The Daily Show: Tony Snow-job
By Nicole Belle Monday Oct 15, 2007 1:44pm
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Tony Snow was Jon Stewart's guest last night on The Daily Show, proving you can take the Bushie out of the White House, but you can't take the delusional neo-con rationality out of him. There's always this hope that Stewart will eviscerate (metaphorically, of course) these apologists for the Worst. Presidency. Ever. any time one agrees to come on the show, but that's never been Stewart's style. Sometimes you get further when you don't have both barrels blazing. But even if he had discarded his gentle prodding, that bubble of denial in which Snow comfortably sits look way too thick for Stewart to actually get through.
STEWART: He's a terrific leader...how is that?
SNOW: Okay. Number one, no...
STEWART: I mean that seriously, my definition of a leader is to make tough decisions and then convince people to support them actively and follow you, not...you know, he says, well, I'm not popular because I make tough decisions. Maybe they're wrong...you know, I could say we should wear coats made out of puppies and nobody wants to do it and I'm like "What a great leader, look at me! It's unpopular!"
SNOW: Coats made of puppies!?!?! Oh my God...
STEWART: But he's basically saying...settle down...he's basically saying "Look how unpopular I am...I'm a leader!"
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I like how stewart is respectful in these interviews; when someone believes what they believe, trying to shake the truth out of them ends up making the questioner look like more of an attacker than anything else. Plus snow recently recovered from colon cancer so who really wants to attack a cancer survivor? I thought it was well done, and at least leaves the door open to have him back and show others like him that its not such a bloodbath to go on the show; its an intelligent way of interviewing if you ask me. (and don't think i'm a republican apologist; i hate them as much as the next guy but i'm also realistic to a certain extent).
When former White House press secretary Tony Snow announced his resignation in August, he claimed his departure was motivated by his need for "dough." Appearing on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart Monday night, it turns out Snow is content to shill for President Bush for free.
Rejecting the assertion that Bush was far from the self-proclaimed "uniter" of GOP lore, Snow pooh-poohed Stewart's example that a petulant, mean-spirited President intentionally taunted his Democratic opponents by calling theirs the "Democrat Party." As it turns out, of course, what Snow implied was a slip of the presidential tongue is in fact a deliberate Bush tactic. (A quick Google search of the White House web site shows 39 examples of the "Democrat Party" slur, over 20 of them from Bush himself.)
For the details, see:
"Snow Job: Bush's 'Democrat Party' Taunt."
Joe @ 1:
I didn't think it was well done at all. And why does the door have to remain open to have him back? He never says anything new. One element of a good interview should be eliciting something from the subject that is new info to the viewer. I saw the same ol', same ol' and it still isn't a pretty sight.
First interview where I've seen the interviewee actually score slightly on Stewart. The guy does have some talent but he still believes in Bush and that to me puts him firmly in the ignorant category. He must only look at the democrats through the eyes of Cheney. Does he have some brainwashing equipment that they use daily or something? They must put subliminal messages in the white noise audio system for the white house.
Because when Snow does come back on, its likely to be in desperation. I don't envision him writing another book or anything, so its likely to be an 11th hour 'surge' for some crappy 11th hour policy so they don't loose the entire senate and congress.
He looks like death warmed over.
Stewart does interviews this way because he knows tearing them a new one won't get him any more guests like Snow, Lynne Cheney, etc. He does a decent job of getting the other side of the story out there, though never with the guest's agreement. In other words, he wins no converts. I'd prefer that he be able to continue having these type of guests; to do so he's got to play nice.
Brian @ 4:
I used to joke that there was a secret Karl Rove Stupid Ray transmitted through the television. Any time you'd catch someone watching soundbites of a Bush Administration official, or something particularly mindless, you see their eyes glaze over, their mouths go slack ...
Your Corporate news in action:
From CNN:
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Mom ships 80,000 cans of Silly String to troops"
Kind of says it all doesnt it?
You can take the snowjob out of the faux, but you can't take the faux out of the snowjob.
I can't believe Tony freaked over the notion of a coat made out of puppies.. I mean, that was the whole plot of 101 Dalmatians.
earl @ 9:
Apparently Silly String helps them detect trip wires on bombs.
