Van Jones resigns, White House 'green czar' blames others

September 6, 9:23 AMWichita Independent ExaminerGeoff Caldwell

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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.