Another Link Between Top Obama Official and “9/11 Truther” Movement? Source Says No *

Busted Van…..

It would be interesting to find out if he was on the “joy ride” of Air Force One around the towers site.

This is becoming problematic for the Obama administration, which spent much time and energy belittling the fringe “Birther” movement of those alleging, despite myriad evidence, that President Obama was not born in the U.S.
Wrong. Asking for proof that he was is not making a claim that he wasn’t. When you get pulled over and the cop asks for your driver’s license, he’s not accusing you of not having one.
Oh, and: A birth is slightly different than a mass murder. Hope that helps.

What’s this say about a man who let’s this hanger oner bring him down? Doesn’t he get why people don’t trust him? Add up the birth certificate, the stimulas, the freaking budget, the autos, the banks, health care, these creepy freaking czars, his own words in his own books (communists, radicals, singing Arabic prayers, etc.) and all of the other stuff and what do you get? Well, since he seems to embrace all of this some of us can only come to one conclusion and it ain’t good.

I don’t know if you guys know Van Jones. Van Jones is…(smiles, nods) oooh….Van Jones!, allright, so, Van Jones, we were so delighted to recruit him into the White House, we’ve been watching him for, really, he’s not that old, for as long as he’s been active out in Oakland in all the ways, that he has, creative ideas that he has, and so now we have captured that and we have all that energy and enthusiasm in the White House.”
Valerie Jarrett
White House Senior Advisor to Barack Obama

Obama IS THE MOST POLARIZING figure we have ever had. Funny how the obama camp instructed bloogers to use that line on Hillary Clinton. OBAMA is POLARIZING this country. We’re taking it back.

Hey Barry?
“You are who you associate with”.
Ever heard that term used while you was growing up?
God help this REPUBLIC!!!

Obama really doesn’t want to let this guy go. Jones is an impressive radical.
How dumb and arrogant is it to hang onto a guy like this even if it damages his presidency?
But what excuse can Obama give that sounds good?
Our vetting sucks or we knew all along
about Van’s views. Obama is toast either way.

A self-proclaimed communist.
Obama just doesn’t care.
You can bet Obama knew everything about Jones.
Jones will be gone soon.
What about the other radical czars?

The media is trying to blame the vetters for letting Jones slip through.
They don’t want to blame Obama.
Valerie Jarret is on tape saying they have been following Jones’ career for years.
The MSM should put the blame where it belongs–Obama.

Van Jones is a clone of Rev Wright and Bill Ayers.
No wonder Obama chose him.

Van Jones still has his job?
I hope Obama keeps him alittle longer.
More clips and quotes will surface.
Obama/White House are not very smart.

abc nbc and cbs are seeing the power of fox news and matt drudge
NBC and CBS still ignoring the Van Jones story..all networks except Fox are ignoring Charlie Rangle the tax cheat But the washington post has called for him to step aside
What is acting President Biden doing now..that Barry is no where to be seen

Valerie, you and Van can both go as far as i am concerned. Communists don’t belong in our whitehouse. much less raciest ones. it’s really sad that this is what we elected. i think we were all mislead on Obama’s campagin and he thought he could sneak in all his overpaid radical czars. wonder if Ayers needs a job, i’m sure they could appoint him to terror czar.

Tapper FINALLY doing his job. Amazing. It is very sad when Glenn Beck has to be the one who point out how many radicals and communists are in the white house advising the POTUS!
Jake, why is it that Obama seems to always have radicals around him? Any ideas?

How is this just a “possible” link as the title states? The man helped organize it!

Van Jones: “I am a communist”
I guess that wasn’t enough to get the media’s attention?

Will the congress use the excuse that they “did not carefully review the language” for the the stimulus bill?, the cap and trade bill?, health care bill?
Ignorance of the law is no excuse!

A summary of the comments of most news stories found on the web–especially this one:
‘Look at me! I’m on the internets Now! I can say whatever I want!
Sheeps are murdering swine. Wolves are innocent victims. Rats make good pets. Dogs make good stew.’
The reveloution will not be blogged, tweeted or televised, it will simply be made up.

I was wondering why the MSM wasn’t reporting the well documented facts about this man. Keep up the good work!!!

Will they throw him under the bus or the van?

I saw video on Beck last night of Valerie Jarrett with a huge smile on her face at Kos Kidz’ big hoopla stating triumphantly that
“we” have been “watching (and by implication cheering him on) Jones ‘since Oakland.’”
This was no vetting “slip.” Van Jones was hand picked by Obama. It’s almost like Obama making Rev. Wright a Czar!

The only way a communist, revolutionary like VJ could get near the President is if the POTUS or his COS or one of his top people overroad the FBI. My guess is that is was the POTUS.

Thank you for finally doing your job! Hint: investigate the rest of the czars. Might make a good story.

