TONY SNOW DEMONSTRATES CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY ENEMY
           In the first few seconds of his highly publicized appearance on Fox News Sunday yesterday, Tony Snow demonstrated callous disregard for the two American soldiers apparently captured by the enemy.
          Inasmuch as Snow used to host Fox News Sunday, he was beaming from ear-to-ear after seeing some of his old friends at the television studio. He immediately startled the host, Chris Wallace who had welcomed him warmly, when Snow was asked the first question:
           Wallace: What do you say to the people who may be holding these soldiers?  
          Snow: Give them back.
              No one expected such a flip, childish response.
            Chris Wallace responded quickly and managed to get Snow into a serious discussion. But Snow again demonstrated his immaturity almost immediately. He insisted on showing some pictures of himself strapped into a helicopter with body armor while touring Iraq with the President. It was as though he had been a tourist on vacation and had some snapshots to show the folks at home. He wasn’t going to be denied. He didn’t have photos of anything in Iraq except for himself.
          But most Americans, particularly the families of the two missing soldiers are not interested in seeing Tony Snow touring Iraq like any other tourist and saying that it is a “fun White House to work in.”
            Now that Carl Rove is back in commission, Rove will be deciding the President’s strategy, not Tony Snow.

Tony Snow Assumes No Responsibility for Protecting President from the ‘Bush Bashers’
            If Snow stayed around yesterday after his starring role, he would have heard two Democrats bashing the President. They were John Podesta and Simon Rosenberg.
            “Their [Pres. Bush’s] course isn’t working,” said Simon Rosenberg, the activist who founded the Democratic Leadership Council and who was largely responsible for the election of Bill Clinton in 1992.
            “We’re losing the War on Terrorism,” said John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton.
            During the long, 10-minute interview, Snow expressed no interest in protecting President Bush from his foes.
            Instead Snow was acting like his predecessor, Scott McClellan.
            One of the Democrats made  the outrageous statement that the Republicans can’t “conduct the war on public opinion polls.” They have to fight the war on principle and not look at the polls.
            If he were not trying to protect Snow, Chris Wallace would have asked the obvious question:
            What has changed since you replaced Scott McClellan?
            It’s obvious that the answer is that nothing has changed: McClellan used to repeat what the President says. Now, Tony Snow repeats what the President says.
            The President has to be above the fray. That is Tony Snow’s job, to answer the two people who came after the President yesterday. The show should have been flipped. The two Democrats should have started the show and Tony Snow should have told what he would do to answer them and protect the President. But Chris Wallace is a newsman, not an advocate, that is supposedly Snow’s job.
            Some people are wondering about the medication that Snow is receiving as a result of his cancer. Is it possible that it contains hormones which are affecting the competence of Snow in this highly competitive job of protecting President Bush?