Having Tony and Lynn Cheney on is kind of like, whatever, in my book. Neither of them are going to say anything you wouldn't expect them to say. They have their point of view and we already know what it is. I guess it gets the show some republican viewers but beyond that, what's the point?
BillD @ 6:
That's the first thing I thought too. He looked like he's recovering from cancer. I guess telling someone they look good is just civil.
I've said this before, I always have a hope that Jon will just peel into someone, but I'm glad it never turns into a shoutfest. Humor is disarming because real humor is always in some kind of truth. There's a reason that bullshit HalfHour show on Fox died-lies aren't funny and fascists have no sense of humor. For a comedian with a working man's knowledge of world affairs, Jon has succeeded because he's so disarming. I can guarantee you ANY wingnut feels more comfortable going on his show than a sane liberal feels going on a Hannity or O'Reilly shouting match. Jon might edit, but he doesn't cut mikes.
I wish Jon had asked Tony Snow about his health insurance.
And what Tony would have done if he had no health insurance when he got cancer.
What a liar. Bush meets with Democrats. Bullshit, since he's been in office he routinely meets with Republics and shuts out the Democrats. It's actually something that has been discussed for 6 years. They just keep saying the same lies, even when they are disproven over and over.
A volunteer army? It's the National Guard, they are deserting and committing suicide at record numbers. They go back over and over. He ignored the fact that noone else in this country is asked to sacrifice, we are told to go shopping.
Why have a professional deflector and liar on the show at all? What's the point?
hope @ 12:
Woops, Patricia beat me to it.
hope @ 3:
I agree with the first comment, it's important to stop the division among us. Even if you got assholes in front of you, if you start putting up walls, you're doing the fascists's work.
It would have been nice to hear just one question regarding health care and Tony's cancer treatment. I don't think it would have been in poor taste at this point in our health care debate.
JS: So Tony, were you happy with your government provided care?
or
JS: Now that you no longer qualify for socialized medical care, how is the search for private health insurance going with a pre-existing condition?
or
JS: How much of your cancer treatment was denied by your insurance carrier and what kind of hoops did you have to jump through to get care?
or
JS: Justify this for me Tony. White House Press Secretary making $180K/yr getting free government care is okay, but a press operator at a factory making $50K per year having kids that qualify for S-CHIP is bad?
everyone would love to see Stewart rip into these neokkkons. but as per usual the democrats have waaaaay too much class for that....we still have to tolerate the intolerant.
we can longer afford to tolerate the most egregious intolerant.....round them up and make them an example.
In other words, we have to have republicans on our show, and treat them well, cause in these days and times, it may be our best shot at preserving the democracy.
I'm sorry, but if Snow is going to continue to spout the Repug BS then he becomes fair game. He knows that no one is going to attack his lies. Enough of the free ride!!
Tony Snow is not an idiot. He knows whats really going on. This is all an act, that's what's most disturbing about all this. Any honest person cannot actually believe this crap, he has to spew it otherwise he looks like he's spent his whole life telling lies.
Joe @ 1:
So? Hitler had 3rd stage full blown Syphilis, Mao had Lou Gehrig's disease, and Stalin suffered a stroke. And I still don't find any shred of compassion for any of those assholes.
This Snow jackass almost died of cancer, and even having the possibility of death is not enough for him to stop shilling and contemplating what he has help brought on to the world, esp. the millions of Iraqi civilians. As the owner of such lack of compassion and humanity, I believe that Snow deserves neither in return. Suffering cancer, in my opinion, does not absolve his sins nor places him "off limits." That would be an insult to the decent people who have to suffer and survive cancer, if this asshole gets to have the same benefit of the doubt that other normal human beings so deserve in those situations.
Fuck him, I hope the colostomy bag gets clogged and has to face his own excrement on a daily basis... certainly he had no problem hurdling and peddling his own excrement towards us when he was healthy.
rasta @ 21:
i suppose you meant, "no longer". To characterize all your political opponents as intolerant is in itself intolerant. The reality is far more complex than any of us can realize.
