Posted on 09/04/2009 4:23:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
GOP uses Jones to launch czar revolt By: Lisa Lerer September 4, 2009 06:19 PM EST
Republicans who have spent months criticizing the proliferation of “czars” in the Obama White House have finally landed a major punch.
Over the past few weeks, White House green jobs czar Van Jones has been accused of being a communist, an old lecture video showed him calling Republicans a—holes, and he’s been connected to a Sept. 11 conspiracy group.
With that type of paper trail, Jones would have trouble surviving a Senate confirmation.
But his czar status allowed him to skip this step: Many of the high-level White House policy advisers don’t require Senate confirmation for their posts. And while liberals have hailed Jones as a pioneer in the green jobs movement, critics have labeled him a radical — and he’s become a liability for a White House that doesn’t need another distraction.
On Friday, Republicans began calling for his resignation and asked for a public hearing into how Jones slipped past the White House vetting process. And White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Friday avoided addressing the Jones controversy directly, referring reporters back to a Jones statement apologizing for his affiliation with the Sept. 11 "truthers."
The Jones debacle shows how czars — dozens of powerful problem solvers tapped to tackle some of the thorniest problems facing the country — could continue to cause problems for the White House. By some counts, the Obama administration has about 30 czars — a term used as shorthand for long, wonky titles such as Jones’s “Council on Environmental Quality's special adviser for green jobs.”
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This is a great article. Glenn Beck “has landed a punch”.
Pick the target, Freeze it, isolate it, polarize it.
They don’t like their own tactics used against them
lol
Too bad the liberal media hasn’t mentioned one word about Jones:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332475/posts
The frick'n GOP!?
The GOP hasn't done squat! It's infested by a bunch of wishy washy RINOs!
Glenn Beck launched this revolt, and last time I checked, he's not a favorite son of the GOP.
This revolt is being brought to you by REAL Americans! From every State, City and Town in the US of A.
He said he was a communist, didn't he?
Politico is trying to whitewash this, making it seem like the GOP is playing politics. They’re hoping all of this blows over through the holiday weekend which is they’re not covering it.
exactly - it burns both ways - too bad for them
Yep, I’d say Sarah and Glenn have done the most damage so far.
No actually it was Glenn Beck that told us the truth and he is not associated with the GOP..He is the only one that had the guts to blow the whistle on the scum bags..Now we know what we are dealing with with no help from the GOP..So go blow it out your nose or any other part of your body you feel comfortable with..
Do those czars get their jobs with senate hearings? In terms of job coverage, they basically are as important —if not more— as those Secretaries...
Glenn Beck is winning this. When Jones steps down, Beck will have my respect. I’m impressed, he took it right back at them.
Didn’t Glenn have the RNC National Chairman on tv the other day?
What is this Sarah cult all about?
That’s what I thought ~ it was Jones himself who accused Jones of being a Commie!
The Radical Racist Communist Van Jones MUST resign and then move to Cuba!
Just what qualifies this Marxist assh__le to consult ObaMAO
on “GREEN” jobs...
How much are we paying this A__hole.
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