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CNN’s Gergen on Van Jones: ‘Sad to See a Man of Good Work Get So Little Credit’
Newsbusters ^ | September 8, 2009 - 02:09 | Brent Baker

Posted on 09/08/2009 2:48:51 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out

“It’s a sad day to see a man of good work get so little credit,” CNN senior political analyst David Gergen regretted about Van Jones on Monday’s Anderson Cooper 360, complaining about the coverage of the Obama “green jobs” czar who resigned late Saturday night after his radical views were exposed: “I mean, there’s no balance to understanding just how many good things he’s done.”

Jones signed a petition which charged Bush administration officials “may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war,” described himself as a “communist,” compared George W. Bush to a crack user, called Republicans “assholes” and made other incendiary race-based remarks, but Gergen saw a saint: “As he left Yale Law School, instead of going to a lucrative job, went out and worked with ex-prisoners, tried to create green jobs for them, has been featured in Time magazine, gotten all sorts of award for it.”

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To: chuck_the_tv_out

David Gergen = Beltway slut.


21 posted on 09/08/2009 4:40:34 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

CNN’s Gergen on Van Jones: ‘Sad to See a Man of Good Work Get So Little Credit’

Wow, are these people morons or what...............


22 posted on 09/08/2009 4:43:44 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Proud to have made Communist Leader Obama's hit list at flag@whitehouse.gov)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

I don’t see how ANY sober person can think that Van Jones was useful for anything more than enabling Socialism—or worse. Since, I DO think that David Gergen is a sober heavyweight, my conclusion is that he is a Socialist (and probably always has been).


23 posted on 09/08/2009 4:46:32 AM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: angkor
Lenin, Marx, Stalin, Hitler, Van Jones...etc. Surely they all had some positive qualities and TRIED to do some good things in their lives. So what? That doesn't mean squat. Gerkin is a fellow traveling fool.
24 posted on 09/08/2009 4:51:43 AM PDT by JPG
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
went out and worked with ex-prisoners, tried to create green jobs for them

What were the "green jobs"? Walking across the Green Grass of people's lawns distributing flyers expounding about "Green Jobs"?

25 posted on 09/08/2009 4:58:29 AM PDT by Voter62vb
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To: Voter62vb

“Walking across the green grass of peoples lawns, distributing flyers,” LOL,a perfect discription of a ‘green job.


26 posted on 09/08/2009 6:07:41 AM PDT by Maumee (wtw)
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To: qwertypie

Not necessarily. He could be a TRAITOR.


27 posted on 09/08/2009 6:23:01 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (The tiger has been poked in the eye. He is going to be p*ssed. Better ramp our offensive two-fold.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I could not find Van Jones in the State Bar of CA directory. Perhaps his proper name is not “Van”. Dunno. Does anyone know where he is admitted? Attending law school (perhaps by affirmative actions admission)is one thing, passing a bar exam is another.

My take on Gergen’s remark is to restate it thusly:

“Sad to see a man deserving of so little credit get a good and important job in the White House.”


28 posted on 09/08/2009 7:27:05 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

He is also known as “Anthony K. Jones”.


29 posted on 09/08/2009 7:30:23 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (The tiger has been poked in the eye. He is going to be p*ssed. Better ramp our offensive two-fold.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Ah, I see, admitted to CA bar in 1999. OK.


30 posted on 09/08/2009 9:39:17 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

““It’s a sad day to see a man of good work get so little credit,”
CNN senior political analyst David Gergen regretted about Van Jones
on Monday’s Anderson Cooper 360,...”

Mrs. David Gergen: PLEASE get your husband to a good neurologist STAT!!!
He needs a good workup to see if some sort of pharmacological
intervention is needed before his condition gets worse.
(If it possibly could...)


31 posted on 09/08/2009 9:43:11 AM PDT by VOA
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