Posted on 09/06/2009 1:55:34 PM PDT by Son House
The outspoken Democrat and former presidential candidate vigorously defended Jones, who resigned in the wake of criticism over his past statements and associations -- including his past support for a group that believes the Bush administration may have been involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.
"I think he was brought down," Dean told "FOX News Sunday," saying he just spoke to Jones. "I think it's a loss for the country."
Dean pointed to Jones' credentials as a Yale Law School graduate and best-selling author.
Though Jones signed a 2004 statement calling for an investigation into possible Bush administration involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks, Dean said Jones didn't realize what he was signing at the time.
"I don't think he really thinks the government had anything to do with causing 9/11," he said.
But 911Truth.org spokesman Mike Berger, whose group sponsored the statement, earlier told FOX News that Jones knew what he was signing.
Republicans swiftly called for Jones' resignation following the discovery that he signed the petition.
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2. Jones signed a 2004 statement
3. Dean said Jones didn't realize what he was signing at the time.
. ^ Yale Law School must teach them not to read what they are signing....if Dean is to be credible.
Dean is got to be really stupid if he thinks he has any credibility left after saying something so blatantly false. Of course, State Run Media will be happy to have Dean return for another performance
Van Jones is a:
1) Flake
2) Extremist
3) Sideshow
4) Quitter
A loss for the country? HAHAHAHAHA
Yep, those evil KKK Republicans did it. < /S >
Hey, Howard-
YEEEAAARRRRGGHHHHHHH!
“I think it’s a loss for the country.”
I think America will survive without Jones as czar of green jobs (eye roll).
America needs fewer czars more successful CEOs.
The dems just wheel out Dean when no one else want’s to be stupid on camera that day.
Pay attention though .. still very few are talking about the fact the guy was a radical revolutionary marxist. They will sweep this under the crazy truther cart and keep the heat off O about all the radicals surrounding and advising him.
Funny. Obama throws a Communist under the bus. Guess he’s not really down for the struggle after all. He’s just down for Obama!
Now it starts.
And he was a Boy Scout, was fond of children, dogs, and music, right?
Helped old ladies across the street, etc.
I want to hear the next part about how Holdren didn't really want to put
anti-fertility and sterilization drugs in the water supply.
That he's just a good, misunderstood Ivy leaguer and idealist.
Hey Dean which country?
Why is Screamin Dean a spokesman for the obozo admin? Of course nobody knew who the Truthers were back then. What a joke answer.
Pray for America and Our Troops
Which country?
To the extent they have to talk about it, the slime stream media will make it about Jones calling pubs “assholes”, a much lesser sin than what he’s really all about.
Dean said Jones didn't realize what he was signing at the time.
Yea, he's so damn smart but just signs sh&t willy nilly? I don't think so Howard. Idiot, Shame on you!
So is a bowel movement; but that's a good thing.
There should be plenty of similar jobs in Cuba, China,
and Albania. Or, say, Chicago.
Dean meant the country of North Korea.
Yeah. If Jones is so valuable and such a loss to the administration, then he’s just a lowdown quitter.
>>>> Obama throws a Communist under the bus..... He’s just down for Obama! <<<<<
Congrats. This Jones fracas has taught many folks that essential and core truth about Zer0: it’s all about him, and no one else.
I posted this about Jones’ imminent demise on Friday:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2332032/posts?page=35#35
>>> Van Jones that sound you hear is the bus coming. <<<<
If the hubbub over Jones gets too noisy and bothersome in the next couple days, Zer0 will most certainly kick him under the wheels without a second thought.
35 posted on Friday, September 04, 2009 9:49:11 AM by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
It may be a loss for Howie’s “country” but it’s a huge win for America.
The sweat on my rear end has more brains than howard dean.
Hey Howie, don't forget record producer.
Jone’s resignation is a loss for the country...if that country is North Korea or Cuba.
Saw some Dems screaming last night that Van jones was a ‘genius’ and we’ve ‘lost one of the greatest minds in the administration’ by ‘smearing’ him.
