Job Well Done
Apr 20th, 2006 at 5:30 am by Susie
To Bush, loyalty is a one-way street:
McClellan was fairly candid about the forced circumstances of his departure. “The White House is going through a period of transition; change can be helpful,” he told Bush on the lawn. “I have given it my all, sir, and I’ve given you my all.” The few witnesses reported him to be choked up.
Bush bestowed the dreaded “heckuva job” laurel on McClellan (”job well done” was today’s version) and said: “I don’t know whether or not the press corps realizes this, but his is a challenging assignment dealing with you all on a regular basis.”
It was, of course, made particularly challenging by Bush himself, who undermined his press secretary by arming him with little information to share with the public.
Fortunately for McClellan, conversation in Washington quickly turned to his successor. The name of Fox News radio host Tony Snow was floated, leading to the inevitable wisecracks about whether he would be getting back pay for all the pro-Bush broadcasting he has done.
The Tony Snow thing is bizarre
I heard somebody mention that Bill O’Reilly might be considered for Secretary of Defense
I thought that was pretty funny
Now a “Snow job” is literal as well as figurative.
Where’s Karen Hughes?