White House Press Gaggle - Tuesday, August 8, 2006

The White House Press Office ^ | 8/8/2006 | Tony Snow

[hsalaw]

For the umpteenth time, I will remind you that the President is not trying to conduct foreign policy in the war on terror in response to public opinion polls, but to the realities on the ground, and I am sure that that is going to be an important consideration voters are going to have to make this November: Who really does take seriously the threat of the war on terror; do they acknowledge or not that terrorists are still trying to hurt Americans and American interests around the globe; and who has the most credible way of addressing it. And that is a debate we look forward to having.

What a wonderful answer!

[LadyJMayo]

Thanks for the ping Dinasour!

And the idea of ejector seats in the new press briefing room is brilliant!! I just have this delightful picture of Tony pressing a button on his podium and Helen flying through the air...

[Alas Babylon!]

...and Helen flying through the air...

Shoot, he sees that every time she brings the broom out for a takeoff!

[speekinout]

I guess most of you "Journalists" were too stupid to realize you were being spun when Clinton took credit for everything that went right in the 1990s.

No, they were complicit. They decided consciously not to report anything that went wrong. Where was the coverage of the first attack on the WTC? Somalia? The Cole? And the fact that the economy started heading south in March, 2000? Etc.

[LadyJMayo]

Good point!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[LibertyLee]

Thanks for the ping, dinasour!

[mathluv]

Fox just announced that Tony will be coming on from Crawford, shortly.