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Financial pressures force Snow departure
Yahoo News/AP ^

Posted on 08/17/2007 1:32:28 PM PDT by nuconvert

Financial pressures force Snow departure

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent

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."

Snow has been undergoing chemotherapy after doctors discovered a recurrence of colon cancer in March. He said the last of eight scheduled chemotherapy treatments would be on Friday. On Monday he will have a CAT scan to evaluate his progress.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amomentofclarity; cancer; impendingdeath; presssecretary; resignation; tonysnow; whitehouse
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To: montag813

Sadly I think you hit the nail on the head. I suspect he’s looking for what he can leave for his family.


221 posted on 08/18/2007 8:23:15 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Clinton-Obama '08. Start building your fallout shelters today!)
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To: William Terrell

Shucks, I thought I’d seen the last of the lame posts on this thread.


222 posted on 08/18/2007 8:23:30 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (RON PAUL CAN'T WIN! Call and tell him (202) 225-2831)
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To: saveliberty

Thank you Saveliberty!

If you should talk to Tony again, tell him Danae says he will be back to normal and cancer free in no time! I Pray for gratitude for the event, though it hasn’t happened yet, because I have complete faith that it will. Thank him for me and my family and let him know that he and his family are indeed in my prayers!

On the upside of him Leaving the White House, WE GET OUR SNOWMAN BACK! WooHoo!


223 posted on 08/18/2007 8:54:10 AM PDT by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha (Smoke clears and Fred Thompson is President))
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To: MrLee

I believe that he has financial pressure - cancer treatment does not come cheap. He has spent a lot of time in the hospital and has had multiple operations. Insurance does not cover it all. The other thing is that he still looks very sick and I’m sure he must be thinking about how his kids will get through college if he has to spend so much on health care expenses - and especially if he does not survive. The job itself, while he loves it, has got to be very draining physically and emotionally if he is not feeling well. He has to put his health and his family’s welfare before other considerations and I respect him for doing that.


224 posted on 08/18/2007 8:59:32 AM PDT by Bookwoman
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To: YouGoTexasGirl
Maybe he can run for VP!!

Maybe McCain/Snow in '12!?

I can just see it now...

McCain/Snow proposed a comprehensive immigration plan today that would allow anyone residing on the Continents of South America and North America to become instant citizens of The United States of America; with Africa & Asia to be phased in within 4 years.

225 posted on 08/18/2007 9:02:22 AM PDT by adm5 (Courtesy of the Fred, White & Blue.)
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To: Fudd Fan
According to MSNBC: Tony Snow's abdominal growth cancerous

From the article:

Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's malignant cancer has returned and spread to his liver and elsewhere in his body, shaken White House colleagues announced Tuesday. They said he told them he planned to fight the disease and return to work.

226 posted on 08/18/2007 9:32:37 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Was this confirmed by Snow?

I have not heard it anywhere else?


227 posted on 08/18/2007 9:37:43 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Dick Cheney should have gone hunting with Hillary." -- Yakov Smirnoff)
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To: gondramB

He has medical bills, and other bills. Moreover, you are ASSUMING and that is totally uncalled for and disgusting.


228 posted on 08/18/2007 9:56:42 AM PDT by Paige ("Facts are stubborn things." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: gondramB
You said Tony lied to us because he chooses not to divulge very personal aspects of his life.

I think you were being grossly insensitive to our long-time friend. That should have been pretty obvious in what I said. I don't care if Tony Snow says word one about why he's leaving, it's none of our business.

229 posted on 08/18/2007 10:07:29 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Did Dennis Kucinich always look like that or did he have to submit to a series of shots? [firehat])
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To: boop

The left is so very vile.


230 posted on 08/18/2007 10:37:46 AM PDT by DivaDelMar
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To: rwfromkansas

I have not heard it confirmed by Tony. Until I do, I will not propagate it.


231 posted on 08/18/2007 10:40:59 AM PDT by Fudd Fan (RON PAUL CAN'T WIN! Call and tell him (202) 225-2831)
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To: saveliberty

Ooh! Thank you for the update! I am so happy to hear that he is doing well and that the rumors of his “demise” are greatly exaggerated! He must be relieved to be done with those awful chemo treatments.

God bless Tony Snow! :*)


232 posted on 08/18/2007 11:04:06 AM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Excellent post. Really appreciate your homepage as well.


233 posted on 08/18/2007 11:07:12 AM PDT by lonevoice (It's always "Apologize to a Muslim Hour"...somewhere)
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To: rocksblues
So where do you think he could make more? Just askin!

Syndicated radio, by a factor of 10.
234 posted on 08/18/2007 11:16:08 AM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: Fudd Fan

The insanity that has hit this board over the whole border issue has ruined it. People have just become unglued over it. There is not one, single, solitary thread about anything to do with the president that can’t be ruined by it, even about Tony Snow, one of the nicest people around in Washington.

I’ve never had an issue like this where I agree with the cause, but am so repulsed by the constant obsessing over it.

The system worked, people let their concerns be known, the bill failed, and still day after day, thread after thread, you can’t get away from it.


235 posted on 08/18/2007 11:22:22 AM PDT by JacksonCalhoun (Hi Bill, "Culture Warrior" reads like it was written by a 5th-grader.)
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To: JacksonCalhoun

If FR still had a “post of the day” honor, this would be it. Like you, I am absolutely sick to death of it, and have curtailed my FR activity quite a lot because of it.


236 posted on 08/18/2007 11:42:26 AM PDT by lonevoice (It's always "Apologize to a Muslim Hour"...somewhere)
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To: Chuck54

You are welcome, Chuck54!

Thanks for your prayers for Tony.


237 posted on 08/18/2007 1:57:43 PM PDT by saveliberty (Prayer blizzard for Tony and Jill Snow and their family.)
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To: Kaslin

Hooray! It is good news, Kaslin. :-)


238 posted on 08/18/2007 1:58:30 PM PDT by saveliberty (Prayer blizzard for Tony and Jill Snow and their family.)
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To: Lillee

You are welcome, Lillee. Thank you for your kind words for Tony.


239 posted on 08/18/2007 1:59:10 PM PDT by saveliberty (Prayer blizzard for Tony and Jill Snow and their family.)
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To: tiredoflaundry
SNOQ!
240 posted on 08/18/2007 2:00:09 PM PDT by saveliberty (Prayer blizzard for Tony and Jill Snow and their family.)
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