White House Declines to Say Van Jones Enjoys “the Confidence of the President” *

Thanks for covering this story!

Yes, thanks indeed.
At least somebody in the MSM is legitimately looking at this creepy Admin and saying something. Helluva thing when a blogger in his basement displays better journalistic instincts and investigative accumen than the entirety of the mass media.
Coincidence? Me thinks no.

The Obama con continues.
The constant lying.
The staggering arrogance.
The dangerous narcissism.
The astounding incompetence.
Obama will do whatever it takes to put as much of the private economy under government control as possible to create his nanny state utopia where he is the boy king.
Let’s continue to stand strong against Obama in every way and get Congress out of the hands of Pelosi and Reid in 2010.
Obama is a smug, smirking con man. Nothing more

He’ll be hung out to dry. Look how Obama treated his mom.

And the next story is “Why and how did Jones become part of the Administration?”
At least we can HOPE for that CHANGE in the MSM.

sure glad the “adults” are in charge now.

What took you guys so long?? That’s a rhetorical question.
Now that you’re in the “game” – lets take it up a notch and inquire/investigate other “questionable” appointees:
Here’s some free leads to bolster your ratings:
1)Valerie Jarret – Slum Queen
2)John Holdren – Josef Mengele wannabe
3)Cas Sunstein – Borderline beastiality disorder
4)Harold Koh – Sharia Law proponent
Now get to work.

Sorry for the double post – I got an error message and my oringal comment didn’t appear at first.

-Why is this Czar necessary?-
Stimulus plan I guess…

At least somebody in the MSM has the guts to cover this story. How anyone can possibly still have faith in this administration is far beyond me. You try to be objective, you try to rationalize, and then you just shake your head….

Coming late to the dance may explain why views and readers are leaving the MSM in droves. The MSM is afraid to question the Obama administration, and viewers are tuning in to sources that do.
Obama was wrong on the stimulus (despite Biden’s best efforts); he’s wrong to attach independents opposed to his health care; now he’s wrong Van Jones.
The ultimate question is whether our future would have been more promising if the MSM challenged Obama during the election?

“Why is this Czar necessary?”
Simple!
He is merely fulfilling promises made to his Looney Leftist budzo’s.
To hell with promises made to the “unwashed” American people he outwardly loathes!!

If O wants to stand by his man, that’s fine by me. Just further proof that this administration is entirely out of touch with the American people.
Here’s a nugget from Charlie Cook:
“For the seven weeks from mid-April through the first week of June, Obama’s weekly Gallup Poll approval rating among independents ran in the 60-to-70 percent range. But in four of the past five weeks, it has been only in the mid-to-high 40s. Meanwhile, Democrats and liberals seem lethargic even though Republicans and conservatives are spitting nails and can’t wait to vote.”

Seriously, thank you so much for covering this! Keep up the good work!

Jake,
You are really the ONLY journalist asking the tough questions of this corrupt, lying fraudulent administration – keep up the good work.

Methinks the Special Advisor for Green Jobs is going to be looking for a job soon here.
And it is hilarious seeing the Right wing try to spin it like this is some handpicked Obama confidant. I’m sure by next week they’ll be insisting they were like brothers. Shades of how every time Bush need a poll boost he caught or killed Al Quaida’s ‘Second in Command’ – again – and ‘turned the corner in Iraq’ – again.

van jones fell in the same court as rev wright and obama turns a blind eye. Is this another change we can believe in.

Great work.
I am naming my next kitten “Jake.”

Hard evidence is tough to argue with. OK Jake, how about putting some investigative energy into the highly questionable backgrounds of the other Czars/advisors/whatever their titles today, and also looking at how they were OK’d by the WH or just ‘not vetted’ by the Secret Service?

Every one of these Czars need to be investigated. Complete FBI background check. Sponsorship for the position. Political contributions made to purchase the czarship, etc., etc., etc.

This article was the only article I saw on the so called MSM, the effort of not to report this story is amazing.
The MSM is to protect and advance Omaba agenda, that is all they are trying to do, cover up .
People, wake up, stop watching and reading MSM, they are not worth your time. Tune to Fox, I get to know more from Fox than other channel.

Saying that this man was unvetted is completely incorrect. Barrack knew exactly what this man was and picked him anyway. Why? Because this is what Barrack is. The People of the US were lied to and led to believe that BO was a moderate, even though all his life his actions have shown him to be a radical. Now he is acting like a radical and people are surprised? Barrack wants these American hating Czars in office..Because he agrees with what they stand for. This is what happens when a man who has spent his life trying to convince the country that the USA is evil, gets Affirmative Action Votes that put him in office. He hates us and he leads us…scary.

So the Bush administration was crawling with many people believing in a rather radical foreign policy in my view, The Project for the New American Century, and yet we heard nothing. When I am pretty sure it’s what brought us to war. One guy with Obama was a “truther” and it’s the end of the world. The press is whacked.

I agree with the previous commentor…Obama has allready lost the confidence of the American people. Van Jones is just another example of the poor judgement this president and his team have shown.

Make it a special weekend.
Get rid of Charlie Rangel and Van Jones.

(fist pump)
Tap! Per! Tap Per!
Gosh I love it when the MSM dares to commit actual Acts of Journalism.
Good times!

LOL, why is ABC reporting this?

What a great way for Fox and the conservatives to evade any discussion on Health Care or education. So predictable. Many sane individuals asked the same questions regarding the reasons for 9/11. The Bush administration showed no qualms about using 9/11 for scare-mongering over and over again in the most egregious manner. Let’s deal with the real issues now. Who cares what Van Jones thought back then.

