from TBogg - "...a somewhat popular blogger" : "Dan Froomkin on the man who lies likes he breathes:
'. . .Has Treasury Secretary Snow given you any indication that he intends to leave his job any time soon?'
Keil also tacked on a question about the economy. But Bush responded to his first question first: 'No, he has not talked to me about resignation. I think he's doing a fine job.'
At Tuesday's press briefing , spokesman Tony Snow (no relation) confirmed that Bush had offered John Snow's job to Goldman Sachs chairman Henry Paulson several days before the press conference, and the spokesman didn't deny that Bush and his treasury secretary had talked about it.
So was Bush being intentionally deceptive?
Tony Snow's response: 'No, he said, 'He's not talked to me about resignation.' That does not mean that there were not other discussions. I mean, it was artfully worded. . . . [T]he one thing you do not want to do in a situation like this is to start speculating about changes before the changes are ready to be made. Those do have impacts on markets, and you have to be responsible and cautious in the way you deal with them. . .'"
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