Ok so the speech wasn't written that way but Bush just couldn't help himself-because that's the way he speaks?? So he can't help it if his arrogance comes through even though his speech writers got it right...as to increasing the professional force...sure. Like providing them with armour and goods and health care and rehab..yup-he sure is building that professional fighting force! Snow-another one who thinks words mean something when actions are supporting the opposite. Right-a real leader...right over the cliff! (and I am basing this on the results that have been produced-words are cheap Tony-look at reality.) Oh as to we are winning in Iraq- what about Sanchez & the newest Wapo Soldiers editorial...sure we are Tony. And the tooth fairy is on its way.
Questions about health care I would like to have seen asked:
Were you happy with the socialized medical care you received?
How is a White House Press Secretary making $180+K/YR getting government provided care okay, but a factory press operator making $50K/YR having kids qualify for S-CHIP bad?
Now that you are in the private sector, what kind of troubles are you seeing trying to get health insurance with a pre-existing cancer condition?
With you government provided care, did you have any of your cancer treatment denied and what kind of hoops did you have to jump through to get care?
Another disappointing Stewart interview. If Stewart is not going to hold these people to account, then he's enabling them and their lies. For god's sake, Snow literally said his 6-figure salary wasn't enough money, and that he's making a mint off his brief stint in BushCo.
I'd especially have liked Stewart to ask Tony Snow what Snow thinks about the soldiers who'd like to be making more money in the private sector, but have had their service involuntarily extended. Isn't it great that the architects, enablers and stooges of Bush Administration policy can opt for leisure and luxury, while the pawns of their big game are dying by the thousands.
Tony @ 25:
For a right winger lying is not a handicap, it is a way of life. Esp. when neo-cons have no qualms about the certainty that the end (their end at least) justifies the methods. And if they have to lie, so be it, it is perfectly OK. Their granddady Strauss went as far as publishing that lying to the populace was the right thing to do, as the citizens are too damn stupid to know what it is really good for them... so lying is actually more noble than saying the truth. I mean, how can you even start to tackle against the sort of logic and mindset that these assholes are coming from...
I did like how Stewart was able to get Snow to say the terrorists were too dumb to listen to the presidential address, but smart enough to watch obscure floor debates on C-SPAN.
I was baffled by his claim about the Washington Post article too. Is there really an article out there saying things are going great ? I mean outside of the usual Malkinite blogs ?
plooger @ 30:
Steward is not stupid, and he knows that if he manages to be so visible and in their radar all the time, that sooner or later he will be "Wellstoned." These son of a bitches have a predilection towards eliminating liberal, articulate Jews of short stature but who tower over these neo-con cave men in terms of wit and wisdom...
We have an all volunteer military so they know what they're gettin into. Like the extended tours of duty and the stop loss orders and the sub-standard medical care when wounded and the lack of body armor and the lack of armored vehicles and the tainted water supplied by Halliburton and a big, plastic turkey on a platter served by a mental midget who if not for his family connections could not hold down a place in bread line.
At least he admitted the decision not to reinstate the draft was 100% political.
littlehorn @ 23:
Exactly, the biggest mistake is to assume that these assholes are "idiots." Nothing of the sort, in fact I would not put it pass Bush that he is not as dumb as he plays, the son of a bitch knows exactly what he is doing...
Stewart doesn't have to demolish idiots like Snow - they do a good enough job demolishing themselves. Stewart also respects his audience by his style in that he allows us to make up our own minds. Haven't seen much of that since the Huntley-Brinkley News Hour.
I have always thought that his live audience's role was to assist the idiots in their self-demolition by booing when appropriate or loudly clapping when Stewart makes a point (usually a point that is ethics or morality related).
Snow, is a peice of shit who is looking like shit. He is going to be a willful POS to his last dying breath. I have zero sympathy for him.
JS: Tony, you look great, really. That socialized medicine worked wonders for you.
TS: Uhm, it wasn't... social... uhm.... thanks... uhm... I had a five dollar co-pay so that isn't social........S-CHIP BAD!