How many “green jobs” has this guy created anyway? What is a “green job”? No one in the Obama administration has even given a clear answer to that question. More of the same old politics of making up jobs to appoint your friends to without any clear point to them. No change here.

I don’t think conservative are trying to avoid Health Care discussion. Quite the contrary. What is it that Obama is selling? There are currently three bills in the House and one in the Senate. Everyone should be questioning what is in them, and DEMAND a clear answer from our government as to what it is exactly they are asking us to support. We need more than the muddled and vague answers we have gotten so far.

Our favorite unicorn enthusiast Van Jones is doing what you would expect from those in the current administration. Deny everything even when there is proof.
Yesterday Jones denied that he was a part of the 9/11 Truthers. Today we learn that it wasn’t only a signature but that he was on the organizing committe.

Thanks barack, we really need a van jones for this country.
I had my say, lets the racist accusation begins……

Isn’t it time for Jones to throw the race card? His boss has… as days go on, we begin to see not only incompetence, but utter contempt for the American people. The BO administration either thought we were too stupid to unearth what his lunatics have said or that it didn’t care and appointed them anyway. In case there’s a challenge, lets throw the race card…

Ah, yes comrades. This imperialist are manfiestly guilty of the crime of capitalist health-sabotage against the people, by hoarding body parts not being used to contribute to the well-being of the collective.
A noble worker has stepped in rescued said body-part from it’s ignobtle existence, and re-requisitioned it for it”s rightful owners, the party.
The Glorious Leader has praised this hero of the proletariat, and in celebration, will announce further sanctions upon Honduras, and will put his own body parts in service to the collective by showing the soles of his feet once again to the Zionists.
The local councils have directed loyal patriots to denounce rogue body-parts at once!

The reason this man was appointed as a czar is because Obama knew he would never get through the Senate confirmation hearings as a cabinet candidate. Obama knew! They all knew.

I think people like Van Jones are hurting the President. Whether or not he agrees with Mr. Jones inflammatory statements ( I hope he doesn’t) it is what makes most or some of us ask what else is going on that we don’t know about and it feeds the appetites of conspiracy minded people.
We all can admit the short comings of our society, the mistakes of the past but we do live in a pretty good place still full of opportunity-enough for all who are willing to work. We don’t need to turn over several billion dollars to a man with an apparent chip on his shoulder.

What is going on in this country when the news is Afraid to really report and investigate what is going on in the world. Who is running this country? Were the Republicans really this bad? Why are we paying a professed, communist, convicted criminal and cop hater to be in the top level of government.

This guy is self-proclaimed Marxist, socialist, etc. Obama continues to associate with people with these beliefs., and now he’s appointing them as czars??! This is scary stuff….
This certainly is not the “change” we thought he was talking about ??!!

Posted by: common_sense | Sep 4, 2009 1:39:19 PM He hasn’t created one green job because they haven’t defined what a green job is, something that will take millions of dollars to do I am sure (defining one that is). They had a story on it earlier this summer. Also google the AP story about how not one dime of the stimulus set aside for weatherization has been spent because they can’t figure out how to funnel the money through the bureaucracy to the non profits that are supposed to hire the unemployed construction workers to do the jobs. In my previous post I stated that Van Jones having never created a job will not be successful, taking govt. money for a non profit doesn’t count because all they do is take money from one hand and give it to another. Do you think a legitimate contractor with an actual business would have so much trouble creating a green job or any job for that matter? I don’t.

=== the World know’s we are still awaiting imperative answers regarding 911 ===
What questions are you still awaiting answers to?

Obama entrusted $30 billion with Van Jones.
Our money to these radicals to do whatever they want to change America.

Barry, nice try but now cigar. No one is avoiding debating health care. It was the left that did not want to debate it, remember? They tried to shove it through in 2 weeks before intelligent people found out what was in the plans. Is that what you call wanting to debate the issue and be open and transparent? I understand that having people like Van Jones and Mark Lloyd in your leadership is not a problem for you and your ilk. That is why the adults in the room have to be sure to protect the country and our rights from those who would do irreparable harm. As far as Bush goes if he had not taken the steps he did after 911 and we had failed in stopping the subsequent attacks of which there were many you would ave been the first in line to blame him. Now you have to deal with this current ineffective and failing President and running against Bush now is not going to make Obama appear competent. You got what you wanted and will just have to live with the legacy that he leaves. He is well on his way to destroying the Democrat Party. The people of this country are rejecting him and his agenda and this is confirmed in every major current poll. Thank God America finally reached the tipping point and said “no more”. Why is it that your side never present any facts? Facts about Jones were clearly presented in his own words, video, and signatures. That is how debates are won and why Jones’ supporters lost the argument. ColorofChange is eating crow now because Glenn Beck was right. and yes, there are many more shoes to drop at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Stay tuned.

What has Obama got to lose.
I think he has accepted he will be out in 2012.
So Obama will keep Van Jones and the other czars and do whatever they can to socialize our country.
To right all of the perceived wrongs,
get back at whoever they can.
He thought we were too dumb to figure him out. But Obama was terribly wrong.

What do you think? Will Apollo and Tides Jettison Jones to try to get back below the radar or will they steadfastly continue to support him because they think that they are simply too powerful and cannot be touched? The Whitehouse has already distanced themselves from him and would not say that he has the Presidents confidence. In political terms, that is typical code that Jones will most likely be resigning “voluntarily” in the not-so-distant future.

Obama can no more disavow Jones than he can disavow his typical white grandmother….oh…wait a sec..

I dont’ give a crap if the POPE signed it it is wrong and he should be fired. What more do you need? Him along with the Science Czar among many should have been vetted properly. The next one to go should be Eric Holder.

