"snarky"

Interesting word snarky. I've never used it, but have seen it in print a few times, understanding it only in context. My Aussie pal Karen used it recently (snarkiness, actually) in an email reference to Michael Moore (or Lumpy Riefenstahl, as one snarky blog called him).

Then I heard this comment made today by the President Bush:

A day after Edwards was picked by Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry as his running mate, Bush raised the experience issue when asked how Edwards stacked up against his own vice president, Dick Cheney.

"Dick Cheney can be president," Bush said briskly.

The writer should have used "snarkily".

And maybe I shouldn't be so snarky.