Posted on 09/07/2009 5:16:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Responding to a firestorm that raged on conservative talk shows and websites, the White House on Sunday announced the resignation of a top environmental advisor who had made fiery remarks about Republicans and signed a petition questioning whether the U.S. government had any role in planning the Sept. 11 attacks.
Van Jones, a prominent Oakland community activist, issued a statement decrying "lies and distortions" and a "smear campaign" that had been waged against him by the right.
But despite his defiance, Jones had been forced to apologize in recent days for some of his past statements, including a speech shortly before his appointment posted on YouTube, in which he used a vulgar term to describe Republicans.
White House officials never rose to his defense and took pains over the weekend to distance themselves from Jones' statements and decisions about his status.
President Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod said Sunday that Jones made his own decision to leave, but he commended him for the departure.
"The bottom line is that he showed his commitment to the cause of creating green jobs in this country by removing himself as an issue," Axelrod told NBC's "Meet the Press."
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I think he's calling himself a liar who distorted his own record.
How can Van Jones’ direct quotes be “lies and distortions” about what he said?Best line of the evening!I think he's calling himself a liar who distorted his own record.
“The Democrat newsrooms prefer to leave Van Jones’ accusations of “lies and distortions” and a “smear campaign” dangling out there in order to give their clueless audiences a soundbite they can do with whatever they please.”
Bulls eye!
SAY IT AINT SO! Now what are we going to do?! There will be no green jobs, the planet will only have giant industrial parks pumping out clouds of CO2 right into the classrooms of our chilllllrun! The planet will melt and we will never, NEVER, find out who wins the next season of American Idol! Oh the humanity!
Nice one, Made In The USA. You just made my morning!
:D
ROFL!
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