New White House Press Secretary Tony Snow told The Examiner on Thursday that his past criticism of President Bush, whom he once called “an embarrassment,” is “not that big a deal.”

“I knew it was something I?d have to deal with,” said Snow, who was once a speechwriter for former President George H.W. Bush. “But ironically, I had to deal with it the first time I went into the White House. I?d also been somewhat critical of the first President Bush.”