Snow Job

So the media spin for the day, which several in the media have picked up hook, line and sinker, is that Bush picked an outsider to be White House Press Secretary.

Tony Snow, an outsider? You've got to be kidding. Just because he wasn't on the official White House payroll doesn't mean he isn't an insider. After all he works for FOX and that's little more than a GOP propaganda machine.

Just look at some of Snow's experience: commentator for FOX News and as host of his own radio talk show; director of speechwriting for the first President Bush; editorial page editor of the conservative Washington Times, and substitute host for Rush Limbaugh.

What few in the media are willing to say out loud is that FOX and the various right-wing radio shows are little more than extensions the GOP or White House, so Snow has been working for the White House for quite a while now.

If the media was really interested in this story they would examine the relationship among FOX and red radio and figure what a huge propaganda machine it is, and one that the GOP can utilize without paying for it, and during election years, have it count against any campaign spending limits.

A few in the media say Democrats are helping Bush on the Snow hiring by pointing out that Bush is willing to bring in someone who has criticized him. And while Snow's comments on Bush are fun to read, maybe the reason Bush had to ignore Snow's criticisms is that since he's at 32% approval rating it was probably impossible to find someone who hadn't criticized him.

So rather than showing that Snow is an outsider, perhaps hiring a so-called "critic" shows that even the hard core are now criticizing Bush.