Here come the Snow balls

Well, that didn't take long. The press release is hardly dry and the left is already taking shots at Tony Snow. You can find this shouting headline on the Huffington Post:

New WH Press Sec. Showed His Softer Side In 1989 Column Called "Sex, Sex, Sex"... "Sex Is Fun Only When You Do It Right".

Read the column posted and tell me what's wrong with it. Perhaps Arianna would be more comfortable with a mention of cigars?

Not to be outdone, one reader opined:

Re: Snow and Sex. Now that he's had a colonoscopy, I presume he can only be the 'Doer', not the 'Doee', anymore. Tell us, Tony, is sex only half the fun it used to be?

All I can say is Tony better check his skin thickness (caution--graphic language and moonbattery).

Closer to home the Tennessee Guerilla Women were not thrilled with Snow. Here's their headline: "Covering Dirty Snow". Click it if you can stomach it.

Crooks and Liars wasn't much different, but they did say something of merit:

Tony Snow might have said some things against this President in the past, but he is a cultist all the way and don't believe for a second that suddenly this administration will be forthcoming with anything new. It's all just spin. How many times will he say he "can't comment on an ongoing investigation?" He'll have a whole network coming to his defense like no other White House Press Secretary before him.

Do they not understand the role of the press sec? He's not up there at the podium to throw out dirt on the administration--besides, they get enough from ethics-challenged Clintonista bureaucrats under deep cover.

But ok, Fox News Channel will likely cut Tony, and hence the adminstration, a little more slack (if that's possible). How does that begin to balance the 80 percent of mainstream reporters/commentators who voted for Kerry and spin their way through the day sniping at Bush's heels?

The immediate ad hominem ground war is probably a signal of anxiety more than anything else. The media left understands Snow's potential, and they know it'll be harder to get any deer-in-headlight moments with him. It's also somewhat of a revelation of why Bush has resisted flipping his cabinet. Imagine the level of venom over a Rummy resignation and replacement.

THE HITS KEEP COMIN 4/27/06

From CBS online:

Veteran Republican retainer Tony Snow will probably be a better prevaricator-in-chief than either McClellan or Fleischer. Why? Because he is a confirmed ideologue who actually believes at least some of the big lies that he will be peddling.

From Macsmind a snippet of the press having a tizzy over Fox News being played in the White House.