Wow… all these GOPs. Don’t you guys remember that “If you’re against the President, your against America!!!” Bunch of hypocrites. “You don’t like our country? than you can get out!” mmmm… that feels good. I can see why all those conservative d-bags kept sayin stuff like that … it feels good to be on the winning team for once =)

Wow! ABC! I am IMPRESSED! Where the heck have you guys been hiding?
Keep up the good work but please, don’t stop here!
We need voices to expose the coup of our country!
I am soooooo proud of this reporter.
It takes courage for him to do this.
You are a patriot sir!

A comment on the posters to this site.
Look at the right wing posts..read them all carefully and objectively.
Now, think of sitting at a dinner table with them. Is it nice? Or is it not nice?
Now decide how you want your nation to be and fight for it.

We need to ask more questions and see what people really think and believe. It’s our country we should take it back.

Van Jones is entitled to his opinion and beliefs like everyone, the problem enters when his beliefs become policy. Same with Obama, I have never believed that he was a friend of Israel, it has turned into policy, I have a problem with that because it is a policy based on prejudice. Same with the Gates affair, who knows if Obama’s biased views about cops will become policy. It seems this administration doesn’t care to check its radical beliefs at the door when it comes to policy and that should concern everyone. Obama took an oath to defend our shared principles and beliefs, not his own.

JustSomeGuy: If the winning team that you are referring to is the one with admitted communists, truthers, socialists, elitists, tax cheats, black nationalists, and other lovely personalities, then you should re-examine your beliefs.

What’s wrong with America ? Remember that Freedom isn’t Free! Just look at the Obama Administration, nothing but crooks! It all comes down to $$$$ that’s all thugs ever want.

Thank God this is getting some mainstream coverage!!!!! Nice work.

Marjor Garrett and Jake Tapper are the only 2 in the WH Press Corp actually asking pertinent and investigative questions of this administation. We need to support their efforts to hold accountable the public servants who’s salaries we pay and who work for us.

From the questionaire Obama had people complete:
“Question 61 seems to have been prompted by the controversy over former 1960s radical William Ayres in Obama’s campaign: “Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used — even unfairly — to impugn or attack your character or qualifications for government service?”
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Was the correct answer in order to get the job suppose to be “yes” ?
There is no possible way Obama didn’t know this guys history. NO WAY

Welcome to the real news no matter if it makes Obama looks bad party Jake. Better late than never.

Jake Tapper – Truth Seeker!
Keep asking those bold questions and sharing the answers you find with us. We need ethical people in your profession. There are many, but there are too many that fail to report anything. They are quiet, only because they cannot deny in light of documentation.
You’ll be attacked and called evil names, but that can’t hurt an honest man.
Stay the course!

This is a killer piece, Jake.
And another one bites the dust.

Support Jake Tapper in his investigative efforts – we NEED him and more like him!

re:David Adams
NO doubt, why is NOBODY in the press corps asking about these czars and their accountability or lack of.

Thank you so much for this article. This is no longer and partisan issue. All parties should be concerned about who has the ear of our President and also who is in charge of billions of our tax payer dollars.

How many times must you stooges be reminded that America is NOT A FREAKING CHRISTIAN NATION (or any other religion for that matter).

Louise, go to DemocraticUnderground or Daily Kos and ask yourself the same question.

The other problems with Van Jones, he hasn’t created one single green job because they can’t decide what a green job is. So they are going to spend millions trying to define a green job. Google the AP story on the weatherization of homes jobs that were supposed to be created with the stimulus money. Not one has started because they don’t know how to get the money through the maze of bureaucracy. Your government at work, your government dollars being spent. They can’t even handle weatherization projects through non profits and we are supposed to trust them with health care.

“NO ONE has debunked any of the charges from the ‘truthers’. NO ONE.”
Well, there’s always the National Geographic special that aired this week.

Who on the White House staff cleared Van Jones?
• What was that person’s connection to Van Jones or Mr. Jones’s political sponsor?
• Who, exactly, was Mr. Jones’ sponsor for this job? How much money did he/she contribute to the Obama campaign?
• Did the Secret Service notify anyone on the White House staff — or the President or First Lady or Vice President Biden — that Mr. Jones had an arrest record on file with police in two cities?
• Did the Secret Service protest any of this, objecting to Mr. Jones’ clearance?
• If the Secret Service did object, who overruled them? The President? The Chief of Staff? Someone else?
• If the answer to this last question is yes, and the Secret Service was overruled by the President or someone else, why did this happen?

Thanks Jake!
Van Jones was a founder of ColorOfChange.org. (see bottom of the “about” page on their site).
ColorOfChange is pressuring the advertisers on Glenn Beck’s show and Fox to pull their advertising. Do you suppose there is a link between VJ’s “change” and Obama’s “change”? How long has this mess been in planning?

Well Ryan…..it’s not a “Muslim” nation, as the POTUS has stated on too many occasions…..either!
Enough already!!

