Tony Snow corrects the record:

White House press secretary Tony Snow, defending the administration from low approval numbers on the Iraq War, recently said:

"If somebody had taken a poll in the Battle of the Bulge, I dare say people would have said, 'Wow, my goodness, what are we doing here?' But you cannot conduct a war based on polls."

Unfortunately for Snow, Josh Marshall at TPM has found a poll that covers that time period and pace Tony, there was continued support of the mission during the Battle of the Bulge.

In an apparent move to get out of that dilemma, Snow has revised his remarks. He now says:

"If somebody had taken a poll during the Battle of Chateauguay, I dare say people would have said, 'Wow, my goodness, what are we doing here?' But you cannot conduct a war based on polls. And you can't prove me wrong since that took place in 1813 and nobody, not even Josh Marshall, can cite a poll from that period."

Well said, Tony.


posted by Quiddity at 6/21/2006 01:47:00 PM