Jones isn’t even a retread communist from the 60′s.This idiot became a communist after even the Russians gave up on it.He must be the first communist in history to become an official Czar though.Only the Great Obama could make such things possible.

Ah the good old days when the crackpot conspiracy theorists were all right wing head jobs and it was the liberals who were substantial and sophisticated
Posted by: Paul | Sep 4, 2009 3:27:03 PM
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No worries. It still holds true. Check the numbers. Most crackpot conspiracy theorists are still part of the GOP and watch Fox News– and some even post on here:)

Most crackpot conspiracy theorists are still part of the GOP and watch Fox News– and some even post on here:)
Posted by: Alyson |
I’m no expert on crackpot conspiracy theorists but do you not see the irony in posting that in the comments of a blog about Truther Van Jones?

The Democrats are horrible for criticizing Bush.
This is an outrage.
Jones MUST go.

Obama & Van Jones: “BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER”.
Thanks to all you Obama-zombies out there who put this radical disgrace to the country in the White House.

Jones has just insured the loss of democratic control in the house and senate come 2010. This, for all intents and purposes, shuts obama down.

Well, why did he appoint this nut job then in the first place?
Obama certainly knew what this guy’s beliefs were and obviously didn’t care when he made the appointment.

The fact Obama was elected is a testament to the bias of the news media and the ability of many people to fall prey to a demogogue and cult of personality worship.

When is ABC(and other news media) going to start demanding that the supposed “genius” Obama release his college grades?

I kind of feel like Republicans are always hoping for a miracle… like, maybe, there is an off chance that Obama’s birth certificate is fake… or maybe something bad will happen to him… Or maybe the Tea Parties will topple the government.
There’s a real desperation out there for some magical cure to their problems.
If I were a Republican… I would stop hoping for a deus ex machina…. and start working on long term plans. Propose a health care plan. Try to broaden your party. Figure out some way to win, honestly, by selling your plan directly to the American people.
But aside from the sad spectacle of seeing all these people… and there are millions of them… clutching their own filth and throwing it at the President… There is a real danger to what the GOP is doing to this country.
If the President tells kids to stay in school…. the GOP says “That’s Propaganda! Don’t listen!!!!” But at some point, hitting that same high note, over and over again… jumping out of your skin at every imagined offense… at some point you just become impossible to listen to. You become easy to ignore.
And when more and more people ignore you. Or treat you like some circus sideshow…. then what are you going to do?
What are you going to do when we tune out the hissy fits?
Are you going to turn up the heat another notch? Because you have pretty much exhausted your political options here.

If I were a Republican… I would stop hoping for a deus ex machina…. and start working on long term plans.
Posted by: barfy
What would you do if you are a Democrat?

When is the news media (other than Fox) going to do an in-depth background investigation of each and every czar and special advisor Obama has chosen?
Why is this important story being ignored?

If were a Democrat, Foghorn. I would try my best to have a normal conversation with people that I disagree with. And then, if they continue throwing fits and getting bent out of shape, I’d say, “Hey… I’m just going to work on my thing over here. And when you are ready to talk. Let’s talk. But until you want to have a conversation, I am not going to insist on one.”
It’s not rocket science. And, as an independent, I wish that both parties were more inclined to behave this way. But, given the current extremism that I see in the GOP, I think it would take an awful lot for me to vote for another Republican any time soon. Even Republicans who DO compromise get punished by their colleagues… it’s really sad.
The thing that upsets me most about this whole mess is that Republican’s political strategy is actually very selfish.
If the Republicans wanted to work with Democrats on health care reform… they could say, “Since you are going to go for a public option any way… how about this compromise? Some of us will vote for your public option, BUT we want the bill to include restriction on abortion funding.”
The Republicans actually could do some of these things. Sure, they’d have to compromise, but in the end, they would actually be doing something important that many people believe in.
Instead, they are trying to score political points… and in the end… they will be shut out of the process.
I can understand that people want to get elected. And being in Congress seems like a pretty sweet job. But I wish that Republicans would take a deep breath and just kind of chill out a little… and focus on things they actually can do.

barfly…..rats jump ship when they know it is going down!

Um, Little Green Footballs (at least, the top page) is not a “conservative site”. Its proprietor is a liberal who happens to be a foreign-policy hawk.
As for the commenters, LGF has registration, and of those who register outspoken social conservatives and libertarians get banned.
At any rate, you’re missing a lot of the story here; Van Jones was found at several other 9/11 Truth occasions and petitions, not just the one mentioned here. There’s a roundup at GatewayPundit’s site if you click my link (I am not affiliated with GP and his views are not necessarily my own).

Rabbi Michael Lerner was misled? That’s odd, it would be a terrible thing if Rabbi’s start running around lying for political reasons.
I wonder how Lerner explains this then?
From Ace of Spades HQ:
Rabbi Lerner shares William Sloane Coffin’s focus on the power of 9/11 truth to bring positive, lasting change. In his essay, the Tikkun founder and veteran activist [this is Lerner, not Coffin -- ace] urges the 9/11 truth movement to develop a framework including “specific suggestions for how to repair the damage done by these crimes, or else risk the debate being defined by the media that are more concerned to prove the viability of the system than to change it.” If we do not develop a program for positive change, Rabbi Lerner worries that a 9/11 truth triumph could prove a pyrrhic victory: “We risk throwing one tyrant out of office only to find that the system of tyranny has actually survived and even been strengthened in the process. That is why the time is now, even as the courageous writers in this volume are still trying to obtain a forum for this important public discussion, for others of us to be developing a positive vision of what to do next once the details of what happened are exposed and those involved are being brought to trial.”
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Rabbi Lerner strongly suggests that the prosecution of American architects of the 9/11 attacks could provide an opportunity for positive social change: “In fact, the kind of psychic trauma that would happen were the charges of intentional involvement in 9/11 by the president, vice president, and other high office holders or leaders of our security apparatus ever proved in a court of law would almost certainly open up political space for a serious discussion of the kinds of radical changes I’m suggesting in the direction of our approach to foreign policy and homeland security.”

