Tony Snow “Has Written Some Critical Stuff,” But Bush Shrugs It Off

Tony Snow “has had some harsh things to say about Bush,” the AP’s Terence Hunt notes.

“Snow called the president ‘something of an embarrassment,’ a leader who has ‘lost control of the federal budget,’ the architect of a ‘listless domestic policy’ and a man who has ‘a habit of singing from the political correctness hymnal.’”

In an interview with the AP, Snow didn’t dispute the public record. “I’ve written some critical stuff. When you’re a columnist, you’re going to criticize and you’re going to praise,” he said.

And Bush shrugged it off. “He’s not afraid to express his own opinions. For those of you who’ve read his columns and listened to his radio show, he sometimes has disagreed with me. I asked him about those comments, and he said, ‘You should have heard what I said about the other guy.’”

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