TAPPER IS SO FULL OF IT.
A NEO-CON LOVING, DEMOCRAT HATING, PSEUDO REPORTER.
WHERE WAS HE WHEN BUSH, CHENEY, RUMMY AND COMPANY WERE RAPING AND LOOTING?
LMAO.

Sounds like Gibbs stonewalled the issue today in his off camera (hiss, boo)press conference this morning.

“My question, is Van Jones now too big to fail as he would expose how foolish these liberal elites are?”
Good question!
Maybe he’ll get another “bailout” from Obama!
LOL

Jake, thanks a lot for picking up this very important story that needs to be told. I agree with the questions asked in the blog responses – how closely does VJ’s ideas match the plans of the Obama administration? How many radicals have infiltrated the White House? And more importantly, how do we get them the heck out of there?

Posted by: Fascist Hyena | Sep 4, 2009 11:48:19 AM
You are right, of course, but don’t even respond to that nonsense. That’s what they thrive on.

“Every democrat is a 9/11 truthnut.” Posted by: DJ | Sep 4, 2009 12:08:14 PM
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That isn’t true. Don’t care at all about telling the truth?

The news organizations in this country have completely abdicated their responsibility to look into these people. We know less about Obama than we have known about any president in the history of the country. They are so in love with this administartion that they are giving him a complete pass on these looney tune czars/advisors that he is recruiting into his administration. In Van Jones ownn words ” Personell is policy.”. What are the people Obama is recruiting telling us about his goals. The media is sure not looking into it. They are too busy protecting him.

Posted by: fed up | Sep 4, 2009 12:19:47 PM Racism, they never thought Obama could make it without their help. They never thought he should be treated the same as every other candidate because he is black.
They thought it was their job to shield the black guy. Soft bigotry, and they will never ever admit it.

Where are all the liberal defender’s? I was looking forward to reading the left’s position on this and how they can possibly defend this nutjob radical’s behavior. Oh yeah, like that will happen.

The “truther” nonsense is quite deeply ingrained within the Democratic party. And of course “trutherism” makes any “birther” beliefs look comparatively sane. Its no stretch or surprise that a radical like Jones would be among them.
Remember right after 9/11 Hillary holding up that paper with the headline: BUSH KNEW? It grew from there.

Where are all the liberal defender’s? I was looking forward to reading the left’s position on this and how they can possibly defend this nutjob radical’s behavior. Oh yeah, like that will happen.
Posted by: swchance | Sep 4, 2009 12:27:45 PM
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I actually like Van Jones, and I think he’s the victim of a hit job. However, I think he needs to just speak the truth about what he believed, what he’s been involved in, why, and so on. If he was involved with pressing for more answers, then so be it– he shouldn’t back off that. I can see if McCain had won, birthers and deathers and people who called Democratic senators names being part of the admin and being totally unapologetic. And there were people I considered radical and extreme in Bush’s WH with no apologies. Now,we’re getting into tricky territory. I’d love someone to interview Van and for him to tell the unfettered truth. He’s a very articulate guy. He is who he is and I respect him. I can’t get behind hedging, however. Let’s just put our cards on the table and deal with it.
As for the all libs being 9/11 truthers– yeah, right, dude. Our party is a big tent. The truthers likely voted for Obama though, no? The GOP embraces their nutters, so I do detect a lot of hypocrisy going on– and IMO, it befits the same old game plan.
Yesterday, some liberal blogs were saying Van is toast after the truther stuff came out. We’ll see. I’d like to hear him speak loudly, clearly and truthfully for himself.

While I would certainly credit Jake Tapper with at least covering this story, there seems to be a bigger story concerning media bias concerning the coverage and investigative reporting of this president. I cannot remember in my lifetime the news concerning a president massaged or totally ignored by the press as it has been done with Obama. Like many who have posted here, I first thought that it was no more than media bias. It has become so blatant recently that I must consider that there may be those who are actually conspiring with this government. After all, with tough times and many of these corporations seeing a diminishing of their bottom line, there may be some who may want to remain tight with a government that is handing out billions in taxpayer money.

Can’t help but wonder if some folks in the MSM haven’t been paid off.
I have been following politics since the election of 1956 and have never seen such a subservient media.
ABCBSNBCNNPRPBS…they are in the tank or on the payroll.

Alyson wrote: “I can see if McCain had won…”
Actually had Sen. McCain won the election there would have been even more lawsuits trying to have him declared as ineligible since he was born in Panama. While Immigration Law recognizes individuals born out of the country, with one or both parents being American citizens, as an American citizen, the U. S. Supreme Court has yet to rule whether that satisfies the U. S. Constitutional requirement that a U. S. president be a “natural born citizen.”