Obama won’t let Van hold him down for long… it will be a short goodbye.. he has no time for this kind of nonsense.. bye bye Van.. don’t let the screendoor hit your behind..

“Rabbi Lerner shares William Sloane Coffin’s focus on the power of 9/11 truth to bring positive, lasting change.”
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It’s pretty simple really. Lerner THEORIZES on what would happen IF it was found there was government involvement in 9/11 in some way. IF.
He is theorizing on impacts SHOULD that kind of thing emerge.

President Obama surrounded himself with a balanced Cabinet of accomplished people.
Posted by: sylvia | Sep 4, 2009 5:37:59 PM
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I agree. I admire Clinton, Gates, Napolitano, James L. Jones, Kathleen Sebelius and so on. A balanced cabinet and administration with a lot of accomplished and brilliant people.

All through these posts the reference to Republicans need to compromise. Why not compromise. Don’t you people get it. There is no compromise when you absolutely disagree with the direction of the policy. I guess it’s hard to understand when you don’t have real values worth fighting for and live life as a compromise.
Maybe when you find something worth fighting for in life you’ll all understand. Until then, don’t give your opinion since you’ll just compromise it later anyway.

“Obama and his “bi-partisan” crew… Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, Professor Gates”
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None of those people are in Obama’s cabinet. The bi-partisan cabinet of Obama’s is impressive.
Plus your name calling of Ayers, Wright is getting tiresome . . . you’ve been pulling those two or three names out of the hat for years to try to smear Obama. Have you got so little against Obama you have to trot out the same names over and over.
Your agenda is clear – smear the President. We all got the point.

“When is the news media (other than Fox) going to do an in-depth background investigation of each and every czar and special advisor Obama has chosen?
Why is this important story being ignored?”
Posted by: liz
Liz You are forgetting this is ABC (All Barack Channel) Then you also have the NBC (National Barack Channel) and BET (Barack Entertainment Television) PBS (Public Barack Channel.)Fox is the only network worth listening to period!

“Meanwhile, real crimes of Obama threatening to seize control of the internet, apologizing to 3rd world dictators, appointing radical lefists from the 60s, firing auto execs and taking over banks – crickets chirping from the lapdogs in the media.”
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None of these things are ‘real crimes’. You should learn the laws of the country.
VP Cheney’s top man Scooter Libby was a real criminal and was sentenced to jail for crimes he committed in the office of the VP. He’d be in jail right now except Bush gave him a ‘get out of jail free’ card.
The ‘real crimes’ of that administration are still coming to light.

Why do we have to continue to get the real news over at Fox. Could you guys not verify his self avowance of communism? Could you not take an objective look at Color of Change? Could you not look into his support of the cop killer?
Is the answer you couldn’t, or is the answer that you support this radical remaking of our country that this president and all his supporters are after?
If you all had done your job during the campaign, we wouldn’t be in this mess. And trust me, it’s only going to get worse.

Why aren’t we getting this information about Van Jones?????????????????????
Who’s holding it?

“Is Obama really worth losing all credibility?”
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I love it when you right wingers act as judge, jury and condemner on sound bites you’ve picked up.
It shows where you’re really coming from.

This is the result of the media playing cheerleader for the Messiah, if regular folk can find this information through google searches, why didn’t these media lapdogs? Either they support the administration’s move towards the elimination of our liberties as Americans or they are incompetent idiots. Had the media done its job as responsible jounalists, we probably would not be in this precarious situation today. People, do not wait for the media to spoon feed you the information. You are going to have to be more vigilant and hold this administration more accountable. All those czars should go!! They have been hand picked by the administration and apparently didn’t get vetted. Now, we all pay the consequences. And, if these idiots in the media think that their rights will not be jeopardized, Frank Lloyd the FCC appointee, seems to approve of Chavez’ take over of the press in Venezuela. God help us. Please stay engaged!!! Don’ let that happen to our Amerca.

I’m a democratic but van jones is a radical and a racist. Qbama should dump him now before it sticks to him.

Obama brings in whomever his boss George Soros tells him to. I can’t believe we were so stupid as to vote in a president who is a complete puppet of the Communist party…and we believed that he really wasn’t a friend of Bill Ayres, that he really did not listen to Rev Wright for 20 yrs, and on and on. You can never go broke underestimating the intellegence of the American people.

This was the only information I could find out about Van Jones from ABCnews.com, which wasn’t much? How about stop defending the self-proclaimed communist/special advisor to the president and do you job as a news organziation to report to us the news with the facts! It’s not hard to find out about Van Jones’ radical ties and beliefs. WAKE UP ABC!

KatieSue1985 posted “I cannot believe that ALL Americans are not outraged at this communist (self-admitted communist) is an advisor to our President.” I think the cold war ended many years ago. It is not a crime to be a communist. This is a free country, you can take on any belief you want. Why are the right wingers so afraid of freedom?

Uh oh. The horn of Obama’s bus, in the form of a Saturday WaPo story, can be heard. (Not that it isn’t a totally lame story.)
Heckuva job Jonesie and I’m sure you will forever be a hero to the lunatic left.