So Tony, now that your off the government teat, are you seeing any reluctance in the private sector to hire a cancer survivor who's condition was so public? Just asking 'cause you would seem to be a large liability to a group insurance plan. Speaking of private insurance, what is the family premium for someone in your condition these days?
shano @ 15:
I am going through this with a brother on Medicare Disability and Medicaid. We will have unbelievable bills when this is over. However, I can't help but think of the 47 million people out there that are working but have no health insurancem no Medicare Disability Health Care, no Medicaid. I guess they are just screwed.
You make an excellent point about Tony. Working for the government, even for a couple of years, must give you the health care these poor souls would love to have.
No wonder he thinks W is the man.
If we can't call them on their lies then we're guilty, too.
Turk Meister @ 35:
I didn't catch the program, but I knew from the getgo that the olnly reason there was no draft is because the war would have become unpopular much more quickly if the upper middle class and the rich had been forced to interrupt their children's lives for a sleazy little war like this one. Better to put a magnetic yellow ribbon on your car and a God Bless America sticker in your window and claim you're behind your country 100%, as long as someone else's ass is on the line.
private citizen snow should not be treated with kid gloves after the way he handled the truth abouth this administration. he was always fond of telling the reporter what they were trying to do when framing a question. he should no longer be the one in control of the questions, the framing of the questions or the termination of the asking of the question or for that matter the dismissive nature in answering a question. he should be hammered by hard questions and follow ups. and his lies and mistatements should be thrown back in his face. i have no respect for this lying piece of bush crap. he played a large part in manipulating the message set forth by bush co. and he is as guilty as the rest of them for the results.
Here's what gets me. He quit being the WH spokes-liar because he needed to make more money to cover his ailment. Wasn't he making $120,000+ in that job? I'm assuming the job came with health care coverage too.
If he can't make it on that, how the hell is the average Joe supposed to care for his family making less than $45,000?
Snow is a gifted professional liar for hire. Anyone who believes ANYTHING this sack o' dung has to say should go back home to the time share he/she just bought in beautiful downtown Baghdad. I don't know why Stewart and Co. have people like Snow and the Evil One's wife on the show if they are not going to use them as foils for some good comedy. It is still a comedy show is it not? I know they give us more news that all the news channels combined but are they trying to be bipartisan for some reason? They are letting these jerks come on the show and get their 'Bush talking points' on the Daily Show's airtime without ridiculing them as they should be. I don't get it.
I wonder if Tony Snow has gone through the detox* yet?
*search for it on Youtube. It's quite a funny Daily Show clip.
they must be trying to wear him down.
somehow, I really see a threat in the way they come on his show and spout their nonsense.
willie @ 43:
I agree with you 100%, but a four minute segment on Comedy Central may not be the best setting for a hard hitting interview. He can run out the clock with one answer. Jon's style, while I would have preferred more confrontation, was effective in pointing out that Tony was just a willing mouthpiece. A health care question would have been nice though.
We do not elect leaders. In our Representative Democracy, we elect representatives. I'm sick of politicians pushing unpopular initiatives under the guise of 'leadership'. It's a load of nonsense. These people are there to represent us, not lead us. These people are there to do what we want, not what they want.
So at what point can the Democrats stop being polite? And who wins when Democrats trip over themselves to show how well-mannered they are?
We were lied into a war. Thousands are dead. Do we really need to say "Please stop this war"?
Snow: "I defy you to go back and find a time where he was the one throwing the monikers or the names."
Stewart: "Remember 2006... an 'olive-branch' speech and he [Bush] used the term 'Democrat' congress... A real poke in the side."
Snow: "It's the way he talks"
Yea and Michael Richards just used that word, I guess, because that's the way he talks.
And then Snow uses the "context" argument to permit him to throw in unrelated and irrelevant things like verbal slight of hand. "Context"; no, people like Snow don't "spin" facts, they just want everything else to be moved around to make their view the only right one.
groucho @ 16:
Agreed. I can't find an article, at the moment, but it's been reported that, in the "bi-partisan" meetings that Bush attends with Democratic and Republican Congress members, Bush basically spouts his thoughts on what he wants and how he thinks things should go, and then tunes-out when the Democrats' turn to speak comes.
