Posted on 10/28/2006 8:39:24 PM PDT by paulat
What He’s Trying to Say
By BEN WALLACE-WELLS
The White House, like any castle, has its own peculiar rituals, and in the five months that Tony Snow has been President George W. Bush’s press secretary, he has begun to learn them.
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...a man named Lester Kinsolving, a radio host and reporter for a Baltimore station with a big grin and game-show-host wavy hair, will interrupt a back-and-forth on, say, the operational capacities of Al Qaeda to read confounding questions he has written out, word for word, before the press briefing began.
“Tony,” Kinsolving began one morning in September, “The Washington Times noted on Page 1 that the Congressional Black Caucus will remain exclusively black. Does the president support or oppose this racial segregation, which excluded California Congressman Pete Stark — who risked his life for civil rights in Mississippi — because Stark was born white?”
Snow grinned and shook his head and began to point to some other reporter, any other reporter.
“No, wait a minute,” Kinsolving said, “are you just going to evade that question?”
“No,” Snow said, beginning to laugh, enjoying the exchange, his deep voice booming, “I’m going to laugh at it.” He did. So did the rest of the room.
Snow, who is 51, is 6-foot-4, with a genial lectern slouch and a chin that looks as if it were built for contact. But the first thing you notice about him is his facility at managing the fragile balance of a press room, its constant teeter between sincerity, open hostility and absurdity.
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I was speaking mostly in jest, though I do believe Snow has made remarks describing illegal immigration as no big deal.
Otherwise, I don't know much about Snow. He seems to be an effective White House spokesman, so that's good.
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He can play a mean flute too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1PEyzk4ADU
Ohmygoodness...thanks so much for the link!
Otherwise, I don't know much about Snow. He seems to be an effective White House spokesman, so that's good.
I just can't imagine Tony saying that...if you can provide any context...that would be helpful.
Snow compared illegal immigration and amnesty to speeding.
http://www.examiner.com/a-120123~White_House_compares_illegal_immigration_to_speeding.html
Thanks, Aetius...that DOES put your remarks in perspective! I don't think Tony really thinks that...but he DID say it.
I think he was trying to dumb-down the concept of "paying your debt to society" for the MSM...but, granted, it was not the best analogy.
SoCalPol...Aetius did have a legitimate reason to question Tony's stand on immigration...see #s 107, 108 & 109.
Snow/Pace '08
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