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Friday, August 31, 2007

Tony Snow's leaving the White House

President Bush just announced that after a little more than a year on the job Cincinnati native Tony Snow will depart the White House where Snow has served as the president's press secretary. Below is the transcript of the president's remarks. He did not take any questions.



12:45 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Good afternoon to you.
Tony Snow informed me he's leaving. And I sadly accept his desire to leave the White House, and he'll do so on September the 14th. He is -- it's been a joy to watch him spar with you. He's smart, he's capable, he's witty. He's capable of -- he's able to talk about issues in a way that the American people can understand.
And I don't know what he's going to do -- I'm not sure he does yet, either. But whatever it is, it's going to be -- two things: One, he'll battle cancer and win. And secondly, he'll be a solid contributor to society.
I do want to thank Jill and Kendall, Robbie and Kristi. They have watched a man they love take on a big job, and at the same time, fight disease -- with a lot of courage. And so I accept, I love you, and I wish you all the best.
And so I had to make a choice, who to replace Tony, and I've chosen Dana Perino. I did so because Dana is a smart, capable person who is able to spell out the issues of the day in a way that people listening on TV can understand. She can handle you all. She's capable of handling your questions.

QUESTION: She has done --

THE PRESIDENT: She has? Good. Okay. I'm glad to get a little -- I'm glad to get that choir singing. (Laughter.) So I'm not worried about her standing here at the podium. What I look for in somebody like Dana is somebody who will walk in that Oval Office and give me sound judgment and good advice. And I have found that over the course of the time I've known her she's capable of doing that. And she's also capable of running the shop that she'll be in charge of.
And so we say to the man we admire a lot: Good luck, Godspeed. And to Dana Perino: I'm looking forward to working with you and I'm looking forward to the American people to get to know you like I've gotten to know you.
Tony.

QUESTION: You've lost a lot of members in your administration --

THE PRESIDENT: Hold up. (Laughter.)

MR. SNOW: Just a couple of quick comments. First, Mr. President, thank you and thanks for the honor of serving. This job has really been a dream for me and a blast. I've had an enormous amount of fun and satisfaction, and I'm proud to be working for you, and will continue after I leave working for the White House, to speak out about issues I care about.
I'm also proud and happy that Dana will be taking over as Press Secretary. She's an enormously capable woman, as you know, and somebody who more than capably filled my shoes while I was away on surgery, and somebody who really is -- as I told her before, she's going to find out talents that she wasn't even aware of. But I think this is one of those wonderful times where somebody who works very hard in public life and has demonstrated extraordinary capability is going to have an opportunity to serve a President. And I think she'll have every bit as much fun and fulfillment in this job as I have.
Dana.

MS. PERINO: I knew I had to pull that out -- (laughter) -- so I could see over the top.
Thank you, Mr. President, and Tony. I am honored to have been asked and delighted to accept the position. It is bittersweet, of course, because we are all going to miss Tony Snow very much. And he mentions filling shoes, and I've said before, he leaves very big shoes to fill, and I only wear a size 6.
And I thank him for all he's done for us in the administration. He's given us a lot of laughter, even at 6:30 a.m. in the morning when we meet every day. And while I'm saddened to see you go, I'm very happy for your family. You are their biggest champion, and everyone that's watched you fight this cancer is inspired, and the way that you lead your life is one with optimism, and we all should follow your lead.
Over the years, since Scott McClellan hired me to be his deputy, I've gotten to know a lot of you in the room, and there's also a lot of new faces in this room. And we do have quite a bit of time left. The President has a very ambitious agenda. We are a nation at war, and the press office, the whole team, is going to be here to help support him sprint to the finish.
I have an open-door policy. I hope to see a lot of you upstairs -- would love to see more of your faces, rather than just the emails.
And, Mr. President, thank you for your guidance, and I appreciate all you've done for me and the confidence you've placed in me, and I aim to live up to your expectations.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.

QUESTION: How do you feel about losing everybody?

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.

END 12:51 P.M. EDT


16 Comments:

at 3:34 PM, August 31, 2007 Blogger usefullidiot said...

See you at the Freindly Stop,Tony.

 
at 5:02 PM, August 31, 2007 Blogger JohnDWoodSr said...

