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A Conversation with Tony Snow - Part 2 As in Part 1, this is not a sit down conversation with Tony Snow. This is one FReeper's impression of Tony during a visit to our area. This was his second visit in as many months. For those of you who did not read Part 1, the moderators will be suspending your accounts shortly. [kidding] Part 1 addressed Tony Snow's speech at the Republicans' "Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner" in Charlotte, NC at the end of February. It was written from my personal perspective as a fan and a member of the audience. We...

Tony Snow By Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.comThursday, Mar 29, 2007 My friend Tony Snow is once again fighting for his life, his cancer having returned. You may remember the White House press secretary underwent six months of chemotherapy after cancer was found in his colon two years ago. His mother died of cancer and Tony was very aggressive in treating his condition. Now cancer lesions have spread to his liver and Tony Snow is once again facing a painful struggle to defeat the disease. But if anyone can beat the beast down, it's Snow. He is a courageous guy....

Tony's doctors have detected a growth of some kind. He will have surgery on Monday. They are not saying that this is or is not cancer. Please be so kind as to offer your prayers, your support for this good man.

A Conversation with Tony Snow Let me state up front, this is not about Tony Snow and me having a conversation over an adult beverage. This is about the events surrounding Tony Snow's visit to Charlotte, NC to give the keynote speech at the Republicans' Lincoln-Reagan Day dinner. As a registered Independent, I don't run in Republican circles. And because our local paper leans left, they provide scant notice of Republican events. Thankfully, in a footnote to another line of discussion, Tony e-mailed me about his scheduled speech. And none too soon. My wife and I got virtually the last...

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There has never been a White House press secretary quite like Snow. He is a combative presence on television and radio, relishes the repartee at daily briefings and, in a first for his position, has hit the fundraising circuit for Republican candidates. Snow brings a flashy, Fox News sensibility to the high-profile podium, which means he is increasingly popping up on newscasts and in the papers. "Sometimes it does feel like the Tony Snow Show," says Richard Wolffe, Newsweek's White House correspondent. "There are tactics he uses that are straight out of talk radio. The extent to which he personalizes...

July 9, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - Call it the Tony Snow effect. President Bush and his team are looking more confident and relaxed since the former Fox News anchor stepped in to replace Scott McClellan as press secretary - the public face of the White House - two months ago. "Tony has chilled the White House press corps - and that is some Snow job if you ask me," said Democrat Bill Clinton's star press secretary, Mike McCurry, one of the best White House spinmeisters in memory. "They were cranky and rebellious," McCurry adds. "He's turned the thermometer down and...

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White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, left, and White House Counselor Dan Barlett, ride in a military helicopter wearing helmets and flak jackets for a trip from Baghdad International Airport to U.S. Embassy in the Greenzone.

There was NO advance notice of Tony's briefing, but here's a transcript of today's brief on 6/15/2006.

Tony Snow, the newly installed White House press secretary, will be on at 8:29am eastern. The former FOX News anchor will tell us about his first few weeks on the job and how he's dealing with the press corps, including our very own David Gregory. We're also going to ask him about the decision making that went into the President's super secretive trip to Baghdad. Why were some of his closest aides kept in the dark? Was it worth the potential danger? And, with the recent 'good' news coming from Iraq (Zarqawi) and at home (Karl Rove) is the White...

        Hello, everyone!   We have a special occasion for today's Cheers to Tony Snow Thread-- it's his birthday!   The Cheers to Tony Snow Thread allows FReepers to post messages of good tidings to the Snowman.   If you’d like on or off the Tony Snow ping list, please post a request. All requests happily honored.  

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Helen Thomas calls new Bush aide 'contemptible,' tangles with Tony Snow Tue May 30 2006 13:34:41 ET Helen Thomas, doyenne of the White House press corps, tangles with Tony Snow at today's briefing over President Bush's appointment of Karl Zinmeister as domestic policy adviser: QUESTION: Why did the president pick a man who is so contemptible of the public servants in Washington to be his domestic adviser, saying, People in Washington are morally repugnant, cheating, shifty human beings. Why did he... SNOW: Apparently an opinion that's... QUESTION: Why would he pick such a man to be a domestic adviser? SNOW:...

Press Gaggle by Tony Snow James S. Brady Briefing Room 10:53 A.M. EDT MR. SNOW: Good morning. Just a couple of little pieces of business as we start. First, a formal announcement: The President and Mrs. Bush will welcome Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan to the White House on June 29, 2006. The U.S.-Japan alliance is an alliance based on common values and a common agenda. The President looks forward to continuing his close consultations with Prime Minister Koizumi on the war on terror, defending freedom and democracy, promoting regional security and prosperity in Asia, and enhancing closer cooperation...

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Come Again?Tony Snow Is Back at the White House, in a Job With More Questions Than AnswersBy Howard KurtzWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, May 15, 2006; C01 The first time Tony Snow was agonizing over whether to leave journalism for the White House, he had lunch at the Army and Navy Club with William Safire."You must take this job," Snow recalls the New York Times columnist saying in 1991, "and when you do, I will write you an advice column."But the advice column appeared the following Monday, touting Anthony Snow as a "hard hitter" with "independent right-wing credentials" who was Chief...

From the New Kid, Proceedings With CautionBy Dana MilbankSaturday, May 13, 2006; A02 Depending on how you look at it, Tony Snow's first briefing as White House press secretary yesterday morning started either 18 minutes late or 12 minutes early.Shortly before the start of his 9 a.m. "gaggle" -- the daily off-camera briefing -- the White House paged reporters to say the gaggle would instead start at 9:30. But to the dismay of reporters showing up at 9:30, Snow had begun the briefing, at 9:18.Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News was steamed. "This was 9 a.m., then pushed back to 9:30,...