Obama's Green Jobs Czar Van Jones: Republicans Are "A**holes"

[Jack Ryan]

I've always heard it takes one to know one.

Sounds to me like the democrats and republicans both know each other well enought to be blood relatives.

 

[CulpeperMM]

Van Jones shouldn't bite the hands that feed him. He should be thanking the Republican Party. If it weren't for the awful "drunken sailor" spending of the Republicans under Bush Jr., Mr. Jones would not be in Washington today.

 

[CarmelHP]

FOX NEWS claimed a bit ago that 98% of the people responding to their poll, "Do you accept Van Jones' apology?" responded with YES.

Only 2% disagreed that it didn't go far enough.

You'd probably also find that 98% of the people didn't know who the hell Van Jones is.

 

[LEaSH]

This Van Jones guy will inadvertently hang himself (career wise) within the next 6 months. I've seen his type appointed before.
He will end up doing so much damage to the administration that there will be nobody to step up for him - not even Obama himself.

 

[mrjarrell]

This Van Jones guy will inadvertently hang himself (career wise) within the next 6 months. I've seen his type appointed before.
He will end up doing so much damage to the administration that there will be nobody to step up for him - not even Obama himself.

They're stepping up for him now, despite the mounting evidence against him. Nothing's going to change, Obama just doesn't care what anyone thinks.

 

[Boilers]

He's no Earl Butz!

 

[Boilers]

black kids don't do Columbines...

Breitbart.tv » Van Jones: Only ‘Suburban White Kids’ Shoot Up Schools

 

[SC_Shooter]

Hey guys, give him a break. After all, he's just a disgruntled self-professed communist (after the USSR fell, mind you) and he really can't help it.

Think through the logic -

a. Ronald Regan effectively killed the USSR and destroyed the then most powerful communist society on the planet.

b. Ronald Regan was clearly an a$$@)(# for doing such a thing.

c. Ronald Regan was a Republican

d. Therefore, republicans are a$$@)(#


Makes perfect sense to me and I'm rather proud of it. If he thinks that conservatives are a$$@)(# for not thinking the way the Chosen One thinks...please sign me up immediately.

 

[Phil502]

Hey guys, give him a break. After all, he's just a disgruntled self-professed communist (after the USSR fell, mind you) and he really can't help it.

Think through the logic -

a. Ronald Regan effectively killed the USSR and destroyed the then most powerful communist society on the planet.

b. Ronald Regan was clearly an a$$@)(# for doing such a thing.

c. Ronald Regan was a Republican

d. Therefore, republicans are a$$@)(#


Makes perfect sense to me and I'm rather proud of it. If he thinks that conservatives are a$$@)(# for not thinking the way the Chosen One thinks...please sign me up immediately.

Now I got it, thanks.

 

[MyGlockRocks19]

So now not only are we extremists, and potential terrorists....we're *******s too?

I agree....If Bush's 3rd grade teacher had said something like this about Democrats, he would have been roasted alive by the media. Liberals giving liberals a pass...thats what its all about nowadays.

 

[Blue Tile Spook]

I read tonight about Gibb's comments today when asked about Van Jones and if "O" still has confidence in him. His reply was to the effect of, "Well, he still works here."

Such glowing confidence.

 

[Boilers]

VAN JONES IS OUT!!!!!

Obama 'green jobs' adviser quits amid controversy

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.
Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.

The resignation comes as Obama is working to regain his footing in the contentious health care debate.

Jones issued an apology on Thursday for his past statements. When asked the next day whether Obama still had confidence in him, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said only that Jones "continues to work in the administration."

The matter surfaced after news reports of a derogatory comment Jones made in the past about Republicans, and separately, of Jones' name appearing on a petition connected to the events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. That 2004 petition had asked for congressional hearings and other investigations into whether high-level government officials had allowed the attacks to occur.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones said in his resignation statement. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

Jones said he has been "inundated with calls from across the political spectrum urging me to stay and fight."

But he said he cannot in good conscience ask his colleagues to spend time and energy defending or explaining his past.

Jones flatly said in an earlier statement that he did not agree with the petition's stand on the 9/11 attacks and that "it certainly does not reflect my views, now or ever."

As for his other comments he made before joining Obama's team, Jones said, "If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past, I apologize."

Despite his apologies, Republicans demanded Jones quit.

Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana said in a statement, "His extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this administration or the public debate." Missouri Sen. Christopher Bonds said Congress should investigate Jones's fitness the job.

Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck repeatedly denounced Jones after a group the adviser co-founded, ColorofChange.org, led an advertising boycott against Beck's show to protest his claim that Obama is a racist.

James Rucker, the organization's executive director, has said Jones had nothing to do with ColorofChange.org now and didn't even know about the campaign before it started.

Jones, well-known in the environmental movement, was a civil-rights activist in California before shifting his attention to environmental and energy issues. He is known for laying out a broad vision of a green economy.

Nancy Sutley chair of the council, said in a statement released early Sunday that she accepts Jones resignation and thanked him for his service.

"Over the last six months, he had been a strong voice for creating jobs that improve energy efficiency and utilize renewable resources," she said. "We appreciate his hard work and wish him the best moving forward."