Tony Snow... Pffffft..
Sorry... Every word out of this douche bag's mouth is a lie, or a twist.... just like his boss..
He deserves no respect ...
tony snow is still attached to bush's ass so tightly that he needs more oxygen.
By now, I would have expected that the fact that snow only has a short time remaining on earth would have made him realize that he needed to put things in order, and that his actions as PS damaged both the Constitution and the country. He was nothing more than one of several PS's who catapulted the propaganda for their war criminal boss.
I feel sorry for his family, that after the cheney/bush nightmare is over (if it ever ends!), tony snow will have a legacy as an enabler of a couple of insane Hitler-like wanna-be dictators.
Tony Snow is one of the greatest skateboarders ever......Wrong Tony? Sorry.
Love when he asked how many Democrats the President has hired. Hard to spin the number ZERO!
shano @ 15:
Exactly right! I would have loved to hear Snow forced to answer, "Well, I have coverage from my Cobra, that's about 2 grand a month. Of course if I live more than 18 months that'll run out. Then I'm screwed, because none of the insurance companies will give me a policy, because my abdomen is riddled with metastases."
Thing Fish @ 50:
Yes, I agree.
Tony Snow M.B.S.A
Master BullShit Artist
Tony Snow is a dork. Anyone can tune out dissent, pontificate, and be obstreperous. That's all this administraion does. Snow is the master of it.
When you spend your career/life telling lies, it is important to convince yourself they are true, somehow, anyhow. Otherwise you look back and see what a miserable sop you've been, and it aint to pretty. (This human affliction is especially poignant amongst the males of our species.)
Kathy in St. louis @ 40:
W is a man? You fooled me ;)
Maybe someone can get the transcript of the old Tony Snow radio show. About 3-4 years ago, he actually said he used to be a pacifist when he was a kid, then he realized that pacifism ecourages americas enemies into thinking they can attack us and not get hit back. He summed it up by saying peace causes war, or some such. Was waiting for the punchline, and up is down and black is white.
bill w @ 60:
Snow is like the lead character in "Thank You For Smoking". He gets paid to talk.
Cancer or no, he's still a huge wanker.
Doubting_Terrance @ 44:
That's what I totally don't understand at all. While battling cancer, he quit his cushy high-paying gov't. job with full medical benefits from the best doctors at the best facilities because he couldn't afford what? Who quits a job like that when they most need its great medical benefits?
Next time, I'm going to skip TDS when he's got someone like Snow or Mrs. Vader on. What's the point in treating only them with kid gloves (sacrifice your principles & best jokes) just to have them back again so you can treat them the same way again? It's not worth it.
I still have zero respect for this turd. He's the only one I can think of that spin and tell bold face lies with a shit eating grin on his face. What a con artist....nothing more.
Snow gets pwned by Stewart! The guy (Stewart) is a national treasure!
Stewart lets me down in these situations too.
Look how hard he was with Chris Matthews, who's a jerk but has no real clout with the Administration.
Contrast that with Lynne Cheney and Tony Snow and even Bill Kristol. The latter three have REAL power.
I argue that Jon picks on the powerless but acts demure and almost skittish around those with real power.
And that is cowardly.
Snow is a consumate liar.
I wish Stewart really let Snow have it. Snow has been a mouthpiece for a criminal organization. I don't care if he has cancer, it doesn't make him any less despicable.
"but that’s never been Stewart’s style"
Ain't that the truth. He cowered before Lynne Cheney like she was going to make a coat out of him.
Jon Stewart is great, even when dealing with dung he manages to pull something funny out of it.
To all the people who are upset that Jon Stewart didn't pull a gun on Tony Snow, you all don't understand why he gets these people to appear on his show...he has civil discourse and he extends it to everyone. If he didn't he wouldn't get anyone to come on his show and even get the few jokes he can in. Now if he went on Colbert I would expect a little more, but the reason they don't like to go on Colbert is they don't get him...they know there's a joke in there somewhere, but they are not sure what it is...the problem is the Joke is the guest and all he is doing is feeding their nonsense.