Malia, I'm more than a little disappointed that you chose to regale us with the details of the jovial blather that was Snow's swan song. You should have done some in-depth investigation and let us know what these people were wearing!

 
at 10:07 PM, August 31, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't even have to look at the taglines anymore to know if Malia wrote up an entry. I can spot a Rulon posting from a mile away. Complete lack of substance is a dead giveaway.

 
at 9:52 AM, September 01, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

.
Fall-well says:

The wRong wingnut whacko administration is being struck by the wrath of god for their atrocities toward mankind !

Your homosexual party shall not rejoice !

A plague on your spokes-man !

PATHETIC HYPOCRITES !

HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !

 
at 8:17 PM, September 01, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our surgically neuterd bold typist said that he would definfitely continue foot tapping.

 
at 9:46 PM, September 01, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

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"....Our....bold typist"

Correct: We will entrap all the wRong wingnut whackos !

They all seam to be coming for us !

Total jerk-o$%s, those wRong wingnut whackos are !

PATHETIC HYPOCRITES !

HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !

 
at 5:48 PM, September 02, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

More name calling more, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH from the same person who has to print in bold to make his lame statements.

Not a point again only a bunch of garbage and more BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

I am guessing in real life he sounds like the teacher in the old Peanuts cartoons. At least that is how his posts sound.

 
at 9:30 PM, September 02, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Barney Frank is very worried that he might also be entrapped by the foot-tapping bold typist.

 
at 7:46 PM, September 03, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please don't imply that the bold blogger has sexual identity issues.

 
at 11:30 PM, September 03, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

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"...5:48 PM, September 02, 2007..."

"...9:30 PM, September 02, 2007..."

Thanks for proving our points !

wRong wingnut whackos = total jerk-o#%s !

But hey, thanks for the glorifying idealization and keeping us on that pedestal !

lol, lol, lol

Barney doesn't have to hide in airport restrooms because he is no:

PATHETIC HYPOCRITE !

HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !

 
at 12:21 PM, September 04, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blah, Blah, Blah. I really wish you could come up with something new or intelligent. More lame one-liners. And yet again calling a group of people names("total jerks"). How third grade of you.
The only point that is being proven is that your comments are mean, lame, used over an over, and once agian make no real arguement. In fact your ability to put together complete sente nces is questionable with your last statment that ended with "no:".
Maybe you are a third grader in spirit and intelligence. But for sure you are no better than a grade school bully who calls peoples names from across the school yard but nothing face to face. Really you going to keep up the BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. Because it has me laughing and crying for you.

 
at 10:50 PM, September 04, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

.
"...sente nces..."

"...Really you going to..."

Once again the wRong wingnut whacko, third grade English drop-out attempts a week 'cheney' shoot the messenger !

Keep slinging that elephant dung propaganda while placing us on that pedestal !

Keep pity-patting that foot and fingers as we continue to entrap your intellect !

lol, lol, lol

PATHETIC OPERATIVE !

HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007 !

 
at 1:37 PM, September 05, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

OH wow you can point out a space that was a typo in a word. You should know since you are the king of writing sentences that make no sense, say nothing, and are used hundreds of times. You are that 3rd grade bully yelling about a space in the middle of a word but once agian with no substance to anything you say. You are a bully that yells insults but won't answer any questions and have a real debate. You choose to take the cheap and easy way out throwing around insults instead of having a disscussion.

It really is not lol,lol,lol!!! It is more like BLAH,BLAH,BLAH. Same old thing from a very angry person who I am guessing has spent most of your life getting your ass kicked and now all you have is insults on a blog.

 
at 5:27 PM, September 05, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

TyTypical wRong wingnut whacko defending the undefendable !

For yur knowledge, Ive been a ten year resident of the Pauline Warfield Lewis center.

PATHETIC

HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2007

 
at 11:53 PM, September 06, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Explain what the Pauline Warfield Center is?????

 
at 5:23 AM, September 08, 2007 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can someone in the psychiatric ward please medicate the "all italics, all exclamation points, all the time" liberal moonbat nutjob who posted above? Or at least restrict his internet access?

Your revolution is over, Mr. Moonbat. Condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Moonbat? The bums will always lose!

 
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