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Score one for common sense. Self-avowed radical Van Jones has resigned. Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut are reporting in this morning's WashingtonPost.com , the resignation came yesterday.
In grand Van fashion, he did not accept responsibility, but instead blamed others for his downfall. From Franke-Ruta and Kornblut's story:
"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,"
"They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."
..."Lies and distortions to distract and divide"...come on Mr. Jones, just who was doing the lying and distorting? Take the most recent event to surface from your past, YOUR signature on a petition from a group that asserts President Bush and the U.S. Government participated in the attacks of September 11th? Talk about lies and distortions.
In Friday's column I pointed out that Jones had made a statement:
the petition that was circulated today, I do not agree with this statement and it certainly does not reflect my views now or ever.
in an attempt to quell the uproar, but he never could explain how his signature came to be on the petition in the first place.
Jones and others of his ilk will no doubt try to spin this as a "right wing conspiracy" to block the great and glorious vision of the President, but Jones has no one to blame but himself. After a decade and a half of radicalism, the cause of his resignation has no other cause than his own actions.
The saying goes, "the truth shall set ye free", thank God the truth finally set us free from Van Jones.
Comments
Van Jones is a Racist, 9-11 Truther, and a police hater.
He dislikes America and is pro PLO/Hamas.
Who is vetting these czars of Obama?
They don't have to have any vetting, congressional hearings or FBI checks.
Obama is putting crazed idiots like Van Jones in high level government positions with large taxpayer budgets, yet he is a racist kook.
How secure is Valerie Jarrett in her job at the White House now that Mr. Jones is gone?
Well,aside from the fact that Jones's own fat lying mouth was the cause of his demise,he and his racist cohorts at "Color of Change" made the mistake of trying to mess with Glen Beck's income stream by trying to mount a sponsor boycott of Beck's show on Fox,and for his trouble he got his ass handed to him....thereby teaching him a much needed lesson in the dynamics of the marketplace.
Well,aside from the fact that Jones's own fat lying mouth was the cause of his demise,he and his racist cohorts at "Color of Change" made the mistake of trying to mess with Glen Beck's income stream by trying to mount a sponsor boycott of Beck's show on Fox,and for his trouble he got his ass handed to him....thereby teaching him a much needed lesson in the dynamics of the marketplace.
Well,aside from the fact that Jones's own fat lying mouth was the cause of his demise,he and his racist cohorts at "Color of Change" made the mistake of trying to mess with Glen Beck's income stream by trying to mount a sponsor boycott of Beck's show on Fox,and for his trouble he got his ass handed to him....thereby teaching him a much needed lesson in the dynamics of the marketplace.
Its about time that america came to its senses, no thanks to our unbiased I am not going to report it because you cant see it when your head is in the sand. When are you other networks going to get it. Remember that statement "Its the economy stupid" well its changed to "Its the truth stupid". When are the other news stations going to get it. We want the truth "STUPID"
News flash to the regular networks, your ratings are falling, your losing money hand over fist. You want to get back on track? "ITS THE TRUTH STUPID" Speak the truth and people will listen. Do some real reporting for a change. "ITS THE TRUTH STUPID"
Van Jones wants to turn today's blue collar jobs into tomorrow's green collar jobs. He is passionate about the environment and keeping all Americans working. While you may not agree with all of his personal philosophies, does that mean none of his ideas are relevant? Why are we so quick to throw the baby out with the baby water? He is no more radical than Cheney and his neo-con cronies. And Obama's staff is no less competent than Bush's was. BTW, The Color of Change was involved w/ Beck losing adv sponsorship not Green for All where Van Jones founded.
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