Tony Snow: Bush sometimes 'makes you want to just dash your brains out'
When White House Press Secretary Tony Snow appeared on David Letterman's show Thursday, he told Letterman that he was "suckered into" working at the White House but said "I'm glad I did. I had a great time."
"It seems like it would be a horrible job," Letterman commented.
"The president's a really fun guy to work for," Snow responded, adding that he also gets along well with reporters and enjoyed working with them.
"There weren't any people when I saw them I'd sort of blanch with dread," Snow said of the White House press corps, "but on the other hand, there were people who had certain, sort of, quirks. Like there was one fellow who would always ask questions that were basically designed to set off global thermonuclear warfare. ... Get India versus China, or whatever."
Letterman brought up Bush's low approval ratings, asking, "Does this kind of thing bother the administration, bother the president?"
"Well, he doesn't run around doing high fives, he's not happy about it." said Snow. However, he noted that Congress is doing even worse, quipping that "Bin Laden is outpolling Congress."
Letterman told Snow he keeps hearing what a warm, cordial man Bush is in private, but that "something happens when you put him in front of an audience. ... He can't get it, it's stuck in gear. ... Is that a fair assessment?"
"Yeah," said Snow. "And there are time you want to just dash your brains out against the wall."
The following video is from CBS's Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on October 04, 2007
FULL TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW AT THIS LINK
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