If using his own words against him is a smear, then full steam ahead, it isn’t defamation if it is true.
And as far as his supposed genius goes, he has nothing to show for it.
I think he was brought down," Dean told "FOX News Sunday,"Hmmmm ...by quoting his previous statements/positions?
...by posting videos of his speeches?
...by showing evidence of his signature on petitions?Me thinks Van Jones was hoist upon his own petard!!!
Good Point and very apt. Too bad we cant lose Dean.
“Dean: Jones’ Resignation a ‘Loss for the Country’”
Which one? Venezuela?
BTW, the replay is in 45 min. FNC 6:00PM EDT.
For once, Dean is right. It would have been better to see Jones stay and try to explain all this away, since each day brought wackier and more damaging stories about him.
Fortunately, I don’t see a lack of extremists for Mr. Beck to expose that are still openly working in this administration.
Textbook liberal/socialist-speak. It is never the fault of the poor liberal that he/she made some idiotic choices. Noooo... It is always someone else's fault. Jones isn't a flake and a radical left whack-job. No, he was "brought down" it must be someone else, maybe that vast right-wing conspiracy...? {snort} A conspiracy to do what, bring light, truth, justice, and practical common-sense to a limited government? Ok, yeah, I'm part of that "conspiracy" then...
Dean pointed to Jones' credentials as a Yale Law School graduate and best-selling author.
Actions speak far louder than words. Actual work(s) speak far louder than credentials. Every really bad decision in history has been made by someone with "credentials." You have to be in a position of significance in order to make a memorably bad decision. Generally, incompetent boobs are not put into positions of authority. (obama's election being the exception that proves the rule)
Though Jones signed a 2004 statement calling for an investigation into possible Bush administration involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks, Dean said Jones didn't realize what he was signing at the time.
"I don't think he really thinks the government had anything to do with causing 9/11," he said.
Then Jones is a complete fool and reckless idiot. Either way, he doesn't belong in a job with any real responsibility. I wouldn't even let him run the cash register at a retail store.
“Dean said Jones didn’t realize what he was signing at the time.”
As I predicted. “He missigned”.
Dean is Stupid
If this is true, then a VERY BIG THANK YOU to GLENN BECK!!!!
NO ONE else was onto this commie....NO ONE....THANK YOU, GLENN!!
Dean pointed to Jones' credentials as a Yale Law School graduate and best-selling author."Yet did not Van Jones recently state..that he did nor read and was not aware of what was on the 'truthers' petition (which he SIGNED)? Not too astute for a Yale Law School graduate!!!
No, these American murdered were a loss to the country.
"The McCains and Obama at Ground Zero
Cindy McCain is also there. Michelle Obama is not"
"Yet did not Van Jones recently state..that he did nor read and was not aware of what was on the 'truthers' petition (which he SIGNED)?"
That would make a good account of the academic work at Yale.
"But I did not understand that Critical Legal Studies are a subplot of the Frankfurt School when I..."
My choice isn’t listed but a write-in vote may get me banned.
Who was it who described Michelle as "Stokely Carmichael in a Jackie Kennedy dress"?
A loss to the country, only in the sense that not having this jacka$$’s Commie rantings exposed every day could give Bambi’s administration more time to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
But we must not give up or lose focus. So many Marxists, so little time.
A loss for the country? Well, if so, then this is the type of losses we badly, badly, seriously need more of!
Don’t these Democrats ever do anything but whine? A man with Jones’ background cannot be justified in a high government position, period. If Dean wants to defend him, that just clarifies who Dean is.
44 Czars in DC my friend,
44 Czars in DC! Take one down pass him around,
43 Czars in DC!
“Dean said Jones didn’t realize what he was signing at the time.”
It seems like a perfectly logical thing for an avowed communist and a guy who claims he’s fighting America to sign.
Dean is a crank leftist from Manhattan, by way of Vermont.
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