Actually had Sen. McCain won the election there would have been even more lawsuits trying to have him declared as ineligible since he was born in Panama. While Immigration Law recognizes individuals born out of the country, with one or both parents being American citizens, as an American citizen, the U. S. Supreme Court has yet to rule whether that satisfies the U. S. Constitutional requirement that a U. S. president be a “natural born citizen.”
Posted by: James Danley | Sep 4, 2009 1:07:43 PM
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Because some how the law on the books right now that reads children born to MILITARY PARENTS serving on foreign soil are NATURAL BORN CITIZENS means nothing! geeeeshhhhhh

good job jake be a reporter no matter what side it is.

This whole affair should be reason enough to re-require advise and consent of the Senate for cabinet level and quasi-cabinet level appointees in the Executive branch.
The most important question to be answered now: has the Secret Service, FBI, or any other sworn agent/agency vetted any of the “Czars?”

Van Jones character needs to go. He is an avowed communist, he’s a truther, he is on tape stating that white people spray toxins on people of color… It goes on and on, and I am sure that there will be even more revelations because clearly this guy has a history of liking to hear himself talk. We don’t need more people in senior government roles, advisory positions, or in charge of enormous budgets funded by our tax dollars, who espouse wacko, divisive, racist nonsense like this.

Jake, you’ve got half of the story correct.
Van Jones = bad judgement by Barry
Birthers = even if born in Hawaii, can the son of a British subjest and a US citizen be considered a “natural born citizen” and thus eligible to be CIC & POTUS?

“Jones said in a statement yesterday that he did not agree with the 2004 Truther petition and it “does not reflect my views now or ever.”"
If he’s that lax with his signature, I have some financial papers for him to sign.

Alyson wrote: “I can see if McCain had won…”
Actually had Sen. McCain won the election there would have been even more lawsuits trying to have him declared as ineligible since he was born in Panama. While Immigration Law recognizes individuals born out of the country, with one or both parents being American citizens, as an American citizen, the U. S. Supreme Court has yet to rule whether that satisfies the U. S. Constitutional requirement that a U. S. president be a “natural born citizen.”
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This is ludicrous. Not only was McCain an American by birthright (two American citizen parents), But legally, he was not born in Panam, but in A U.S Navy Hospital in the Canal Zone, an unincorporated territory of the United States. This is because the Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty (much-derided by Panama), which granted the USA “the right to act as if it were sovereign, in perpetuity” was then in effect. In other words, no Status of Forces Agreement. This treaty was way more generous to U.S. interests.
No lawsuit alleging that someone born of American parents, in a military hospital flying only the U.S. flag, in an unincorporated territory governed by statute by a Governor appointed by the President (typically from the Army Corps of Engineers) would ever prosper.
The Canal Zone was always a Federal Government Company town from top to bottom, and to claim otherwise in foolish.

The sad part is that even if Jones “resigns,” what will really happen? He’ll just leave the White House and still receive millions of dollars of our money to further a radical agenda. Of course, all payments will be to groups/corporations but Jones (or others like him) will pull the strings. How much of this is already happening? Where is our money going? Are we really funding our own demise????

ABC is finally watching Fox News to dole out a little truth here and there. Of course anyone who is remotely knowledgable about politics has already read this story in much greater detail elsewhere, at least the All Barrack Channel is admitiing that they know about it.

Impeach him for what, Joe? You can’t impeach a president because you disagree with his views.

George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were all born on American Soil to British Subjects.

The diatribe and hate spewed by Van Jones is unbelievable! Google his name, watch the videos, and decide for yourself.

Keep digging into the all the Czar’s backgrounds. 30 odd czars and counting. No over-site from Congress. Usurpation of the Constitution. We need more transparency on this WH regime!

According to a 2007 New York Times/CBS News poll, only 16% of Americans think the government is telling the truth about 9/11 and the intelligence prior to the attacks:
“Do you think members of the Bush Administration are telling the truth, are mostly telling the truth but hiding something, or are they mostly lying?
Telling the truth 16%
Hiding something 53%
Mostly lying 28%
Not sure 3%”
Guess folks are having a hard time with the fact that the buildings came down completely at free fall speeds despite the fact the fire was limited to 10-12 floors and in only 90 minutes of what appeared to be a low intensity fire.
Also no explanation was given why WTC 7 came down in the same fashion despite not being hit by any aircraft. The building with the FBI files in it on all the major investigations of the day like Enron.
Finally the story about 19 cavedwellers learning how to fly airliners in the most heavily defended airspace in the world thus defeating the FBI, CIA, NSA, NORAD and the US Air Force is hard to believe.
Why would anybody by surprised by these polls.

Thanks for reminding me why your industry is dying, and why I refuse to watch the All Barack Channel. You essentially defend this lunatic Van Jones, without mentioning anything else he has said. For those interested in the actual truth…you know, REAL NEWS…do a Google search for “van jones white poison minority” to see what this nutball believes.

