Like Tim Russert before him, Tony Snow brought an infectious passion and likability to his craft. He brought those skills not only to his media jobs in print, radio and television, but to the White House, where he was a speechwriter for the first President Bush and press secretary for the second. His 17 months at the White House press room podium made predecessor Scott McClellan look like the useless shlub history now reveals him to be.When Tony Snow took over that post in Spring 2006, one of President Bush's key problems was the passionless ineptitude that poisoned the delivery of his message. Snow fixed that in one day, establishing a style of addressing the press with conviction and humor. There had been no one like him before, and I don't see anyone equaling him again.
But there have been a lot of good White House press secretaries, and a lot of good TV hosts and writers. It was his radio show that proved from 2003 to 2006 that he was an even rarer breed-- someone who could move from print and television into the completely different world of talk radio.
History is littered with failed talk show attempts by people who seemed interesting at something else. But there is little if anything in writing, acting or government service that equips one to offer opinions compellingly for three hours while taking extemporaneous calls from the public.
Tony did it, and he was great at it. Just like everything else he did.
And by that I mean more than his very public jobs. He was a man of varied interests, wide and deep friendships and a master of many musical instruments. He also managed to navigate through a government and media career while maintaining his most important job-- his devotion to his wife and kids.........

Tony Snow should have been able to see his kids grow older as he grew old with his bride, and we should have been able to enjoy his sunny demeanor during political clashes lasting well into the middle of this century.
It is his gifts, the kind he shared with Tim Russert, that are sorely needed, not just in government and on TV, but in our entire national discourse.
Tony Snow 1955-2008 - Real Clear Politics - Elections 2008 - TIME

tomder55

This vidicates my point :

There was no crime in the Plame case until the prosecutor set up Libby. Had Plame been a covert agent at the time this would not be the case.

Evolution is indeed more than just a hypothesis. WOW there 's a biggie.!!!!... that definitely makes him a "bad man " and "scum "

The difference between Ginsberg and Breyer or Stevens is minute and irrlevent . They all are too liberal for SCOTUS

Kerry and the Democrats have repeatedly faulted the troops ;from not guarding explosives, to not securing the Baghdad museums, to committing massacres.

Snow was criticizing Kerry's Sept.10th mentality and pointing out his rediculous assertion about terrorism becoming managable as if it were only a nuisance.

The documented evidence provided for most of Kerry's short Vietnam stint was provided by Kerry himself.

Finally ;there is absolutely no question that Bush served honorably in the Air National Guard. The last argument for such a charge went down in flames with Dan Rather .

I would note that absolutlely none of these so called "lies " happened when Snow was Press Secretary . They all happened when he was a Fox commentator. You know what commentators do ? They give opinion.