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GOP uses Van Jones to launch czar revolt
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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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhoczars; vanjones
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To: muawiyah
That’s what I thought ~ it was Jones himself who accused Jones of being a Commie!

Van Jones: " I have in my hand a list of names, including mine, that were made known as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the Obama adminstration. . . ."

101 posted on 09/04/2009 8:14:17 PM PDT by Brugmansian
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To: ditto h

Yep. I'm just an old geezer now. One foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. Every now and then I have to yell at the guy behind me to stop pushing!

Bendix was a good actor, and I can still hear how he said that famous line.

102 posted on 09/04/2009 8:40:04 PM PDT by Enterprise (When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
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To: steven33442

The only reason I have aligned myself as a big R republican, has been because once upon a time they represented my “conservative” point of view. You can rightly classify me as a Conservative small r republican. When the GOP comes back home, let me know.

BTW: FR is a conservative web site, as stated by JimRob many, many times.


103 posted on 09/04/2009 9:04:06 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: AFreeBird

No one is really losing sleep if you don’t come back to the Republican Party. Trust me, no one really cares, except you.


104 posted on 09/04/2009 9:10:06 PM PDT by steven33442
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To: Sub-Driver
To the liberal/lefty/progressive types these days, the GOP is everyone, doing everything to stop the forward march of history.

Gawd, I wish the GOP were effective in fighting the lefties. At best the GOP slows down things for a bit and at worst, they ratify the latest leftwing craze. The fact of the matter, is that the GOP is no where to be seen or heard. Independent conservative and freedom loving Americans have taken things into their own hands.

It's called 'leaderless combat', google it.

105 posted on 09/04/2009 9:24:23 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Are they insane, stupid or just evil?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Freepers should now get busy and support Glenn Beck’s “Czar Wars” movement.


106 posted on 09/04/2009 9:56:32 PM PDT by slickfree
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To: steven33442

move back to California you sound like you belong there.or maybe return to DU


107 posted on 09/04/2009 10:56:40 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: ansel12

Very true.

LLS


108 posted on 09/05/2009 5:15:05 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: ansel12
Someone needs to make sure she never wins a dog race let alone and government position,IF she is pro Jones then she is a communist scum..
109 posted on 09/05/2009 11:01:06 AM PDT by PLD
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To: Sub-Driver
So Glen Beck is now "the GOP"? Seems to me the GOP has been as diligent and dogged in investigating and exposing Ostalin's commie racist nutcase appointments as the Democrats have been in pursuing what's-his-name's birth certificate.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

110 posted on 09/05/2009 11:21:40 AM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: steven33442

Sure, they may not care if it was little ol me. But it seems to me that a sizable portion of Republicans are none too happy with the GOP. They may just end up not caring themselves out of existence. Ever hear of the Federalists and the Whigs? How exactly again did the GOP come into existence?


111 posted on 09/05/2009 12:24:51 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: AFreeBird

When are you going to wake up and understand that YOU are the Republican Party. Are you an activist at GOP meetings, or do you just post an occasional enraged messages on FR?

I suspect the latter.


112 posted on 09/05/2009 12:35:35 PM PDT by steven33442
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