Although it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the US Government is hiding SOME facts about 9/11, to believe that crap the Truthers ascribe to is absolutely laughable. Only true nut jobs could believe that those poor people who perished in Flight 77 are still alive somewhere. I know very little about physics or how quickly a building should implode after a jet crashes into it however I doubt even physics scholars know either. They can study and extrapolate what SHOULD have happened in an event but until that event has been replicated in a lab or elsewhere it is impossible to know what other factors could have intervened. I believe we all have had things happen in our lives that did not behave as they should have or were predicted to,etc. So called Truthers who expound such nonsense are an embarrassment.

It’s time America woke up. Bill Mahr was right about stupid Americans (try 60 million) who voted for a left wing loser. We need to make a complete sweep of the President, Vice President, Pelosi, and the 32 Czars and counting. Throw them all out of office and start over. Is thisthe change everyone wanted? If we don’t our flag will come down and BO will be on the new flag with a Pick and a sickle on it.

Posted by: Doug in San Diego | Sep 4, 2009 2:33:05 PM
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Uh, Doug? Please read the posts you refute. All the stuff you refute was written by James Danley, not me. He quoted a few words from me and then went on with his own theory. I am not a conspiracy theorist. Go back to my post and refute THAT. I’m sure you’ll have problems with it, but I never said anything about McCain being a citizen. I said he’d likely have people in the admin that people like me (progressive Dem) would consider radical and odd– birthers, tenthers, deathers, Palin.

never another w in the White House

Have you watched the WTC 7 building with the Mayors bunker in it? Somethings not right with that for sure. A rectangular building like that falling into itself. Some might believe stuff about flight 77 or other things but look at all the facts that you can find before making a quick judgement about one or two things people say. If you choose not to look for yourselves then your helping only the ones that might have gotten away with something. The 9/11 commission won’t get it jack. Better wake up and search for the truth while you still can. Both parties are bought and paid for and you know it. 9/11 was just a small part of the big picture.

Shame on ABC News for promoting a bogus, sensational “story”, based primarily on ultra-conservative websites and Glenn Beck’s dubious rantings.
Van Jones is a good man who has been a leader in the area of green technology and green jobs. He believes in uniting free enterprise and environmental values to move America into the future.
This slander against Van Jones is disgraceful and fabricated.

As a follow up, in 1964 there were those who were challenging Sen. Barry Goldwater’s eligibility to be president because he was born (1909) in Arizona Territory before it became a state (1912). But since Sen. Goldwater did not win the election, the question was moot.

“So Jake, will you report that Obama’s Job approval numbers are up?? ”
NO!!! Here is why
The Van Jones (non) feeding frenzy
09/04/09 11:30 AM EDT
From a Nexis search a few moments ago:
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.
If you were to receive all your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving President Obama’s Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, your response would be, “Huh?” If you heard that that adviser, Van Jones, had apologized for a number of remarks and positions in the recent past, your response would be, “What?” And if you were in the Obama White House monitoring the Jones situation, you would be hoping that the news organizations listed above continue to hold the line — otherwise, Jones, who is quite well thought of in Obama circles, would be history.
(link ommitted )

I find it curious that ABC News has not researched the backgroud of Van Jones or any of Obama’s Czars.
Jones is a self proclaimed Communist. His views and his spoken word are radical,to say the least.
Why haven’t you asked, if Obama knows of his background and if so, when did he learn about it?
If he isn’t fired, then we must conclude that our president agrees with him.

CAN’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YA, not sure what universe you live in, but the Van Jones controversy is being reported on CBS, CNN, ABC, Fox, Washington Post, National Review and the list goes on and on. Also, Obama numbers are going up? I think you meant to say, down, way down. Like 20 points down in the last 6 months and still falling. Nice try however.

Posted by: Patricia Westcott | Sep 4, 2009 6:43:44 PM
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If you’re one of the anti-socialized-anything folks, you really ought to be sending your kid to a private school or doing the home school thing. Seriously. Get them out of school. Better yet, move to Texas and push for secession. That’ll teach us nefarious Democrats for daring to elect a bright president who is pushing to get things done.

ABC: The National Enquirer of the airwaves.

Just in case some of you still think the main stream media is not 100% in the tank for the Obama Administration, check out their coverage of the Van Jones stroy.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.
What if someone in the Bush Administration would said the things he has recently said? Do you think the number of stories would be 0?

Bob Shu:
It was through the efforts of the Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln that culminated in the freeing of the slaves.
It was with the Republican majorities in both Houses in Congress in 1869 (House: 143-49; Senate: 42-10) that passed the 15th Amendment which broadened the protection of suffrage for African-Americans. And with the help of local Republicans that got the necessary 3/4 of the states necessary to ratify the Amendment on Feb 8, 1870.
It was the Republicans who passed the 1875 Civil Rights Act; and enforced the right for African-Americans to vote in the South. (Unfortunately the U. S. Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional in 1883–”the 14th Amendment prohibits discrimination by the state, not by individuals.”)
It was the Republican Party that broke the filibuster which allowed the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Follow up:
Without the Republican Party’s efforts, President Obama might not have been able to vote, much less run for political office. Certainly without the Republican Party’s efforts, Barack Obama would never have been President of the United States.

