White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has announced he’ll be stepping down from his job because he doesn’t earn enough money:
The 52-year-old Snow, the father of three children, earns $168,000 as an assistant to the president but made considerably more as a conservative pundit and syndicated talk-show host on Fox News Radio. He was named press secretary on April 26, 2006.
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“I will not be able to make it to the end of this administration, just financially,” Snow said. “This job has been such a pleasant surprise in how much I like it. I love it.”
Poor fucking baby. I wish I had to deal with the hardship of “only” earning $168,000 a year for a job that involves little more than being willing to lie my ass off repeatedly on a daily basis. I’d make an excellent liar, I’d certainly be more convincing than Mr. Snow has been so far. And that’s because I’m poor enough now that I could really appreciate earning $168,000 a year enough to really put my heart into lying as well I could possibly manage.
Well, there is that whole problem of having scruples. That could make the lying a lot harder to pull off. It’d be especially difficult to keep a straight face with some of the bullshit whoppers the Bush Administration would require too. Still, I’d love to have the problems inherent in trying to live on that kind of money.
Is it possible he used this excuse because he couldn’t stand the continuous lying?
I wouldn’t even know how to spend that quantity of cash
He should get out of broadcasting and become a televangelist. I hear there is some decent money in that load of crap.
As I understand it, he took a major pay cut to work for der Dubyer. Apparently, Fox Noise pays more for lies than the White House does.
Matt, it’s possible he’s tired of the lying, but then why lie about it? My respect for the man would’ve made quantum leaps had he said, “I just can’t take another day of standing up here and lying through my teeth anymore. It’s too much even for me.” But that would’ve been, you know, honest.
Vjack, he’s been doing the political equivalent of being a televangelist in his current job.
More likely, it’s rats abandoning the sinking ship. Does it really matter which deck or compartment they see flooding?
I used to see him on FOX – if lying bothers him, it’s a new development.
I don’t have any scruples, and I could use the money… hrm.
“The President is happy to announce today that space aliens from Jesus have made a residence in Uranus. Plus, we’re winning in Iraq.”
Yeah, I think I could do it – for a pay raise.
He is also dealing with recurring cancer, and as we all know, payments for treating that can be astronomical.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one, although I have my reservations.
Of course if the Republicans would get with the program and start socializing medicine instead of Bible classes then maybe it wouldn’t be such a problem?