Expect to see a lot of this. Anticipating that Tony Snow will be named the new White House press secretary, the lefty think tank Center for American Progress has dug up quotes from Snow’s recent columns, many of them blasting the president from the right (and many of them similar to complaints about the president found here on NRO). Among the ones cited by the Center:
Bush has “lost control of the federal budget and cannot resist the temptation to stop raiding the public fisc.” [3/17/06]
“George W. Bush and his colleagues have become not merely the custodians of the largest government in the history of humankind, but also exponents of its vigorous expansion.” [3/17/06]
President Bush distilled the essence of his presidency in this year’s State of the Union Address: brilliant foreign policy and listless domestic policy.” [2/3/06]
“George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.” [11/11/05]
Bush “has a habit of singing from the Political Correctness hymnal.” [10/7/05]
“No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives.” [9/30/05]
Bush “has given the impression that [he] is more eager to please than lead, and that political opponents can get their way if they simply dig in their heels and behave like petulant trust-fund brats, demanding money and favor — now!” [9/30/05]