Uhh Marnee shame on anyone for reporting on Van Jones? A good man? What century did you just walk out of? You can’t be a communistic racist in America and help run anything for the American people! Van Jones is self pronounced communistic radical racist person. Listen to his speeches. To all of it. I wouldn’t allow my children to listen to his speeches I certainly don’t want him helping run our environmental jobs or have any part of in my country’s governing. We have enough of our own elected idiots out there. We don’t need these czars Obama has self-proclaimed as needed. If he needs that many czars he shouldn’t have taken the position of President. It shows he truly has no idea what he is doing so he is picking and chosing whoever he wants to take care of a job he himself should be doing! Clearly not caring what or how the American People that DO Vote care! That’s not American it’s socialism and communism at it’s best. Wake up people it’s your freedom going down with Obama’s ratings. Only elected officials should be running our government. By the people for the people. Too many cooks spoil the pot. Think things were burning while Bush was in? Well the kitchen is now burned down and the melting pot is no longer there. By the way I’m a white farmer and I happen to think Van Jones should be held accountable for his racist comment. American farmers feed the world no matter what race.

It was through the efforts of the Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln that culminated in the freeing of the slaves.
It was with the Republican majorities in both Houses in Congress in 1869 (House: 143-49; Senate: 42-10) that passed the 15th Amendment which broadened the protection of suffrage for African-Americans. And with the help of local Republicans that got the necessary 3/4 of the states necessary to ratify the Amendment on Feb 8, 1870.
It was the Republicans who passed the 1875 Civil Rights Act; and enforced the right for African-Americans to vote in the South. (Unfortunately the U. S. Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional in 1883–”the 14th Amendment prohibits discrimination by the state, not by individuals.”)
It was the Republican Party that broke the filibuster which allowed the passing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Posted by: James Danley | Sep 4, 2009 7:39:36 PM
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Good for you, James! This is all true. A couple of Republican presidents actually wanted health care reform, too. Which is why everyone bemoans the state of affairs within the GOP today. Today’s GOP is not your father’s or grandmother’s GOP. Have you seen how far to the right the party has moved in recent analyses? Back in the day, people like Olympia Snowe were representative of the whole party. Nowadays? Not so much. People like Specter are chased out, a man who had been a Republican since 1966. The new GOP slogan? Shrill, baby, shrill.

“When there is a movement afoot to destroy a man’s career, one should be careful how they wield their broad paintbrushes.
Posted by: Adam Stanhope”
Substitute woman’s career for man’s career and Sarah Palin plus her entire family for Van Jones and see how that shoe fits, Adam.

Only in the warped psyche of Conservatism can a Communist be a Czar. The Communist revolution overthrew the Czar.
A graver concern for American Democracy than leftists seeking social reform is the threat of Right Wing Christian Theocracy advocated by politicians like Sarah Palin.
Mercifully, our 1st Amendment protects us from such a ghastly aberration.

Looking back on 911 you would have to be a total fool to believe that 911 was anything but an inside job. Obama should be commended for any action he takes to discover the Truth, You people should be demanding answers. What is wrong with you ?
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.
~Albert Einstein

Peace and blessings 2 all of good moral conduct,if the truth is not revieled soon, our planet could be in great peril,America was started by men who always questioned their goverment when the majority had doubts about events that effected so many lives foriegn and domestic,the core basic principle of our beloved Constitution and Declaration of Independence,must be held secred,until now, not one suspect of clear proof has been charged by a court of Law for 9/11/2001,nor has any proof been available 4 public viewing,i will call it how i see it,and how i hear it,the major point is,Americans are not dumb and stupid,good Americans with good moral behavior deserve 2 know the truth now,not tweenty years from now,but now.Our history and great legacy of goverment is depending on if there is enough honest and brave men left in this country 2 challenge and stand up against evil forces that have gain access 2 our system of govermnent,it’s time to face reality,many thousands of innocent lives have been lost,on both sides and 2 wars with the possibility of another front started,if that which has so many unanswered question go uncheck,the future as we know it can be severly altered 4 the worst,only a mad man would want 2 change the world as it is now,The People of the middle east have shown great restraint and has taken much
calamity by those who eledged “ACT OF WAR ON AN IDEAOLOGY”.An oppress people will always resist at all cost,the term insurgent if u would note definiton,it means rebellion,rebellion means people who dislike the fact of foriegn troops in their land,like many Americans the idea of having foriegn troops in this country is unthinkable,therefore agression is only met with agression,.It’s time 2 heal,it’s time 2 move foward,this planet has had enough,soon the planet will rebell and no wars in history will match its casualties,…….

