Thursday, April 27, 2006

Fox News pundit is new voice of White House

The man who stated, "George Bush has become something of an embarrassment", and "No president has looked this impotent this long", has just been made White House Press Spokesman.

Tony Snow, will leave Fox News to take over from Scott McClellan, who's performance at the podium has come to seem like a losing battle over the past couple of months, as he repeatedly refused to answer questions relating to the ongoing Fitzgerald investigations and it's long reach into the inner workings of the White House.

"Believe it or not, I want to work with you," Mr Snow told reporters at the rostrum in the cramped White House press room. He did, however, immediately depart with Mr Bush, leaving a host of shouted questions hanging in the air.

This represents a significant change in the public face of the White House. Quite how Mr Snow reacts to questions regarding Libby and Rove will tell us whether this change is merely cosmetic, or whether it represents a more fundamental shift in how this White House communicates with the world at large.

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