SNOW Going To Go - Signals His Resignation (Plus A Couple More Next Month)

[kpete]

Tony Snow Signals His Resignation, Plus ‘A Couple’ More ‘Coming Up In The Next Month’

After the recent resignation of Karl Rove, media outlets speculated on what the rest of President Bush’s term will look like without “the Architect.” The President is “fighting lame duck status,” reported the AP. In response, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow shot back: “As the president has said many times, he’s going to sprint to the tape.”

But even Tony Snow doesn’t want to be around for that sprint. In an interview with the conservative Hugh Hewitt show, Snow signaled that he will not stay until the end of the term. He also mentioned that there are “probably a couple” of other high-level resignations “coming up in the next month or so.”

HEWITT: Are there any other resignations upcoming, Tony Snow?

SNOW: I think that probably…as Josh said the other day, he thinks there are probably a couple coming up in the next month or so. <…>

HEWITT: Your intention to go the distance, Tony Snow?

SNOW: No, I’m not going to be…I’ve already made it clear I’m not going to be able to go the distance, but that’s primarily for financial reasons. I’ve told people when my money runs out, then I’ve got to go.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/16/more-resignations-to-come/

[Waya]

1. Well,

.....the rats are really running now....

[babylonsister]

2. Good thing the dim one has all those other voices in his head talking to

him; he won't get lonely.

[BOSSHOG]

3. So tony can't manage his money?

Is he overwhelmed with medical bills? Wow, tony, just wow.

[Donnachaidh]

11. err, doesn't he have medical care for life now?

Guess he needs to take his act back to Fox for the big bucks.

[BOSSHOG]

14. Not sure of the medical coverage for former press secretaries but

if you are right then my headline should be in caps - TONY CAN'T MANAGE HIS MONEY?

[JuniperLea]

38. Oh, the irony... eom

[Virginia Dare]

4. When the money runs out?

WTF does that mean?

[SoFlaJet]

5. he really should

he looks friggin horrible-I wish him the best of health and a long happy life with his wife and little children-get better Tony

[aquart]

13. Doesn't he lose healthcare when he quits?

[sofa king]

43. I wish him the opportunity to die heroically in Iraq.

Am I a dick for saying that? Maybe, but Tony Snow's chances of dying peacefully and at home are excellent, while he has devoted the past couple of years to making sure that kids half his age don't have anything close to the odds he has.

[fooj]

6. Huh?

"I’ve told people when my money runs out, then I’ve got to go."

[bamacrat]

7. When his money runs out?

Do they not pay the press secretary? I thought it would be more of medical reasons, oh well I don't care, the more that leave the easier it will be to limit B*sh and his crazy agendas.

[Gman]

15. Snow's not making near the bucks he did at Faux

Consider the prez makes $200K/yr. Snow's likely at most half that compared to at least a million a year at Faux. No one takes these jobs for the money. THey do it for their resume, or simply for the privilege of doing it.

[notadmblnd]

21. Bush got a raise

I believe the pretzledent's salary is just under a half a million right now.

[bamacrat]

23. Yeah, Clinton made it $400K/year before he left office.

If he were doing his job I would say thats an adequate amount but...well...he isn't. He should be paying us.

[rsdsharp]

29. Bush makes $400,000.

The Presidential salary was raised during Clinton's second term from $200,000 to $400,000, but didn't take effect until Bush got into office in 2001. Cheney makes $208,100 -- plus deferred salary from Haliburton of about $195,000 per year, and stock dividends.

The most recent figures I've seen put the press secretary (and other top senior advisors) at $161,000. That was for 2005, and has probably been raised. At one point a few years ago it was $154,000 and then $157,000, so it's probably between $165-$170,000.

[Benhurst]

27. Yeah, but isn't he worth every penny of it?

:puke:

[Gman]

41. I'm guessing here but

I'm sure Snow made at least twice that a year at Faux.

[eShirl]

16. medical bills, I'm thinking

gee, if only we had universal health care...

[Nimrod2005]

8. Can't wait for Laura and the dog to leave the mother fucker...

[rodeodance]

9. well, I imagine he got quite a cut in salary when he signed on to the WH

[Gman]

10. Sprinting for the tape on like a duck on crutches

and lame as all hell.

