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.
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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
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. . . ."
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.
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.
No one is really losing sleep if you don’t come back to the Republican Party. Trust me, no one really cares, except you.
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.
Freepers should now get busy and support Glenn Beck’s “Czar Wars” movement.
move back to California you sound like you belong there.or maybe return to DU
Very true.
LLS
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?
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.
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