But really, lay off Jon, he got some good jabs in. what else did you expect him to do? *reminder* he's not a real news show.
There’s always this hope that Stewart will eviscerate (metaphorically, of course) these apologists for the Worst. Presidency. Ever. any time one agrees to come on the show, but that’s never been Stewart’s style. Sometimes you get further when you don’t have both barrels blazing. Right- and that is exactly why Jon is so good, no, great- at what he does. He is the exact opposite of someone like Sean Hannity. Hannity treats his guests with contempt, cross- examining them and attacking them with his stack of talking points. Jon lets his guests speak, and with just a little prompting, allows them to dig their own hole. The way he helped Lynne Cheney show her true colors the other night was a thing to behold.
when stewart said that the terrorists should just lay low so we leaved and snow said, "they're not smart enough to know that", stewart should of freaked out (jokingly), because snow just "told the terrorists how to win".
Great Jon Stewart line:
"Really, which Democratic Congress are you watching? cause they seem just like giant pussies to me. They don't do anything. Don't you think? A non-binding resolution about the possibility of maybe saying something".
Now people, you don't believe this crap that Tony Snow-job is saying, do you?
Of course he is going to continue to support anything HIS president says and does. HE is JUST as EGOISTIC as any of them. It is more IMPORTANT for them to "look" like a Winner instead of accepting REALITY that it is better to ACCEPT defeat and SUCCESS when it is REALITY and the TRUTH.
Many continue to die because of their EGO. No matter how anyone look at it closely; they are LOSERS.....bad losers as a matter of FACT. Noe that is NOT a very good example to show to the WORLD coming from the most powerful nation on EARTH. It belittles our NATION. All because of these FEW FOOLISH people who seem to think that their legacy depends heavily on the IMAGE they portray to the WORLD eventhough the WORLD knows better.
AMERICA is BETTER than that. These lunatics are NOT a representation of who we ARE as AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Gee, it seems Jon Stewart could give a crap that USA slaughtered millions of innocent Iraqis.
I guess you get cancer when you sell your soul.
rush limbloviate sure
didn'tdoesn't hold back on calling micheal j fox a phony.so i won't hold back on calling tony snow a phaker.
he didn't really have cancer - what he did was voluntarily subject himself to radiation to lose hair in order to benefit from an advertising contract with Rogaine during the ramp up to the election.
j/k
but really.
that's why i like john - he would never stoop that low (as rush).
he was respectful.
cancer completely sucks, with millions watching him, some with cancer or survivors - if john had been too personal it would have just come off as arrogant, and callous.
Full.
Of.
Shit.
Thanks, Tony.
(Sorry I'm so late to the game.)
we are beating al quiada???
i thought we wiped them all out 3 years ago
didnt we learn in nam that we cannot win a guerilla war?
TadAllagash @ 67:
I agree with you!! Stewart came across so lame and wimpy in this interview. To let Snowjob go on and on like that without ever answering a question was really annoying. Why do we have to be subjected to this f*cking bullshit on the Daily Show? Didn't we get enough of this little prick's mindless spewing of neocon propaganda when he was press secretary?
I'm tending to agree Jon is a little too easy on these right-wingers. True, you should be civil but you should still ask the hard questions and agree to disagree. He was too civil to Kristol, Cheney and now Snow. I was left dissapointed watching each one of those interviews. Of course, I don't want him to pull an O'Reilly and go after the jugular and cut their mike, but just ask these clowns the hard questions. Collectively these people have brought or represent chaos and distorted and unrealistic policies.
stewart was WAY too kind when remarking on the Snow's income. Honestly, the Daily show's next skit has to be:
"BLACKWATER: the reasson why you should enlist. After all, if you can be SEAL and not die before you fulfill your contract, you don't have to re-sign up like those other poor chums. You could make three times theier pay at least, and kill whomever you wish!"
and then the video fades to that one you've posted here -- "It's like a turkey shoot!" And tony Snow says, "I own their stock! It's a buy!"
Well, maybe they won't ever comment on profiteering... they do have advertisers who profit on war.
