Monday, May 08, 2006

Notable (trans. stupid) Tony Snow Quotes

It's The First White House Snow Day! FOX News freak, Tony Snow begins his new job today. Hm. I wonder if he'll add anything new to his current list of freakazoidal Tony Snow quotes:


American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.
Tony Snow

But the history of science teaches that today's cocksure theory is tomorrow's crackpot superstition.
Tony Snow

Even though divorce rates remain revoltingly high, the institution of marriage maintains a unique place in the American heart.
Tony Snow

Even when Hollywood tries to connect with the lives of lumpenAmericans, it misses.
Tony Snow

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.
Tony Snow

Frankly, I don't want ignoramuses showing up en masse to vote on propositions that could raise my taxes, restrict my freedom, or make life more miserable for my family.
Tony Snow

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.
Tony Snow

Humility begets generosity, another staple.
Tony Snow

I mean, I love old fashioned eye-gouging, hair pulling, sucker-punching, full-contact politics.
Tony Snow

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.
Tony Snow

In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and joy.
Tony Snow

In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.
Tony Snow

Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.
Tony Snow

It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.
Tony Snow

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.
Tony Snow

It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.
Tony Snow

Journalists love a feeding frenzy, and the press corps would have loved nothing more than a tale that would have nailed the president and Donald Rumsfeld with fresh prisoner-abuse allegations.
Tony Snow

Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.
Tony Snow

Millions of Americans annually commit themselves to such good works, and no country on earth comes close to matching our record.
Tony Snow

Our virtues also help us shove aside adversity and create something glorious and new from the ashes of hardship and tragedy.
Tony Snow

Over the last two years, terror has become the background radiation of our lives.
Tony Snow

People have developed an almost hysterical aversion to pain, leading the Kevorkians among us to persuade frightened fools to prefer a numb death to a life buffeted by aches and pains.
Tony Snow

Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.
Tony Snow

Polls indicate President Bush is taking a pounding on the issue of Social Security.
Tony Snow

President Bush has committed billions to the fight against AIDS, thus making retroviral drugs available to millions of HIV-positive Africans.
Tony Snow

Reporters inflate the importance of mediocre sources by means of grandiose titles.
Tony Snow

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.
Tony Snow

Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.
Tony Snow

Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.
Tony Snow

That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.
Tony Snow

The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.
Tony Snow

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.
Tony Snow

The idea of leaving Iraq by a date certain also smacks of imbecility.
Tony Snow

The Kyoto treaty is a fraud and a catastrophically bad deal for the United States.
Tony Snow

The practice of numbering weddings involves some pretty cheeky cynicism on all sides.
Tony Snow

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
Tony Snow

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.
Tony Snow

The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.
Tony Snow

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.
Tony Snow

Think of a politician's soul as an apartment. Think of lobbyists as renters. Each year, the renters show up, waving wads of cash.
Tony Snow

To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.
Tony Snow

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.
Tony Snow

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.
Tony Snow

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.
Tony Snow

We live in an anaesthetized society.
Tony Snow

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.
Tony Snow

Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization.
Tony Snow

When members of Congress set about to spend your money (and waste considerable portions in the process), they begin by drafting a budget resolution.
Tony Snow

When you make a mistake, don't mewl.
Tony Snow

Worse, many causes for which '60s kids agitated, such as global socialist uprisings, not only turned sour, but murderous.
Tony Snow

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.
Tony Snow


This morning, I'm searching for Tony Snow White House Briefing Bingo Cards, and I hope to post the best one in time for Tony's debut later today.

So you think you know Delilah?
Judges 16:19--

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh that's a treasure trove of grim amusement!

Thank you!

11:29 AM  

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