The only thing I have ever seen the republican party do for the United States is run it into the ground. We had a balanced budget until Bush 43 got into office. What happened to that. And all the can do now is try to blame the democrats for the mess they made in Bush’s first four years in office with he stoled that from Al Gore. They set there and said yes to every little wime that G.W. leaked out of his fat head. And yes I do believe he and his criminal hinch men like Ckeney planed and carried out 9-11. It was the only way they could get a war started In Irag where we had no business being to start with. The United States is full of air heads and they all belong to one party. “Republican” Wake up people and smell the coffee before they take us all under.

The MSM is irrelevant. They go to the mat to protect Obama and his group of radical leftist advisors. I’m tired of the media drooling over everything Obama in the name of journalism. MSM, you’re not here to shape the news you’re here to report the all news, good and bad. You would get the same ratings as Fox News if you got out of Obama’s butt and starting reporting the truth. Until then you’re a bunch of useful idiots for Obama.

Of course they are going to fire him-make him the scapecoat. I thought we were in a hope & change mode? Let’s fire the idiots that hired him!

Also, the freedom so many Americans take for granted, is slipping away. Freedom is a treasure which has been hard won by the greatest of our citizens–ours who died in so many battlefields, trying to protect the precious freedom we seldom even think about. Maybe if we took a good look at the faces and bodies of those who have done all the sacrificing, we would come to our senses. In front of their deaths or their emotional and physical injuries, we turn away our faces. We must not turn away our faces, but look carefully and what we have allowed to be done in our name, lest we become cheerleaders for despots.

Garyd,
Do the math. The Obama administration came to the White House on January 20, 2009. It is now September 5, 2009. That’s less than 8 months in office. To claim that it is the Obama administration that has put us in debt far into the future, is using fuzzy math at its fuzziest! The wars in Iraq and Afghanstan plus the hundreds of billions paid out to private contractors to do such sloppy work, the torture program of Bush Ad men, the surveillance programs on millions of innocent Americans- this all costs a ton of money. Yeah, Rumsfeld advertized that we could do war on the cheap — but, no being math wiz himself, he didn’t calculate all the head wounds, arm wounds, leg wounds, heart wounds it would cost for life-time care for our citizen soldiers.
Actually, the delusions of grandure of the Bush Ad men is what put us in the financial hole that stretches farther than the eye can see. They convinced themselves–against the recommendations of COMBAT GENERALS!–that Iraqis would greet us with flowers, that we would have troops in Iraq to liberate the people so that they would have democracy, even as the Bush Ad men were stealing ours, that — look Iraqis now had cell phones and cable t.v., even as their their bombed out sewers were overflowing, their schools were unsafe to attend, their sons and daughters were being slaughtered in front of them. The Bush Ad men are really, really rich today, are you Garyd? Do you feel more secure now that millions of innocent Iraqis were wounded in our name, that tens of thousands of our own bravest citizens were lied to and now bear the scars of a terrible battle? Have you ever been on a battlefield Garyd? Think. Ask questions. Always look at the opposite side of the argument to see a point of view you oppose so that when you state your argument it is based on fact not just on somebody elses opinion. Garyd– thinking and asking questions and entering into a rational, not a hysterical, debate is what the real democratic process is all about.

It’s a shame. Jake Tapper, you revised this story a few times. I am probably correct in my assertion, due to pressure from your employer and the white house!
You had alot more information on here and you actually had a link on here with proof that Van Jones actually was involved.
Now you have conveniently down played this story and left out pertinent information and links.
I apologize for my earlier post, praising you and thanking you for your truthful reporting.
You are part of the elite and media bias, misleading the American people.
Shame on you!
Why did you become a reporter Jake?
Just curious. Perhaps you need to reflect on that question, a bit!

Tapper…. why defend this creep… all you need to do is look at his past words and actions to understand what a creep and low life he is….. You should be asking the question of just who in the bloody supported this creep for the ” CZAR” position was it Jarrett, Emanual, Axelrod?? this is the we need to know….
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To the Van Jones supporters: I dare you to say those same things to any one of the 9/11 victim’s family members. I dare you. Were you not watching on that day? Did you not feel the pain that all Americans felt? HOW DARE YOU support a man who degrades that sacred day for the mere sake of protecting your political party. Think about what you are saying to those families when you defend this poor excuse of a man.

BARACK OBAMA IS A DISGRACE!
I have never seen so many things happening at one time to this great country. Obama is definitely a Marxist/commie. Doing everything he can, to kill the economy to attain the power he needs to become another Hugo Chaves or Fidel. I feel it’s time to start the process of impeachment. Impeach this Marxist/commie and get a real American as president…
I UNEQUIVOCALLY ASSERT, that Barak Hussein is a sleazy-cheesy, MARXIST/COMMIE, Black Racist, Lying DISGRACE. Just like all his other comrades Van Jones,Wright,Ayers,Soros,Frank Marshal Davis,on and on. Obama owes it all to his leftist, commie friends with their connections in high places. To them, Obama is the smooth, charismatic leader who has taken most of them into the White House and give them power over the greatest and last bastion of individual freedom ever conceived by man.

