Leading Press Sec. Candidate On Bush: "An Embarrassment," "Impotent," "Doesn't Seem To Mean What He Says"...

Thinkprogress April 25, 2006 at 04:57 PM
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Fox News' Tony Snow is expected to be named White House Press Secretary in the next few days. Here's some of what he's had to say about the President:

- Bush has "lost control of the federal budget and cannot resist the temptation to stop raiding the public fisc." [5/17/06]

- "George W. Bush and his colleagues have become not merely the custodians of the largest government in the history of humankind, but also exponents of its vigorous expansion." [5/17/06]

- "President Bush distilled the essence of his presidency in this year's State of the Union Address: brilliant foreign policy and listless domestic policy." [2/3/06]

- "George Bush has become something of an embarrassment." [11/11/05]

- Bush "has a habit of singing from the Political Correctness hymnal." [10/7/05]

- "No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives." [9/30/05]

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Last Week: Fox's Tony Snow Attributes High Gas Prices To "People Complaining About Donald Rumsfeld"...

Thinkprogress Judd Legum April 25, 2006 at 04:41 PM
READ MORE: Bill O'Reilly, Scott McClellan, Fox News

Fox News Anchor Tony Snow is being considered as a replacement for White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. Looks like he would fit right in. Last night on The O'Reilly Factor, Snow said that "people complaining about Donald Rumsfeld" were partially to blame for high gas prices.

SNOW: You've got people complaining about Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon. There are jitters about the stability of the Middle East. Those subside and a number of people say this, analysts in the industry, the price goes down again

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