Aug 31 2007
Tony Snow resigns
White House Press Secretary Snow Resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush named a new press secretary on Friday, replacing the high-profile showman Tony Snow with his quieter, stickler-for-detail deputy, Dana Perino.
Snow, 52, battling cancer, said he was stepping down because he needed to earn more than his $168,000 White House salary - an amount far less than he made as host of the “Tony Snow Show” on Fox News Radio and “Weekend Live with Tony Snow” on the Fox News Channel. “I ran out of money,” said Snow, the father of three.
I think the cancer probably had a lot more to do with it than the money — that and the desire to spend time with his family. It may be just the lighting, but he doesn’t look all that well in this photograph taken today…
Perino - Bush - Snow
At any rate, and despite the terrible job he has had to endure these past few years, I wish Mr. Snow and his family well.