HOW MUCH DUE DILLIGENCE DID THE OBAMA TEAM DO ON THEIR APPOINTEES?
I KNOW A LOT OF THEM CHEATED ON THEIR TAXES, BUT SELF DECLARED COMMUNISTS?
WOW, I THINK SOMEONE THOUGHT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION RESULTS ALLOWED THEM TO UNDO 200+ YEARS OF US HISTORY & POLICY.

Sounds to me like someone else attended reverend Wright’s church for twenty years! He probably sat next to the Obama’s in the front row! Obama just hides it better. Crash and Burn liberals, Crash and Burn!

Of course he enjoy’s the confidence of the president.Why do you think Obama made the guy a czar? Was it because Obama didn’t trust him?

The longer Obama/WH arrogantly refuses to fire Jones the better our chances to win in 2010 and 2012.
Jones’ anti-white, anti-American, anti-cop views must have really impressed Obama.

Where has the MSM been on this story? It’s not just Van Jones – though Jones is certainly a radical, someone who seeks to “change” the American system to a communist system. It’s not just his Truther sentiments – it’s his entire career. What about John Holdren- the science czar? I guess he didn’t read the book he co-authored before he put his name on it? The book that suggests population control, forced abortion and sterilization are constitutional?

GO OBAMA YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

You know what else concerns me…this Administration is crying foul over waterboarding and drills…well, they don’t condone a water drip or the sound of a drill, but they DO CONDONE aborting a baby in the last trimester??? One is killing and one is scaring..they protect a terrorist ready and willing to kill thousands of Americans but they do not protect an unborn AMERICAN baby????? This is sick and dangerous! TERRORIST GET MIRANDA RIGHTS AND BABIES ARE JUST DEPOSITED IN THE TRASH! WHERE IS THIS COUNTRY HEADED??

Impeach obama for treason.
Everything he has done has been an attempt to destroy this country.

I’m sick of the race card being played. I’m truly proud that our country is capable of electing an African American as president. But, sadly, we elected a socialist/radical African American who wants to remold our country and trash our constitution. Wake up folks! This man’s true colors are right out of the pallete of Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, and Van Johnson.

There is no room in the Whitehouse for a radical like this. Clearly Obama must go. Oh, and take Van Jones with you!

IM SORRY FOR MY COMMENT I LOVE OBAMA!!!!!!!!!

This has nothing do do with racist in the whitehouse or anywhere else..WHY is the RACIST CARD always being played on ANY conversation anymore? The discussion here is out a person (white or black) who is a radical right out of the manual!! Rational, sane people would want him OUT no matter what ethnic group he came from! Stop the racism comments if they do not apply! Grow up!

I am a registered democrat voted for and contributed to Obamas campaign. I believed he would bring good change and reform but instead got a radical socialist lets destroy our way of life politics. Just look at the people he surrounds himself with today and in the past need I say more.

Obama knows he’s going out in 2012.
He’s going to do all he can in the next three years to change America.
Van Jones and Valerie Jarret should go.
But they won’t.
Obama doesn’t care what people think anymore.

Get the beer and the popcorn.
More discoveries about Van Jones are coming out.
How about the czar that wants forced sterilizations and the adviser that believes one life is more worthy than another based on age?
You have to be creepy or radical to be in the Obama administration.

Thanks to Glenn Beck this story has gotten the attention it deserves.

9-11 Truther is but one concern.
Is Van Jones a self avowed communist and black nationalist and has he been part of radical organizations as reported by some news?
If this is true than not only did our vetting process fall down on it’s ears, but also our media for not reporting what is going on in Washington.
It’s time we start looking at the security of this Republic apart from ‘parties’ and ‘pundits’ and take a long hard look at who we have in positions of leadership.
Because if these allegations are true, our media has been doing a dismal job of keeping the public informed.

Obama is a collaboration of his friends
Ayers, Retzko, Rev. Wright, and Van Jones.

Could you imagine if Bush had a nut job radical close to him like this?
Posted by: RJ | Sep 5, 2009 10:24:58
Oh, many of us don’t have to imagine. Of course they were neocon radicals, and they were embraced by the base and mainstreamed into the GOP, but they were farther to the right than Van is to the left. (Can you say torture and preemptive war? )

in any event ..people…this ROSS did not vote for Obama…this Ross is WAS a Dem…this Ross WAS smart enough to see where Obama wanted to go in the beginning! NO ONE sits in a pew with Wright for over 20 years without being indoctrinated with the Rev’s views…this Ross does not believe that Ayers and the rest of those kooks were NOT Obama’s mentors..this Ross does believe that Michelle Obama hates this country! Now the truth comes out about the other radicals that Obama has aligned himself with and guess what…I was right!!

Faurtz8 wrote “I think the cold war ended many years ago. It is not a crime to be a communist. This is a free country, you can take on any belief you want. Why are the right wingers so afraid of freedom?” ++++++On what planet does communism stand for freedom?

This Ross might not agree with everything but i still love OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!

VAN JONES IS A HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO OBAMA!

Why has this story not been reported on the TV news broadcasts?

Dave wrote:
I think only a narrow-minded fool wouldn’t be tolerant of a wide range of opinions and political identity experimentation. Only a fool wouldn’t allow for change and evolution of thought. But, sure, usually those fools cling to the status quo and desperately fight against progress, science, innovation, creativity, and new ideas. And often those fools choose a party that supports that kind of narrow mindedness.
Is this what you call this ?
‘Evolution of thought’?
I’m a vet.
My father, my uncles and myself for five decades fought the communists and fascists.
Want some ‘social experimentation’?
Vietnam.
Uganda
Cambodia
Nicaragua
North Korea
China
Former USSR
Germany
Loas
Cuba
The list goes on.
It does’nt take a rocket scientist or a social engineer to see what their ‘political experiments’ and ‘evolution of thought’ did to those countries and their people.
If these people want to ‘experiment’, go somewhere else.
This is a Constitutional Republic and we fought to keep it that way.
And let’s stop the drivel and word games from Fabian socialist theory.
I’ve read it.
It’s getting old.