I couldn't figure out why Stewart didn't mention that Bush often compared Democrats to the terrorist. He did this more than once. Snow was challenging Stewart to find anything bad he had ever said about Democrats. Bush is the first to do this in our nation's history. Pretty low.
Tony Snow's cancer has zip-point-shit to do with his utter lack of character and soulless heart! Fuck him! Fuck his cancer! I hope his death is the most exquisitely excruciating agony surpassing every layer of hell Dante ever envisioned! I don't do civility and PC with those who don't deserve it. I'd piss in Snow's eye and tell him its FEMA management care of the whores he so loves and supports. Once again, fuck Tony Snow!
I don't have the transcript of the old radio show, but I do have a transcript of last night's Daily Show interview.
Y'all ragging on Jon for not holding Snow's feet to the fire like he did Matthews and Carlson are missing the point.
When dealing with Bush Administration shills, he tends to give them just enough rope to hang themselves but doesn't go for the jugular himself because, as he pointed out on 'Crossfire', that's not letting the issues speak for themselves - it's political theatre, which he rightfully despises. But at the end of the day it's Snow's (and Lynne Cheney's) job to be blindly devoted to the Administration.
He'll cheerfully eviscerate Matthews and Carlson, because as journalists they are supposed to report objectively and not lean one way or the other. It is not their job to shill for the Administration, just as it is not his job to shill for the Democrats. In short, he despises them becuase they are using their position of influence to peddle an agenda - *not* do their stated job of informing the people.
I love Jon. I'd have his baby if I could. He is one of the funniest men in America. However, he is becoming one of the biggest hypocrites on TV. He slams the MSM for not doing their job, and then hides behind the very thin veil of Fake-News-Reporter when he's pushed about his own participation in the game. If he's going to make fun of these people the way he does, then he should be doing it to their face as well. Not make fun of them when they aren't there and then not push it in their face when they are sitting across the desk.
The way I see Stewart's comedy is, you can't deny the truth of it. It isn't just funny, it's factual. So while he is making us laugh at the catastrophe that has become America and American politics, he is pushing reality right in our face. He's not just making fun for comedy's sake. He is making a very finely honed point with his rapier. It's not something you can have both ways. This is not Chevey Chase falling down pretending to be Ford. This is Jon calling the President a liar and a bungler and people laughing at it.
If he was true to himself, he would have wiped the stage with Goebbels, I mean Snow. When Snow says, "I think he's a great leader". The proper answer is, "Come on, you're dying of cancer, you can try to be honest once before you go"
Look, I've said this before: I'm STILL rooting for the cancer. Sorry, Tony, it may make me sound like a dick, but you're is STILL shilling for policies that hurt and kill people. Go out with dignity. Reaffirm your humanity.
I do believe that Jon did soft-ball Snow but I also do believe that Snow is an excellent debater and wordsmith able to hold his own with Jon.
That said, watching the interview seemed to underscore the overarching problem with the current GOP camp. Tony Snow can, in no way believe most of what he says, but you could see on his face he was thoroughly enjoying the debate.
The root of the current GOP is simply to win the argument no matter who suffers. The fertilizer beneath that root right now happens to be a completely clueless president and an insane, power hungry vp. That means the likes of Snow, Limbaugh, Hannity and the rest, have to defend seemingly indefensible positions. And the better they are at it, like Snow is, the more of a rush they get.
It doesn't matter if troops are dying, poor kids get no welfare or the more deserving candidate get the White House, it's the fight to gain the upper ground.
Snow's performance on TDS was a thrill ride for him. Even though Jon went soft on him, he clearly was enjoying making outlandish assertions and following them up with well spun arguments.
hope @ 12:
Civilians shouldn't have to provide our soldiers with the means to detect hidden bomb triggers. The military should be giving the troops olive drab aerosol cans of String, Silly - Type II: Hot Climate.
article above: "Tony Snow was Jon Stewart’s guest last night on The Daily Show, proving you can take the Bushie out of the White House, but you can’t take the delusional neo-con rationality out of him."
tony snow was a fox noise clown before he had The Snow Job in the WH. it wasn't a case of him playing the neo-con so he could get the job, he got the job because he's one of the more articulate neo-cons.
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