Opinion in Brief

Earlier this month Scott McClellan announced that he’d be retiring from his position as the White House press secretary. It was a sad day for reporters everywhere who love putting the same quotes in all of their stories. Luckily for them, though, President Bush picked Fox News Radio host Tony Snow to replace McClellan as the official White House girly cur.

One has to wonder just how much of a masochist these two men are to have accepted this job in the first place. Or maybe it’s not painful for them to make up excuse after excuse for the Bush administration. Maybe they take pride in lying to the nation. At any rate, McClellan must have a permanently awful taste in his mouth by now after all the time he’s spent spouting constant crap.

And it seems like Fox News Radio was just too biased for Snow to continue working there. As the spokesperson for the White House he will be a little less stuck up Bush’s rear end than before. You’d hope that since Snow used to be a journalist (before he joined Fox) he might be better at connecting with reporters. Maybe he’ll actually answer questions; probably he’ll just come up with new lines. At the very least he’s nicer to look at than McClellan, even if he does have a big head. Thanks, George Bush.

– Maggie Souza