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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Signing a document without reading it according to Van Jones makes him an innocent victim? Did he believe we could trust him not to read other documents that could imperil our nation in his role working for Obama and us not be concerned about it? Will he still be bending Obama's ear and setting Obama policy in days to come despite the resignation?
hehe funny.
We need to add Jones’ picture to all the others under that bus!
ROFL
Does Van Jones have one of the special blackberries that can reach zer0 during the day?
They could still be in daily contact through that.
“Dean said Jones didn’t realize what he was signing at the time.”
Er..yes. Those poor terrorists didn’t mean to kill 3000 people, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time..
As even Howard Dean could tell you, being a Yale graduate “ain’t no thang”.
Howard Dean is a:
(1) Communist
(2) Liar
(3) Psychopath
(4) Enabler
(5) Buttboy
(6) Quack
(7) Loser
(8) Flake
(9) National Embarrasment
(10) Suffering from Terminal Diarreah of the Mouth
(11) ALL OF THE ABOVE
Not a sideshow. He is instead the first domino to be knocked down. There are 999 more still in DC we have to work on.
I’m sorry. I have to disagree with you.
Hannity, Rush, and Mark Levin have also been talking about Van Jones and the other Marxists in the administration (including Dear Leader) as have Coulter, Ingram, etc.
Beck has DEFINITELY been the MOST EFFECTIVE voice, and has been leading the way lately, but the other talk show hosts and the rest of the New Media including FR have been in support throughout.
Glenn, as far as I can remmeber, got the WRECKING BALL ROLLING on Vannie......once again....THANKS, GLENN et al!
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Howard Dean and the rest of the bunch who support him is so far to the left that he sees VanJones was middle of the political spectrum.
Just as Dear Leader and the rest of his administration, Pelosi, MoveOn, DUh and the other “Progressives”. They don’t even know that they are One-World Fascists.
Hmmmmmm........signs something before he reads it.....SOUNDS LIKE CONGRESS!!!!!
Maybe part of this is Dean trying to position himself to 0bama’s left for a 2012 primary challenge.
We have known that Dean is a raving idiot for several years now.
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