this president each day with a "WTF is it now?"

[indepat]

37. I have been chided on this board for saying if this Republic should last for another

thousand years, men will still be saying the Bush II years were our darkest days. A "disaster president" of the millennium tag would seem to lend at least a modicum of credence to my conjecture that the US will never have a worse administration for it is uncertain the Republic will withstand the disasters created by this administration, let alone survive to encounter a worse one.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. And tomorrow, Norm Coleman is gonna try and blame Al Franken

Followed by FEMA delivering the concrete and girders to fuckin' Boise.

:mad: :argh:

[BlooInBloo]

23. Wow. Never seen the misidentify-the-party trick before.

[Phredicles]

24. "When people don't want to play 'the blame game', they're to blame";

So said Jon Stewart in the wake of the unpleasantness in New Orleans. The quotation merits another airing at this point, I believe.

[Psyop Samurai]

28. Indeed it does, and glad you did...

I had not heard that, and it sums up my reaction to Snow and his ilk perfectly.

[Skittles]

30. I was thinking the same thing about "finger pointing"

whenever a repuke says this is not the time for finger pointing, you can be sure it's their f***ing fault

[question everything]

25. Pawlenty was wearing a blue polo shirt... (nt)

[Cha]

26. tony snow has made a classic

mistake by presswhoring for the bushits.

[gratuitous]

29. Didn't his boss already blame congressional Democrats?

Tony's just following Little Boots' lead on the "blame" game.

[B Calm]

34. Snow's response to the irresponsible spending habits of the FKNG REPUBLICANS.

Blame the democrats... Sick SOBs!

[Ganja Ninja]

36. Gee I wonder how long it will be before FOX & CNN make the ..

same mistake.