Rove thinks Tony Snow's talks are "like Mick Jagger at a rock concert"

[Human Torch]

Press Secretary Raising Money, and Eyebrows

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: October 16, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/us/politics/16snow.html

ST. CHARLES, Ill., Oct. 15 — Tony Snow draped his lanky frame across a wooden lectern, leaned forward and gazed out at 850 adoring Republicans who had paid $175 apiece to hear him speak. There was a conspiratorial gleam in his eye, as if he was about to reveal some deep inner secret from his new life as the White House press secretary.“Yesterday,” Mr. Snow declared, “I was in the Oval Office with the president ——”

He cut himself off, took a perfectly calibrated three-second pause and switched into an aw-shucks voice for dramatic effect: “I just looove saying that! Yeaaah, I was in the Oval Office. Just meeee and the president. Nooooobody else.” The crowd lapped it up.

His booking agent is the White House political shop, run by Karl Rove, the president’s chief strategist. The White House is not keeping track of how much money Mr. Snow raises. His talks — Saturday night’s was a cross between a one-man show and a religious revival — have attracted little scrutiny so far, but they are giving a much-needed boost to a party whose midterm fortunes appear increasingly bleak. Yet even as the Republican establishment revels in his celebrity — “It’s like Mick Jagger at a rock concert,” Mr. Rove said — Mr. Snow’s extracurricular activities are making some veteran Washington hands, including those with strong Republican ties, deeply uneasy.

“The principal job of the press secretary is to present information to reporters, not propaganda,” said David R. Gergen, who served in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations and also advised President Bill Clinton. “If he is seen as wearing two hats, reporters as well as the public will inevitably wonder: is he speaking to us now as the traditional press secretary, or is he speaking to us as a political partisan?”

[whistle]

1. KKKarl Rove and Tony Snow are giving one another BJs in the basement

...of the White House

[Dinger]

25. Wassa Matter? Did * and KKKarl Break Up?

Hmmmm, trouble in "paradise"?

[rpannier]

2. Yeah...

the Mick Jagger of 2006.
Certainly not the vibrant, entertaining Jagger of the 60's and 70's

[rockymountaindem]

3. Let's just hope he keeps his shirt fully buttoned

Something I also hope for Mr. Jagger, but I don't think that's in the cards.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. If Mick Jagger was Pat Boone, then yes.

[Ken Burch]

7. If Tony Snow is Mick, is Cheney Keith Richards?

nt.

[htuttle]

21. Maybe -- they both seem to be undead

[silverweb]

5. As someone pointed out earlier...

This is illegal activity per the Hatch Act.

[volstork]

6. Clearly

rove has never been to a Stones concert

[Skittles]

8. Tony Snow takes whoredom to a whole new level

I mean, really

[Supersedeas]

20. and I believe the WH Press corps actually like the celebrity value

Far from being offended as Gergen suggests

[powergirl]

9. I DON'T THINK KARL HAS EVER BEEN TO A ROCK CONCERT

Much less the Stones. He says that b/c Clinton has a world wide reputation of attracting crowds and the World press calls him the most popular Rock Star. I'm sure Snow will just keep working for Fox after this gig is over. :puke:

[sam sarrha]

10. sounds like he jerks to Tony.. when Jeff GannonGuckertGosch isnt around

all these guys are total perverts.. so F'n Narcissistic it is pathetic

[hsher]

18. Here's Rove orgasming over Bush in words

>>As special assistant, the 22-year old Rove also performed small personal tasks for Bush, who was becoming one of his mentors. In November 1973, Bush asked Rove to take a set of car keys to his son George W. Bush, who was visiting home during a break from Harvard Business School. It was the first time the two met. "Huge amounts of charisma, swagger, cowboy boots, flight jacket, wonderful smile, just charisma - you know, wow," Rove recalled years later.<9>

That. Total. Self-hating. Queen.

[samdogmom]

11. So does Tony launch into a complete version of "Sweet Neo Con"?

The Rolling Stones latest album (A Bigger Bang) has a Jagger penned song (Sweet Neo Con) that basically says Bush is a bag of shit! Hmmm. What a bad analogy!!!! Mick Jagger DOES NOT LIKE bush--it's on record. So, does KKKarl want snowjob to sing Jagger's hits too? That will help his cause! (not)

[Human Torch]

12. Jagger refused to give up his hotel rooms for Bush...

...there was a story a while back...maybe about a year ago. Bush was supposed to be going to some 5 star hotel and Jagger had reserved the whole floor he wanted to stay on...something like that.

Bush waited for Jagger to release the rooms to his lordship, but...what's this?...Jagger said "nothing doing" and kept the rooms.

I'm sure that someone reading this will remember the story and can add to it, perhaps with a link.

:patriot:

[samdogmom]

16. I definitely remember this story! But I can't add any details.

For the life of me I can't imagine why KKKarl decided Mick Jagger was a great comparison for this administration. I truly hope when Sir Mick himself gets this news, he'll loudly set the record straight with some sort of memorable sound bite! Sweet justice as far as I'm concerned.

[bobbieinok]

24. it was in Vienna

JAGGER REFUSES TO GIVE BUSH HOTEL ROOM

SIR MICK JAGGER has refused to give up his room in an Austrian hotel after US President GEORGE W BUSH attempted to book it for himself. THE ROLLING STONES frontman is paying $6,300 (GBP3,600) a night for the luxury Royal suite at the Imperial Hotel in Vienna, which he reserved just days before Bush's assistants tried to book it for a summit meeting. The president's aides have tried to persuade Jagger, who has spoken out against the war in Iraq, to give the room up - without success. A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "White House officials had wanted to reserve the suite and all the other rooms on the first floor. But Mick and the Stones had already booked every one of them. "Bush's people seemed to be under the impression that they would just hand over the suites but there was no way Mick was going to do that." The Royal suite is ranked among the top 100 best hotel rooms in the world.
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(at www.contactmusic.com from yahoo search)

[Straight Shooter]

13. This explains why we can't get no satisfaction at Snow press conferences.

[Berry Cool]

14. I don't know about the rest of you, but I find the comparison apt.

After all...

...When they ask him questions, the press can't get no satisfaction
...Listening to him is a sure way to get your 19th nervous breakdown
...He's constantly asking people to get off Bush's cloud
...He tries to curry sympathy for...well...

[bleever]

15. Snow: "Please allow me to introduce myself,"

...he's a man of wealth. And (a certain) taste.


Great. The Altamont presidency.

[MnFats]

17. Karl, I met Mick Jagger. I shook his hand.

Karl, tony Snow is no Mick Jagger.

Rove: (whimper) That was uncalled for!!!

[bumblebee1]

19. The difference between Mick Jagger and Tony Snowjob?

When Mick Jagger's lips are moving, he's singing, not spewing lies.

[bdamomma]

22. what a bunch of freaking idiots, they are not reality based at all.

[Dr Fate]

23. So Tony is like a bi-sexual drug user? Er, okay. n/t

n/t

[MGD]

26. How come you're so wrong my sweet neo-con?