Congratulations to Tony Snow for being selected to be the new White House Press Secretary.
From WikiPedia: Career information about Tony Snow:
Snow began his journalism career in 1979 in newspapers as an editorial writer for The Greensboro Record in North Carolina. Next as an editorial writer at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia (1981-82), editorial page editor of The Daily Press in Newport News (1982-84), deputy editorial page editor of The Detroit News (1984-87) and editorial page editor of The Washington Times (1987-91). Also The Detroit News published his commentary from 1993 to 2000, and he was a Counterpoint Columnist for USA Today from 1994 to 2000.
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Snow also wrote a syndicated column for Creators Syndicate between 1993 and 2000. As a nationally syndicated columnist, his commentaries appeared in more than 200 newspapers nationwide. Snow won numerous awards during his print career, including citations from the Virginia Press Association, the Detroit Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, The Associated Press and Gannett.
He has appeared on radio and television programs worldwide including The McLaughlin Group, the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Face The Nation, Crossfire, and Good Morning America. Prior to the 1994 elections, Snow was the writer, correspondent and host of a PBS news special, The New Militant Center, which anticipated some of the upsets that shook the political establishment.
In 1991, Snow took a sabbatical from journalism to work in the White House for President George H.W. Bush, first as chief speechwriter (Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications and Director of Speechwriting) and later as Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs (1992-93).
From 1996 to 2003 he served as the host of FOX News Sunday. Before being given his own radio show, Snow frequently served as a commentator on National Public Radio and guest host on the Rush Limbaugh program.
In February 2005, Snow revealed that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer. He returned to work in April 2005. In 1973 his mother died of colon cancer.
In 2006, he was appointed to the position of White House Press Secretary to replace Scott McClellan.
I know it is too much for me to expect from a nice man like Tony Snow, but it would have been super prior to Scott McClellan’s departure for him to have said – just once – “Helen Thomas, you ignorant crone, you pig-headed, Democratic partisan slut . . .”, and finished his otherwise benign career with a flourish.
I love Tony Snow, too. It’s a good thing he is there – if he knows anything, he knows the fickle press.
And, you’re right, someone needs to verbally clean Helen Thomas’ clock! She is just soooo wasting all our time.
Take care, both you and Damsel! 🙂