Snow Recalls First Day: "Sphincter Tightening Terror"

Last night, for White House Press Secretary Tony Snow made his first appearance on NBC’s Tonight Show.

He first talked about his cancer treatment, saying that he feels good, but that he’ll be on and off chemotherapy for the rest of his life until they come up with a cure.

President Bush also apparently offered to be Snow’s “phone buddy” while he was in the hospital, but Snow evidently passed on the offer, saying “Well, there are probably other things you have to do…”

On the subject of dealing with the press, Snow admitted “If I hated reporters, I wouldn’t have been one for so many years…I liked having fun with them.

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