Snow to leave White House before Bush [Press secretary cites money as reason for departure]

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Snow to leave White House before Bush Press secretary cites money as reason for departure The Associated Press Updated: 1:21 p.m. ET Aug 17, 2007

WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Tony Snow said Friday he'll leave sometime before the end of the Bush presidency because of financial pressures.

He declined to say when he would depart, but that, "I'm going to stay as long as I can."

The 52-year-old Snow, the father of three children, earns $168,000 as an assistant to the president but made considerably more as a conservative pundit and syndicated talk-show host on Fox News Radio. He was named press secretary on April 26, 2006.

The White House has been shaken by the resignations of some of President Bush's closest aides. Political strategist Karl Rove announced Monday that he would leave at the end of the month. Longtime Bush adviser Dan Bartlett left earlier this year and Andrew Card left earlier as Bush's chief of staff.

Bush's term ends on Jan. 20, 2009.

"I will not be able to make it to the end of this administration, just financially," Snow said. "This job has been such a pleasant surprise in how much I like it. I love it."

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You are ALWAYS cool, saveliberty!

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LOL

Hopefully not like Jason Alexander in character

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More fun with Brad Paisley, Jason Alexander and William Schattner.

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I heard on TV it was due to high medical bills VS smaller salary. I can relate to that!

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He’s not resigning. The MSM got ahead of themselves.

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Link to Hugh Hewitt’s interview with Tony this week

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/TalkRadio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=5&ContentGuid=7d496c82-f3f6-4d9f-b353-d0aa8c4b04e2

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Save, again thanks for sharing so much information. I missed both the PBS and the Hugh Hewitt interviews, but thanks to your links I was able to hear both.

Close attention to the Hewitt interview will show no definite date for Tony's departure. Only the press is presuming it is imminent.

I would encourage all Tony Snow fans and SnowFlakes to listen/watch the interview of Tony by Brian Lamb. As previously said, Tony is feeling fine and talks about his plans for the future. [Some money making and some "good works".] I learned a lot that I had not previously known. It was a full hour, but well worth the time.

Keep posting those links, Save.

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This glorgau jerk was on Drudge asking it Matt the same question about Tony can’t make it on $168k

he should be run out of town!

Matt said Tony doesn’t look good but it could be the chemo that stuff is wicked and takes a few years some times to get your strength back!

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Here is the video from CSpan

Tony Snow on Q&A with Brian Lamb

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=200350-1&tID=5

:-)

Cheers,

sl