Tony Snow steps down from White House perch, his optimism intact.
Tony Snow finished his job as White House press secretary on Wednesday. Snow, who wrote the article "Cancer's Unexpected Blessings" for CT in July, announced earlier this summer he was stepping down.
A report in yesterday's Washington Post observed:
Battling a recurrence of cancer, Snow looks more haggard these days, his hair thinning and his face gaunt. But as he leaves for what he says are financial reasons, he seemed genuinely nostalgic, calling the job "the most fun I've ever had."
"I'll miss it," he said in a tone that, unlike most press secretaries on their last day, suggested he really meant it. "I love these briefings."But Snow has made optimism and positive energy in the face of adversity a trademark and plans to speak and write on his struggles with cancer. "Life will continue," he said, "including for me."
Snow is a Christian gentleman who deserves our admiration and prayers. Beyond these, he deserves our attention. As he eloquently wrote in his CT article:
The moment you enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, things change. You discover that Christianity is not something doughy, passive, pious, and soft. Faith may be the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. But it also draws you into a world shorn of fearful caution. The life of belief teems with thrills, boldness, danger, shocks, reversals, triumphs, and epiphanies.
May Christ continue to grant Tony Snow--and the rest of us--a faith-filled life shorn of fearful caution.
share thisPosted by Stan Guthrie on September 14, 2007 4:22PM
Comments
It seems odd to me that a man who proclaims himself dedicated to a higher cause is stepping down just so he can make more money. Is $165,000 not enough to engage in public service?
Posted by: ex-preacher at September 15, 2007
$165,000 doesn't go very far when you're fighting cancer, even if you have insurance.
Posted by: empathy? at September 15, 2007
What I have read is that Snow says that he can't raise a family on $165,000, not that he needs the money for medical costs. If his illness has depleted his savings, he has my sympathy. I will anticipate him becoming a vocal advocate of major health care reform to help all of us who earn less than $165,000. Not.
Posted by: ex-preacher at September 18, 2007
It is hypocritcal of Mr. Snow to proclaim the Name of Christ while having performed in the well-known function of presidential excuser and misinformer (aka press secretary). How many men have lost their integrity after accepting this position which requires one to lie and fabricate on behalf of the president instead of truly purveying the truth of public issues and adminstration decisions and misdeeds. Mr. Snow's complicity and outright deceit in spinning the immorality of the Iraq war into mission almost accomplished is unforgiveable; unless he were to repent and apologize to the Lord and to the public that he mislead at the behest of this embarassment of a so-called Christian president.
Posted by: berean at September 20, 2007
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