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This Just In: White House Spokesman Tony Snow Steps Down!

Announced just moments ago on Reuters, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow will be stepping down in two weeks. Snow, who has been battling colon cancer, will be replaced by his Deputy Press Secretary, Dana Perino.

Snow is only the latest in a string of Bush Administration officials stepping down: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this Monday, and Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove's last day was Friday.

"I'm going to try to turn cancer into a chronic disease rather than a fatal disease," said Snow on Reuters, but monsters and critics claims it was for financial reasons: 'We took out a loan when I came to the White House and that loan's now gone,' Snow said. 'Cancer has nothing to do with this decision.'

Several other top White House advisers have left since Democrats won control of Congress in November, including counselor Dan Bartlett, chief White House attorney Harriet Miers, budget chief Rob Portman, political director Sara Taylor, deputy national security adviser J.D. Crouch and Meghan O'Sullivan, a deputy national security adviser who worked on Iraq according to Bloomberg.

It's slightly reminiscent of the end of 2004 when A slew of Bush Administration officials (Ashcroft, Powell, Sec. Commerce Evans, Ag Secy. Abraham, Ed Secy Paige, and Tom Ridge) all announced resignation.

This Week's "Cornyn as Bush's Mouthpiece" Quote..

On the issue of who sounds most like George W. Bush when it comes to Alberto Gonzales... The Award goes to...

Drum roll please... Junior Texas Senator John Cornyn

Here's this week's game... Can you guess who said what? Grab a piece of paper and let's play.. write down 'B' for Bush, and 'C' for Cornyn.

1. "Alberto Gonzales...is a decent and honorable man"
2. "Al Gonzales is a man of...decency and principle"

3. "has played a role in shaping our policies in the war on terror"
4. "has served his country at a difficult time when we are engaged in a global war on terror

5. "After months of unfair treatment..."
6. "worn down by the criticism"

7. "the ferocity of relentless partisan attacks..."
8. "...was dragged through the mud for political reasons."

9. "I think it’s a sad day"
10. "It's sad that we live..."

Key: CBBCBCCBCB
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070827.html
http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ForPress.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=a84be280-802a-23ad-4fcd-2e01bafc0042&Region_id=&Issue_id=
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1672292
http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Sen._Cornyn_on_Gonzales_Critics_hounded_0827.html

This Day in History... Lieberman preempts Bush comparisons

Ok, so it wasn't exactly a year ago, but sometime near it, Joe Lieberman was already preempting Bush's comparison of Iraq to Vietnam.

BREAKING NEWS! Statements from John Cornyn and Rick Noriega on Alberto Gonzales

"Alberto Gonzales, the highest ranking Hispanic to serve in a President's Administration, is a decent and honorable man...His resignation marks another casualty of the hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington that does not serve the best interests of the American People"
John Cornyn

"It's about time. Our country's interest should come first. This appears to be a political decision. Hopefully this can put an end to the politicization of the Justice Department."
Rick Noriega

Gonzo is... well... Gonzo..!

After Rove's announcement a couple weeks ago, Atty. Gen Alberto Gonzales is expected to turn in his notice later today. He's stood up for warrantless wiretaps, Abu-Grab, Guantanamo Camps, and most recently, was tied into the firing of eight US Attorneys for political reasons (Gonzales says due to performance issues). He may be one of the last remaining Texan advisors Bush has brought to Washington with him. Stay tuned, more to come.