Tony Snow Says First Press Conference Was “Just a Mess”
            Tony Snow said last Friday that his first Press Conference was “just a mess.” He admitted to being totally surprised that the members of the press did not love him as he had expected.
            “I had this wonderful idea that this would be nice and collegial and relaxed, but it obviously at this point is just a mess,” he said.
            Snow will appear tomorrow (Tuesday) at his first formal briefing, which the New York Times reports “is certain to be another standing-room-only crowd.” The Times is the flagship for the Sulzberger family, which is now headed by Pinch Sulzberger, which is successfully leading the fight against President Bush.
            The foremost advocate for the Sulzberger family is their own private U.S. Senator, Chuck Schumer, who is a pit-bull on television screens everywhere castigating the President. Most people do not know that Schumer is a close personal friend of Pinch Sulzberger and was elevated from a N.Y. Congressman to a U.S. Senator by the influence of the New York Times.
            If Snow has illusions about his having a collegial discussion with any of Pinch’s reporters tomorrow, he had better think again.
            Snow’s televised briefing (Tuesday) was originally scheduled for today, but now has been postponed- possibly because of the realization of how unprepared he was to handle the press.