ABC news is becoming news for tots.

Obama told an interviewer “if you want to know my policies, look at who I have surrounding me.” We’re looking, Obama, we definitely are looking.
We’re looking at Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, Rashid Khalidi, Fr. Phleger Van Jones, John Holdren, Mark Lloyd, Cass Sunstein, Jeff Jones, who helped write the stimulus bill and co-founder of the Weather Undeground along with Bill Ayers.
Thanks for asking us to look, Now maybe if the mainstream media will look, maybe we can get rid of you and all the people who “surround” you.

Well, no worries, folks. You got your way. He’s resigned.

I sincerely hope Jake and Major will do a better job on the remaining radical nutballs that Glenn Beck and company will expose to he world. It’s time for the Media to step up. This is our COUNTRY!!!

John, why not, congress does it all the time..VJ has no place in our gvt, thank god he’s gone

It amazes me that ABC will faithfully stand by the views of the far left. Have they been bought and sealed by this administration? Not one word was reported about Jones UNTIL FOX NEWS did their investigations and the American people did their homework and indeed found out the truth. Words do speak volumes, especially when taped and televised. So there is no smear, its called truth. America this is not about Democrats or Republicans, this is about freedom being manipulated and stolen from the hands of your children and grandchildren. This is about promoting racism, division and clearly using the American people as pawns in a game of political chess. Indignant and ignorant government officials who claim to represent us have not seen the light. They have not clue. I predict there will be a revolution of the American PEOPLE that this great nation has never seen before. Indeed you have woken a sleeping giant. Both parties possibly have seen their last days of tyranny. Americans will not tolerate our children’s and grandchildren’s futures being played with on a chess board of political power driven self serving arrogant tyrants who think they know what is best for all and WILL have their agenda supported by the bought media. Tea parties might be ignored, the Van Jones of the world might slither off, but while the media is sleeping with a party and being paid to, there is the voice of freedom that will be ringing from the tops of homes across this great nation that will not be bought. America is watching, she will be on your door step and she will demand accountability and if her voice is not heard, indeed there will be a revolution. Wake up.

Why did you wait until he resigned to publish the Van Jones story. No wonder your ratings are in the crapper. We know you are sleeping with Obama, my question which one of you are doing the SWALLOWING??????????????????

I am done with ABC, NBC and CBS. A friend of mine told me to check out FOX and He was right, Fox is fair and balanced. They have the news days before you do. They cover the stories accurately I am telling all my friends to switch to FOX. OReilly and Beck do not have to make stories up.The Obama Czars/Administration give the stories to them with video. What more could a reporter ask for? Rush Limbaugh seems to be telling the truth way before your organization even thinks about it.

“those alleging, despite myriad evidence”
Politicians come and politicians go; and, through it all, the adjectival form of the word “myriad” should only be used with countable nouns. In the phrase above, “evidence” cannot be enumerated, so “myriad” doesn’t work. A good alternative might have been “despite a buttload of evidence.”

First. I think Mr Trapper has been better than most of his collegues in MSM. These people have editors you know. I applaude him walking the line.Is it better he quit, or keep pushing his bosses limits.? He is one of very few outside Fox, who whas and will ask question in MSM.
I agree with Scorp 3j, as the President said ” I am those who are around me. IE : there are 1,00′s of Jones, and lets face it, he is still with Appolo , and the WH statement said ” he will continue to :advise the president. So the snake has gone under ground.
Use their own methods to defeat the “elite ( elite…right, or left shall I say) and remember there are 37 more.
You want to help, search for information, film, print on Cass Sunstern, Mark LLyod,Carol Browner. Do not link it without saving to disk.
I am certain they are “scrubbing the walls ” as we speak. Find the info and burn it to disk !!!!!
Mr Trapper, I know you are limited in what you can ask. The pressure must be tremendous, but this is our Country at stake. If there is 1 Van Jones, there are 1,000′s of others. At least you walk the line. I know it must be hard personally.
Our Country is worth more than anything, but I applaude you for being at least 1 in MSM who tries.
The rest of them can and should fall. This ” sex, drugs Rock n Roll, plus power and money Administration will fail.
Find video and print on the czars people. This makes it so MSM cannot ignore the problem.

What is it going to take before some one will address the issue of Obama right to be president He will destroy the country we all love at least 50% percent of do. We are being held hostage because he is half black and every body is a afraid of the black up rising if he was to be removed. In four years we will be owned by China and our military will not be able to defend us against the boy scout.
But Obama will have his special force to protect him from us.As we are all bad as I was a special Forces solder that makes me real bad.

Is Ron Paul a 9/11 Truther?