Tony Snow, in his own words
By Lee Russ
Monday, May 15, 2006 at 04:54 PM
Tony Snow apparently did not get off to a very good start with the White House press corps, deciding to hold his first "gaggle" in the comfort of his own, far-too-small office, not to mention that he amended the starting time, then started the conference before the new time that he had announced.
A bigger problem, at least for those of us who merely read the gaggle transcripts, is the first indication of how things are likely to go with Snow.
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QUESTION: How are you going to make this administration more credible?
TONY SNOW: I'm not going to answer questions about credibility, other than to say that I'm eager to be here and I'm happy to be working with you.
{Ed. note: not answering questions about credibility sounds like a surefire way to enhance credibility, eh?}
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QUESTION: Senator Leahy said yesterday that he hasn't been able to find a single member of Congress, including those who you would think would have been briefed on this, who have been briefed on this.
TONY SNOW: If you read the reporting within the American press today you will find that -- at least what has been said in the press is that people not only were fully briefed, but had no objections. I don't know. You will have to ask the appropriate members of the Senate Intelligence --
QUESTION: What are you really telling us? Are you saying the stories are untrue that we've been reading for a couple of days concerning data mining?
TONY SNOW: I'm telling you that I can't comment on the details of the stories.
QUESTION: Are there any critics on the Hill now who are yelling a great deal about this, who were actually briefed themselves?
TONY SNOW: You will have to ask the Senate committees who has been fully briefed, and you can draw your own conclusions on that basis.
{Ed. Note: Gee, sure sounds like a piece of that Deal or No Deal script, doesn't it?}
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