Van Jones: ‘One of the most extraordinary moments you have ever seen in American politics, period’

WaPo ^ | 03-01-2017 | Aaron Blake

[Pearls Before Swine]

I agree with you that Van Jones is one dangerous MFer.

He has Obama’s charismatic, golden tongue, but unlike Obama, he has a past. He can let time and a more moderate speaking history as a commentator reduce the sting of his past.

[Alberta's Child]

For all his flaws and his leftist political views, I have to give Van Jones credit for one thing. After his infamous "whitelash" meltdown on CNN on Election Night in 2016, he did a remarkable segment a few days or weeks later in which he visited a family of white Democrats in Ohio who voted for Donald Trump. He sat down and had dinner with them, and got a good look at the lives of these blue-collar voters in Midwestern swing states that ended up voting for Trump.

I suspect this was a real learning experience for Jones, and he took a lot of what he heard to heart in some way.

[dsc]

‘One of the most extraordinary moments you have ever seen in American politics, period’

For you, Forrest, for you.

We have known for a long time.

[dsc]

“I can’t imagine why he is praising Trump.”

A lie succeeds best when she baits her hook with a bit of truth.

There’s a hook in there somewhere.

[RummyChick]

I am shocked that he is married to a white woman.

[Strac6]

I think it’s very simple.

Van Jones is a far-far-leftist, but he is not stupid... and he realized how much deep kimchee his party is in after last night’s Trump Time.

Give him credit for that.

Pelosi, Bernie, Warren, and Wasserman-Schultz on the other hand are still in a daze, saying “What happened?” “What just happened?” “Why is America applauding?”

To get the full effect, just imagine Billy Crystal as Miracle Max, or Carole Kane as Miracle Max’s wife, delivering those same lines:

“What happened?” “What just happened?” “I don’t understand?” “Trump didn’t have my permission to be good!” “What happened?” “Trump didn’t follow the ‘script’ he was supposed to!”

[SisterK]

Because sometimes the truth is so evident to everyone that not even the fake news people can deny it.

Amen

[Alberta's Child]

I think he's a very smart guy, and he doesn't drink the leftist Kool-Aid as much as we might think. I saw him on CNN at an event at the University of Chicago recently, and I couldn't believe some of the criticism he was laying on the progressive movement in the U.S. He described himself as a "red state Christian kid" who was very critical of how progressives are carrying themselves today.

This is something that would play very well here on FreeRepublic:

Van Jones on College Safe Spaces

[itsahoot]

I suspect this was a real learning experience for Jones, and he took a lot of what he heard to heart in some way.

At the end of Rush's show today a caller posited that Jones gets it and will soon resign from CNN and begin to court the middle class that Trump has in his pocket. He now understands how Trump won.

[Stopthethreat]

CNN’s Van Jones (while clutching pearls): How do you explain a Trump presidency to your kids?

How do you explain an opportunistic duplicitous failed green jobs czar card carrying communist racist failure praising Trump a few short months after saying he won because of a white lash to your kids?

[Bryanw92]

>>I can’t imagine why he is praising Trump.

I think he was so overwhelmed that he just blurted it out. Those Democrats last night looked like they had just got hit with the stunner in the slaughterhouse chute. They all had to run out to find a safe space where they could find a way to start hating Trump again.

My MoveOn.org email today was so full of disbelief and lies that I just read it and laughed.

[IncPen]

I can’t imagine why he is praising Trump.

You're forgetting Clintonian triangulation.

Later, he can claim he's 'reappraised' Trump, and that he's a racist after all.

It's a game, narcissism, complete BS, all aimed at keeping Van Jones in the limelight.

Don't take the bait.

[Deo volente]

Hey, miracles can happen. I’ll take the guy at his word. Trump obviously had a remarkable impact upon him last night.

What he said was a lot better than what his comrades have been spewing. So I’ll give credit where credit is due.

[CodeJockey]

Need to watch out for that Van Jones. He is the face of communism but he is not a scary face of communism. He might run for president one day.

And if a majority of Africans vote for him would that be a "blacklash"?

[SaveFerris]

[editor-surveyor]

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Van is trying to stay out of trouble.

[Karliner]

amazes me when a full commie actually has a moment of clarity. I bet the dem-(n)s will gnash their teeth at him.

[huldah1776]

the replies at the source are deplorable.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

So Jones is now Pro-Trump?

/s

[WatchungEagle]

Van Jones is one of the smartest leftists. He understand things that a lot of his compatriots don’t. It’s in our interests for people like Jones to be marginalized on the left and people like Perez and Ellison to be calling the shots.