Posted on 04/23/2006 10:45:50 PM PDT by xjcsa
At the George W. Bush campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas, in 1999, policy director Josh Bolten was a low-key Washingtonian in a building full of brash Texans. He assembled a best-and-brightest team with résumés bristling with brand names like his own--Princeton, Stanford, Goldman Sachs. "He used to brag that he had all these Supreme Court clerks from Harvard working for him," recalled a campaign veteran. Bolten was happy to let others preen in meetings while he waited to make a killer point at the end. He has thrived by showing, very quietly, that he is indispensable. Now as President Bush's second chief of staff, he is suddenly in the spotlight. Last week he appeared before large groups of worried aides in a White House theater, where Bush occasionally holds press conferences, to convince them that a few discomfiting changes, along with a lot of harder, smarter work, could turn around a second term that has disappointed so many of them.
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5 COURT THE PRESS. Bolten is extremely guarded around reporters, but he knows them and, unlike some of his colleagues, is not scared of them. Administration officials said he believes the White House can work more astutely with journalists to make its case to the public, and he recognizes that the President has paid a price for the inclination of some on his staff to treat them dismissively or high-handedly. His first move, working with counselor Dan Bartlett, was to offer the press secretary job to Tony Snow of Fox News radio and television, a former newspaper editorial writer and onetime host of Fox News Sunday who served George H.W. Bush as speechwriting director. Snow, a father of three and a sax player, is the bona fide outsider that Republican allies have long prescribed for Bushworld and would bring irreverence to a place that hasn't seen a lot of fun lately. "White Houses are weird places," he told a 2004 panel on White House speechwriting. Snow had his colon removed after he was found to have cancer last year, but his doctors have approved the possibility of his taking the grueling post.
Well, I know one freeper who knows if this is true or not.... If it is, congrats Tony!
I know it would be tough but he would do an outstanding job and it would only be for a couple years.
Don't know if this is true, but have a feeling we'll find out in the morning.....
Congratulations Tony. I've been praying for you and will continue....
How cool is this??? A FReeper in the White House...
In case anyone's reading the full story at time.com and looking for the part about Tony, it's on the last page (page four).
ping to watch for update
If you'll just whisper the name to us we won't tell, honest we won't.
It aint gonna happen! Snow would be a fool financially to take the job!
Tony, we are really behind you on this. If you take it, will you have Helen Thomas removed, please?
Snow had his colon removed after he was found to have cancer last year, but his doctors have approved the possibility of his taking the grueling post.
I hope he takes it.
Maybe money isn't everything...
If we assume he wants the job, he would still need to not seem too eager. This accomplished, I'll bet it is announced tomorrow morning.
Tony Snow actually researches the facts and presents them in a non-hyperpolitical light, despite the criticism he gets from the far right.
But if Tony accepts the job, I hope he confronts the "loons" (from both sides), as he does on his show everyday.
My advice to Tony is..... PASS, let Dan Sienor take the job, you serve this nation much better from behind the microphone owned by Fox News :-)
Don't believe he is a globalist neo-con either. Just a conservative.
It's a wonderful opportunity Tony - and I am still praying for you here. I pray that you will follow the path that God leads you to walk.
Whatever your choice, God goes with you! Be bold - and mighty forces will come to your aid...
Its a 2.5 year stint at most, not to mention the chance of a lifetime.
Snow will take the job. He's a patriot and he knows he can only improve White House communications, which have been abyssmally poor for 6 years.
I for one think that Tony has a great smile and it would be great to see more of him. He has a kind soul.
No, she's perfect; have some imagination. Imagine the plays he can make off of her!
Wow! Tony is so incredibly smart and quick and has an almost photographic memory, I can't wait.
:O)
P
Another one from Lewis that is somewhat similar...
"Some would rather itch than be satisfied."
Apparently you forgot to mention that he's incredibly handsome, quite charming, and even rather sexy... in a macho kind of way. So it's not like I'm the... I mean; it's not like HE's just the most intelligent and capable man available; HE has lot's of good qualities, too many to mention.
Need my sleep now. FOX starts calling early.
Talk about the kiss of death. If he really used his real name around here, he deserves it.
"---- but his doctors have approved the possibility of his taking the grueling post."
Unless that quote came directly from Tony Snow it is very unprofessional of Mike Allen or Matthew Cooper to suggest that Tony Snow's personal physician relayed this information to common drive-by media ho's.
How can any person, even one with marginal intelligence believe what is in the ??news - if that is what you want to call it, the news?
When I think the media has reached the lowest, well, they go again!!
It must be true, MediaMatters and the angry liberals are already sliming him.
Congrats anyway it goes TS, I hope it's true.
That "Courting the Press" thing has got to go. It's like they want to manipulate the terms of the job right off the bat. If they present themselves in a civilized manner I'm sure Mr. Snow will extend them a welcoming response.
Lucky you! The most famous person to attend my high school was Richard Nixon!! I love Tony, and if he takes this job he will be giving up a lot of time with his family and tons of money. Mu guess is that he will take it.
Hey Tony, I lived just in Sharonville just two blocks from Heritage Hill Elementary.
Do you still play flute as well? I remember your too short performance on Fox News Sunday!
Of course, as a former flute player and mom of another one, I'm a little biased. :)
This first appeared late last night. I thought you all might like to see it.
I posted it on the ATRW thread yesterday; let's hope we hear an announcement soon!
I don't think they will let this drag out. We may hear something today.
TS is the kind who meets a challenge head-on and I think he will take being the "new sheriff" in his stride.
Thanks for ping.
Tony's least favorite topic.
Whatever he does, I'm going to be a little sad.
It's good to be a "nobody" and not have to wrestle with, life changing, if not world changing, decisions.
Thanks for the ping!
I have an early morning meeting at work in 25 minutes- ARG!
I will pop in just as soon as I can.....on the Tony thread!
I will be very sad if he takes the slot to miss him in the 9-12 EDT slot. But I'll be happy for the country. There will be no one better than Tony if they let him do what he can do so well. And, maybe they'll move John Gibson to that slot. He's pretty good.
Thanks a lot for yelling "INCOMING" ! Not.
Flute - saxophone - when you are as accurate as Time - what's the difference?
I'm fairly certain that Tony is a jazz flutist, that is why he likes Ian Anderson.
I like it too...but I just realized I had a typo in it...fixed.
Thanks for the ping!
I have no idea what you think he deserves for using his name on FR. In fact, today is the anniversary of his joining FR. He's been a member since 1998.
And you?
Snow is above thinking only about himself. He would take this job to serve the country. And kudos for him doing this!
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