Does the FBI not have to vet these nut cases that the president appoints?

It is getting pretty hard to keep an unbiased outlook toward Obama. More of his ‘friends’ are racists, his wife has only been proud of her country one time, and Obama is building an empire with all his czars. Congress best remember who they represent and that there is a separation between them and the WH. That is if it is not too late.

Czars are not vetted by the FBI nor require the approval of Congress.
We are clearly witnessing Obama behaving in opposition to our Constitution. This is now being done at a scale never seen before in our Republic. And it is being done by someone who studied Constitutional Law.
1. I wonder which Constitution he studied?
2. I wonder how many czars also studied Constitutional Law?
3. Where are the major media corporations?
4. Why is Fox News the only one digging into this?
The seeds of a voter backlash have been sewn and are growing rapidly.

It is no coincidence that Obama and is circle of anti-American thugs have done more to reawaken the far too long dormant connection to our founding documents.
The revolution that Jones and the transformation the Obama speak of will never happen without force.
Therefore, the opposite will happen.

. . .and Trent Lott was nearly executed for singing Happy Birthday???????
This Van Jones is a racist deluxe. What is going on? Where is the MEDIA???

Hogwash! This Van Jones guy is apparently a radical, a communist, who has no business being a “czar” or anything else for that matter in the Obama administration. Are these people not vetted? Or is Obama’s beliefs and Jones’ beliefs the same, thinking he could sneek him in under the radar? I don’t even want to go there – it is too scary!

Future statement from the President: “This is not the Van Jones I knew…..” He’ll say this even though Valerie Jarret openly says they’ve been following Jones and his work for years. Getting old isn’t it? Just as old as blaming Bush for everything that goes wrong. We, including the media, need to stop letting President Obama get away with this stuff. There’s more here than the President being a poor judge of character.

If Van Jones was a republican, he would have been crucified by the media by now. I give ABC News credit for even covering the story. CNN, MSNBC, Newsweek and USA Today don’t even mention it. If Mr. Jones has radical views, we should know it and judge for ourselves whether we agree or not. But to cover it up isn’t right or helpful.

So yes, I find it quite incredible (read not believable) that Jones has had yet another evolution, some sort of centrist epiphany in the last five years or so. I find the very idea to be laughable. If you chose to believe it you’re certainly free to do so. Does the phrase cognitive dissonance mean anything to you? Let’s see how it plays in Peoria.
FWIW, I’m also an environmentalist. I recycle, have a compost pile and volunteer every year for the Save the Bay cleanup weekend among other things, ya know, the whole “think globally, act locally” thing. I’ve pulled my share of tires out of rivers, I just don’t feel the need to wear it on my sleeve.
Posted by: Woody | Sep 5, 2009 12:41:50 PM
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Fair enough :>) I have heard of cognitive dissonance, of course, and I use it on others as well. LOL. So that’s fine with me if you want to think I suffer from it. I’ve gone through phases, and hence, it’s easy for me to understand others who have, too. Being a radical radical wears off for many, IMHO. Now, fairplay, I’m sure he’s still more of a leftie and progressive than those on the right will ever feel comfortable with, but part of me thinks, well, so what? There were people very far to the right in Republican admins. They condoned fricking torture and preemptive war. I threw up in my mouth when I read the Wolfowitz doctrine. It’s the way it goes. I find it laughable that folks think Van Johnson’s part of some secret communist takeover of the government. To me, it’s just a hit job, and there have been many in the same vein, going back to the swiftboating of Kerry and a lot of the nonsense that went down when Clinton was elected.
We’ll never agree, but that’s okay. I’ll do my thing and other folks will do theirs.
I admire your environmentalism :>)
And, yes, folks, I stand with Van.

I am fed up with the romance between ABC, NBC, CBS and the Obama Administration. You people support Pelosi, and Reid like they were Egyptian Gods. When this whole mess collapses in on your heads lets see where you end up! Non partisan news reporting is essential to our nation’s political process! Don’t become an unethical part of the current administration!

It is only a matter of time now before Van Jones looks up to see the bus under which he has been thrown by the administration. They can’t keep him, if for no other reason, for the distraction he has become. Between Daschle, Solis, Jones, Geithner, Richardson, etc., President Obama should be reaming whoever did his vetting. The only viable explanation for the President is to say his vetting folks messed up. Otherwise, he is complicit in these selections and has judgment questions hanging on him.

Obama knows he is toast.
He’s lost the independents. They no longer believe his BS.
Obama made fools of all who trusted him
to be a different kind of politician.
He’s got nothing to lose now so Obama will do everything possible to further his radical agenda in the time left.
And we will be left with massive debt and a divided America we barely recognize.

O.k.. so tell me.. WHY aren’t journalists investigating HOW Van Jones superceded the White House’s OWN hiring process, which THEY developed themselves (and boasted about)? There are NO records of him ever having to fill out the form that ALL OTHER White House appointees must labor through in order to clear security and basic “fitness” for the job?????
I’ll answer my own question – journalists’ love affair with Obama got him elected, they expected “special access” to the President and the White House, and now – if they question ANY White House/Obama policies, they’ll be shut out just as the White House shuts out ANY media or journalist entity that dares to ask them challenging questions. ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN – YOU WANTED HIM – YOU GOT HIM.. now YOU are his puppets. You are not journalists. Just know YOUR families will suffer like the rest of us because of your slanted reporting.

