Tony Snow, in an effort to explain the "not amnesty" portion of the Bush immigration plan, used the analogy of a traffic ticket.
"If you had a traffic ticket and you paid it, you're not forever a speeder, are you?" White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said in response to questions from The Examiner.
"So the fact is, you have paid your debt to society," he added. "And we have come up with a way to make sure that the debt to society gets paid. Then you move forward."
I have a feeling that that's not going to help the administration's case among "the base".
Also, just to get an idea of how ugly this is getting, in his section on immigration, Drudge also links to a local story about an illegal immigrant accused of raping a ten year old girl. His headline "
Illegal accused of impregnating 10-year-old in TX..." It is, in fact, a horrible story, but the subtext of his linking this local story from a tiny Texas town is quite ugly as well.
5 Comments:
Snow is not going to last. I think he'll be done by July.
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Anonymous, at 10:40 AM
When it's challenged, the coherence of myth becomes the myth of coherence.
Tony Snow is a lie invented to deprive reality of its value.
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Shimmy, at 11:35 AM
Way too deep, Shimmy, but you're right. He is the pretty filter they're trying to put in front of the reality.
Kvatch, So far, the press room loves him, and if that garners favorable coverage, he's done his job even if he's a joke. The minute he stops being perceived as charming, all the little gaffes are going to come crashing down. It's really just a question of whether he can maintain the situation.
Thinking about it here, I think you're right, but July seems soon to me. But then of course, he hasn't really had to face any nasty sessions yet. A Rove indictment, another NSA revelation, Abramoff, and your July date could come pretty quickly. I think we'll know alot more when he has to pull the brown stuff off his face that came off the fan.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 1:28 PM
Tony the Tarbaby is toast.
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QuakerDave, at 5:15 PM
I'm really wondering how he's going to handle the first hostile presser.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 6:15 PM
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