Posted on 09/02/2009 7:52:11 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama adviser: Republicans are "a**holes" By Tony Romm - 09/02/09 09:59 AM ET
A video in which White House green jobs adviser Van Jones calls Congressional Republicans (and himself) "a**holes" is quickly making the rounds on the Internet this morning.
Jones made the off-the-cuff remark in February, during his lecture at a Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) event on the green economy. At the time, the Obama administration had not yet tapped Jones to serve as a special adviser on the White House's Council on Environmental Quality.
The slip happened in response to a question about the Democratic Party's inability to push legislation through Congress.
"When [President George W. Bush] was in office, [Republicans] had a majority; it wasn't 60, it wasn't more than 60, but they pushed through all of these bills," the questioner began. "But when we have 58, we seem to not be able to move things as progressively as many of us here would want, as Obama wants. ... how were they Republicans able to push things through when they had less than 60 sens, but we cant?"
That's when the first slip happened. "Well the answer to that is, they're a**holes," Jones said, prompting audience applause.
"I was afraid that was the answer," the questioner replied.
Jones, however, continued his casual rant. "And Barack Obama is not an a**hole. Now, I will say this: I can be an a**hole, and some of us who are not Barack Hussein Obama, are going to have to start getting a little bit uppity [to get things done]."
Don’t worry, he’s just speaking for himself ;)
If only they were...
Sheesh. Theres’s no end to the vulgarity of the Administration.
I’ve been called worse by better.
Yet, they ran on a unification platform.
Liberals have such limited vocabulary skills.
I despise foul language. and I am so saddened by how much our culture has been coarsened.
Back at ‘ya....YOU BIG A-HOLE!....There!...I feel better.
The man is simply street trash.
The name-calling doesn’t bother me. In fact, I daresay that this particular label applies to more politicians on both sides of the aisle than it doesn’t.
Anyone else feel like there’s so much bad blood between liberals and conservatives now that only a knock-down drag-out ass-whoopin’ is gonna blow some of the steam off?
I know where my money is on that fight...
Ron White has a bit where he was on a school debate team, and says he thought he had won when he proudly proclaimed: “Oh yeah? Well, F you!”
That’s pretty much where we are.
By all means, get “uppity” Van.
See how THAT works out for you as Obama’s popularity is plummeting.
I feel that way. The situation will reach a boiling point sooner or later. It’s just a matter of time.
This is a non story.
The folks in DC just don’t even PRETEND to be POLITE anymore at all, do they?
Name calling is usually the first sign that the left feels like they are losing a battle.
:)
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