Van Jones was done the minute the conspiracy diatribe hit the fan. The big question for is why the main street media continues to give this radical administration a free pass. The main street media need to be exposed for the corrupt organizations they are. This is
another Watergate waiting to happen, if their is someone in the NYT or Washington Post were willing to dig deep. If it were Bush – every leaf of every other czar/appointee in his administration would be scrutinized till they quit or were fired. This whole charade is a travesty, but one down is a good start…Happy labor day.

I was really surprised to see any report on Van Jones and shocked to see comments against Obama on ABC. Maybe just Maybe I can unblock my local media station and watch some local news. What has American ever done to the media to deserve this kind of treatment. We cannot keep hiding our head in the sand Van Jones needs to be fired and the FBI NEEDS TO VET THE OTHER CZARS AND THE CABINET POSTION NEED TO BE FILLED IN A PROPER ORDER.

You and I both know…….you just won’t admit it.
Posted by: socialism101 | Sep 5, 2009 2:09:17 PM
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–The hit jobs are a game both sides can play. I never said differently.
– I do have a liberal bias on many issues. But truth seems to have a liberal bias. IMHO.
– I can be very partisan and play hardball. I’ve copped to that many times. No regrets.
–I think this Van Jones thing is a shark feeding frenzy, and I’m willing to get a little bloody beating up the sharks. IMHO, it was started by Glenn Beck and it’s revenge-oriented.
—I think it’s a complete fallacy to equate David Duke with Van Jones. But I understand that Jones makes some people uncomfortable and you want to be heard
– I didn’t want Bork or Thomas on the Supreme Court. What’s your point? You can go on about me being a lib and a fool but I can’t call out your bias?? Puh-lease.
– You mentioned moral relativism and attributed it to something the left does (and you seemed to think that was a bad thing) so I assumed that meant you were an absolutist.
– The name calling was just for fun, because you seemed so excited to be able to capitalize letters and condescend. I acknowledged that it was for fun.
– I never said you couldn’t call my thoughts foolish. You took a jab and I hit back.
–It’s interesting that you were confused but the context I provided.
– Shrill baby shrill. I think it’s the new GOP slogan, so I’m working that in whenever I can.

Having a truther for a czar 6 days from now would be politically foolish and totally unnecessary. Hell, even the nyt might notice by then.
So make lemonade….throw him under the bus, blame the right wing haters, and iVan moveson to martyrdom.

Just one more of the vast cadre of communists, thugs and believers in killing off those who don’t contribute to society.
Isn’t this administration just a wonder of left-leaning insanity?
2010 – Elect Republicans and get our nation back under control.

Hey ABC you shouldn’t forget to add that Jones, Obama’s buddy, is a convicted felon and confirmed communist. There is just so many things wrong with som many of Obama’s people that it almost impossible to keep tract of. Makes me very worried about who has access to the red button in the White House.

If these Czars try to change the constitution of this country there WILL be a frenzy like we have never seen in our lifetime! I have never seen such trauma and fear in my lifetime! I have not seen such racism since the ’60′s! This administration is looking for retribution against the whites for slavery that did not even happen in our lifetime!! We need to be ever so vigilant and now is the time for all of us to inundate all media with calls, letters, faxes and tell them to start reporting the truths, practice REAL journalism and provide us with ALL the information about these czars and Obama no matter what it is! Time they paid attention too, along with Congress! Time for us to boycott any media that keeps truths from us…time to boycott their sponsers just like the left is doing with WHole Foods! Time to organize and get it done!!

The President of the United States can hire anybody he wants to give him advice and help. If one of them does something stupid, the President decides if that precludes him from being useful in other areas. The Prseident doesn’t have to take the advice of his advisors – that’s why they call it “advice.” And this President likes to get advice from as wide a range of viewpoints as possible before making his own decisions.

BARACK OBAMA’S silence on Van Jones is DEAFENING.
I guess that means BARACK OBAMA BELIEVES that 9/11 was orchestrated by the Bush Administration, that white people poison black communities, that capitalism is evil, and America is an unjust nation.
WAY TO GO BARACK!
CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!

you know whats really scary? Some of the people posting on here are perfectly fine with a self proclaimed communists working in the white house. Wonder how much kool-aide they have to drink a day. Wonder how many other czars are communists. Now one question for Allyson, would you be okay with Obama turning the US into a communist country? Sounds like it wouldn’t bother you at all. Just asking not accusing.

If anybody is given ANY authority OR any portion of the Federal Budget, then they should at least be vetted by Congress. This creep has a $30Billion dollar budget for whatever a ‘Green Czar’ is supposed to do…not sure what that is except to screw up business intiatives.

It has been said that Valerie Jarret, EARS closest adviser was the one who selected and recommended Van Jones. One has to wonder when EARS pet orangutan said “For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country” the light should have come on with the EARS supporters.

You can rationalize any thing, any way, in any fashion. It is what it is. He is a racist in the truest sense of the word. Why can’t you “people” who ever you “people” are admit it and stop all this nonsense. Why can’t we all be the “Color of Water”. Everyone needs to read that book. This all makes me sick to my stomach. Dr. Martin Luther King would be sickend by all this too!

Besides being a radical fruitcake Van Jones couldn’t even explain what a “green job” is when asked.
And he was given $30 billion of our tax dollars.
So like Obama he is unqualified, radical, and doesn’t read things before he signs them.
They’re just alike in so many sinister ways.

