Tony Snow Quotes
The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
Snow, Tony. "The Social Security Scam." The Washington Times, 11 Feb. 2005.
This is a classic statement from the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party. Here he not only criticizes the most successful and popular program in American History, but he describes it as a criminal fraud and then claims that Social Security is the biggest threat to our democracy—a bigger threat than Al Qaeda and terrorism, a greater threat than global warming, a greater threat than the housing bubble and the Great Recession. The Tea Party blindness to the effect of these gross exaggerated and obviously false claims is fascinating. He seems totally sincere and yet it is hard for voters to believe that he actually has faith in what he says—although perhaps faith is all he has.
The lead paragraph of the story by staff writer Leon Anderson reported that “Senator Goldwater said here today he favors turning Social Security into a voluntary program.” Ever since the New Deal initiated Social Security, with major Republican opposition, Republicans had been split on whether to support it or try and end it by privatizing the program that is the most liked program of the American population. George W. Bush, tried to make the privatization of Social Security the centerpiece of his legislative program, but the people rose up in protest and it was defeated easily.
Robert Anthony Snow was an American journalist, political commentator, television news anchor, syndicated columnist, radio host, musician, and the 23rd White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush, from May 2006 until his resignation in September 2007. Snow also worked for the first President Bush as chief speechwriter and Deputy Assistant of Media Affairs, from 1991 to 1993. Between his two White House stints, Snow was a broadcaster and newspaper columnist. After years of regular guest-hosting for The Rush Limbaugh Show and providing news commentary for National Public Radio, he launched his own talk radio program, The Tony Snow Show, which went on to become nationally syndicated. He was also a regular personality on Fox News Channel beginning in 1996, hosting Fox News Sunday and Weekend Live, and often substituting as host of The O'Reilly Factor. In April 2008, Snow briefly joined CNN as a commentator. He also made several notable speeches, including keynote addresses at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2007 and 2008. In his journalistic and governmental capacities, Snow generally supported conservative causes. Snow died of colon cancer on July 12, 2008.
