SNOW TIME I have often wondered, in the past, if I could be considered to be an individual who would be "typical" among men and women of my own era. "Average" may be a better term; someone aware of the world about us and what made it move and be vital in all he or she did of felt concerned about. I usually ended up thinking I was such a person. The age factor kept changing, but that applied to all of us.
This morning I found myself sitting for a solid half-hour time period watching and listening to a briefing by the present White House Press Secretary. That ,of course, has to be the newly named holder of that office - Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow.
He is certainly one of the best qualified and most capable men to have held that job.
I first heard of Tony Snow as a guest host on "The Rush Limbaugh Show" and, is suppose, I thought of him as a west coast personality. I quickly found he had Virginia connections. He was with the "Daily Press" in Newport News in 1981-82 having crossed the waters from Norfolk's "Virginia. He had also worked for "The Record"...so he knew our area and our news needs first-hand. There is one other job - well, two I suppose - he held when he served as "Chief Speech Writer and Deputy Assistant of Media Affairs."- 1991- 1993 for George W. Bush, President. There should not be any doubt how Tony Snow landed the Press Secretary.
There is one other point in all of this which speaks well of both
George W. Bush and of Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow. Each is aware of of the others imperfections.
Andrew McCaskey amccsr@adelphia.net 6-28-06 [c301wds]