No Wonder I cant Find a job.

I hope Obama notices that ten of thousands are protesting his pal Chavez.
They want freedom not a communist dictator.
If Obama thinks Americans are going to quietly sit back while he tries to turn us into Venezuela–he is in for surprise.
The kool-aid drinkers better wake-up and think about how important freedom is.
Deep down I don’t think they trust Obama either.

Ask the idiots that voted for change are pleased with the crooks and comunists that Obama has surrounded himself with.
I could go on and on but we don’t need any more.
Please ask Mr Gibbs to provide straight answers to the questions asked by the people who truly love this country.
Will his next advisor be reverend Wright?
And how about Mrs Obama’s statement we can finally be proud of this country.

I can’t believe Allison is still in Obama corner. Obama himself should hurry and denounce this clown and another half dozen radicals sitting in the white house as advisors. Why not try listening to the whole week of Glenn Beck last week then try to say anything nice about Obama with a straight face.

Does anyone remember the video with Valerie Jarrett proclaiming the virtues of Van Jones? She raved about how she and Obama have been watching his actions in Oakland and just had to have he and his talents in the White House. San Francisco does not want Van Jones anywhere in California. He is an avowed Communist and wants to destroy our way of life.

ANYBODY NOTICE HOW VERY LITTLE COVERAGE OF VAN JONES IS GIVEN . FOX IS RIGHT ON WHEN THEY SAY WATCH AND SEE THE IMPORTANT NEWS THAT NO ONE IS COVERING !!NOT EVEN CNN

There are some real criminals out there.
BOISE, Idaho — A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke Friday to the Bush administration’s post-Sept. 11 detention policies, ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the government’s improper use of material witnesses after Sept. 11 was “repugnant to the Constitution and a painful reminder of some of the most ignominious chapters of our national history.”
All three judges on the panel have reputations as politically conservative jurists, with two appointed by former President George W. Bush and the third a Reagan appointee.

“Racist” defined as an adj.
Being BIASED or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; “a prejudiced judge”
compliments of freedictionary.com
Posted by: brenda | Sep 5, 2009 9:44:46 PM
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Gotta say that to me, Brenda, that’s a pretty broad and inappropriate definition. You’re welcome to use it if you wish but absurdly there’s no mention of race in it!! In your opinion, then, are the people here who hold biases in favor of their political party “racist” ? If you’re answer is yes, give me a break! If I’m biased in favor of the Bears over the Packers, am I racist. If I’m biased in favor of my son, am I racist? If I’m biased in favor of small business over big business, or rock ‘n roll over pop, am I racist? Good luck finding a person anywhere on this Earth with no biases, and IMO, no prejudices. What a ridiculous definition. Here’s what I go by. Feel free to pick it apart as I did yours. Other people use a more broad definition. I define it narrowly.
rac·ism (rā′siz′əm)
noun
1. belief in or doctrine asserting racial differences in character, intelligence, etc. and the superiority of one race over another or others: racist doctrine also, typically, seeks to maintain the supposed purity of a race or the races
2. any program or practice of racial discrimination, segregation, etc., specif., such a program or practice that upholds the political or economic domination of one race over another or others

rac·ism (rā′siz′əm)
noun
1. belief in or doctrine asserting racial differences in character
Posted by: Alyson |
Let’s use it in a sentence. Van Jones is a racist.

The “MSM” should be investigated when the Repubs take over in 4 years for helping an obvious radical to become President.

A racist, self-proclaimed Communist in the White House, and no one but Glenn Beck can discover all the connections that make this man so totally unacceptable for any position in government anywhere? The greatest endangered species in America is “journalists”, with extinction right around the corner.

No longer an issue of coverage now that Van Jones has resigned.
Joe

First, lets go after everyone who signed a petition implying that the President is an illegal alien.
Then we can start a witch hunt for anyone in government who disagrees with a public health option.
Come on, Dems! This is how its done! Get off your keisters and start fighting like Republicas already!

‘The “MSM” should be investigated when the Repubs take over in 4 years for helping an obvious radical to become President.’
BK, extemist views are nearly impossible to distinguish from satire, but I’ll assume you are being serious. You do realize that it “radicals” are allowed to be president, communists too, as long as they uphold and defend the Constitution. FDR was called a radical. So was Bush. It would also be a mark of a totalitarian state to investigate or even define “MSM.” If you are indeed serious, you may want to pick up a copy of the Constitution and read it.

I have been a Dem all my life and I am sick to death with this administration and the party. They say they are the frind of the poor and working man, but why is it in major cities where the party controles from the school board up to the mayor and the city counsels for the last 100 years they have not done anything to end social injustices and have kept manorities down and the ghetto thrives. All the social programs ment for good have enslaved the poor and has not helped them to better themselfs and thatir comunities. I guess that onc the party of slavery always the party of slavery. Im through with this there has to be a better way. The heck with both parties may they all be voted out and we start with a clean slate. We need a new Party

Obama is a racist!!

That must be a fun job, huh buddy!!

Or else why would you do it?

Oh well, guess you gotta delete these for your masters as well, huh?

Glen Beck is a racist!! Obama is a puppet!

OK, really, I’m done now! ABC has censored me into submission!! LOL, have a good night buddy!

The press is not free if the people play no part in it. Censorship is ‘unamerican’, and worse, inhuman. Van Jones is not an “avowed communist”, that’s absurd. When Bush was in office you all cried out “SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT! WE’RE AT WAAAR!!” and now that he is no longer a white Texan, you have all seemingly forgotten your previous stance…