[riderinthestorm]

12. What an odd comment

"I’ve already made it clear I’m not going to be able to go the distance, but that’s primarily for financial reasons. I’ve told people when my money runs out, then I’ve got to go."

Does Tony Snow work for free? Doesn't his high exposure position enable him to land cushy speaking gigs that net him a small fortune?

I don't get this comment at all.

[EOTE]

18. Apparently he's paying for the pleasure...

of being the White House Spokesperson. It's such a leisurely and stress free job. As an aside, does anyone know when the last time an administration had 4 press secretaries?

[Harry Monroe]

36. I'd believe all that lying and spinning bullshit...

...would take a toll on them eventually. Even Tony Snow.

[KharmaTrain]

17. A Rare Moment Of Clarity...

...when my money runs out, then I’ve got to go.



Finally some honesty from Tony Balogna...and good for him. He knows he's on borrowed time and is gonna cash in and at least not leave his family taken care of. I also think this job has to be a lot more draining than even he shows...every day its one scandal after the next...there's only so much even a pathological liar can handle.

Adios Tony...you're weren't as amusing as Snotty...and who knows, maybe we'll get an Atwater confession from him yet.

[Dulcinea]

25. You nailed it.

He'll probably go back to Pox Noise & make the big bucks as long as he's physically able to. He no doubt took a big pay cut to be Boy George's mouthpiece.

[shain from kane]

30. "...when my money runs out..." Don't get near a fourth floor balcony, Tony.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. He is sick, he should go home

he should have a while ago

[xxqqqzme]

20. I saw snow in a clip on Countdown and I don't

think he will make it to January, '09 - I doubt he'll make it to November, '08.

[shain from kane]

31. I forecasted that there wouldn't be any snow this winter on this board, and almost had to flee

from the criticism.

[AndyA]

22. When the lights come on, the cockroaches start fleeing!

And that's what is happening with the Bush Administration. They all know the sh!t is going to hit the fan, and they've decided to get while the getting's good.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. :sarcasm:

[quiet.american]

24. What -- is he working for free? I haven't heard that one before. n/t

[partylessinOhio]

26. I'll never understand why Snow took that job. More difficult to understand is

why he stayed while fighting cancer.

Tony really looks like death now. He cannot possibly feel he owes * his last days, can he?

:cry:

[The Backlash Cometh]

28. "when my money runs out." Now there's something they never gave

civil servants any credit for. They knew how to sacrifice and live austere lives. And many thrived on the idea that they loved their jobs. And the Repubicans had the audacity to destroy them, because they were not greedy enough and they tended to vote Democratically.

[krispos42]

Who's going to replace him? Glenn Beck?

Hell, why not???

[ChairmanAgnostic]

40. a perfect choice.

gross, but it fits.

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[krispos42]

34. Damn you, Grovelbot!!! You stole my Post Number!

Now I am adrift in the cosmos. I have no beginning and no end, no purpose and no reason...


Kinda like Bush's Iraq policy!

[Catherine Vincent]

33. "when my money runs out"

Bush isn't paying Snow enough money?

[Harry Monroe]

35. I will say "goodbye and good riddance"

But I will also say that I wish Tony Snow well in his private life and in beating his cancer My sister -in law (my brother's wife) and her mother both have cancer presently (lung and breast respectively), and I wouldn't wish it on anyone (with the possible exception of Dick Cheney-if he developed rectal cancer then we would know that there is such a thing as divine retribution!!) I know how devastating cancer can be.

[lpbk2713]

37. Don't let the door smack you on the ass, Tony.

:hi:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

39. NOT money. he looked like death warmed over on high today

that sunken face, the losing hair, the dark circles under the eyes, he is not long for this whirled. I hope he can rest in peace after lying to the world so often for so long.

[krkaufman]

42. Glad to see that this fight for our existential existence is so critical ...

... that Rove, Snow, et al can casually skip off into retirement without having finished the job.

[Skittles]

44. good riddance to that lying whore bastard

I wish him well in his fight against cancer but I cannot respect anyone who whores for bush

[Liberal_in_LA]

45. Bump! This story is still hot!