Posted on 09/05/2009 5:26:49 AM PDT by kingattax
Bob Beckel said on Fox this morning that Obama White House green jobs czar Van Jones will be canned by Tuesday. Beckel reasoned that Jones's background is simply indefensible for a White house appointment, and wondered if the FBI screwed up because they must not have uncovered this in the vetting process.
Former White House staffers I’ve spoken with say they would bet the FBI uncovered much of Jones’s past--especially if Jones truthfully answered their questions. What would then happen is this: the background report would go to the Counsel’s office (run by Greg Craig), who would then raise the question of whether what the FBI found was disqualifying with the the potential employee’s boss. Jones was hired by Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, but he presumably (and ultimately) reports to the chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel must have decided that nothing in Jones’s background was alarming enough to prevent his appointment.
So even if Jones is thrown overboard this weekend, it’s worth asking: Did Rahm sign off on Jones’s appointment despite what the FBI must have discovered about his background. And, incidentally--did Jones tell the truth to the FBI?
I’ve sent an email asking this question to Rahm Emanuel’s office. I’ll report when he gets back to me.
You’re not crazy. And I think you’re right.
I know that. I was being a smartass. ;)
Livingstone was from Colorado. Perhaps he returned there.
You might be right he might be the first President to resign without the threat of impeachment. The White House surrounded by Roverounds might do the trick.
Presidents are elected by the people and are not “cleared”. Presumably the “people” clear them at the ballot box.
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WHAT IF you have a President and administration WHO DOESN'T CARE what should have happened 6 hours ago????
Just asking..
Maybe this guy knows stuff about Obama. There should be some type of congressional oversight on appointees with so much power.
Do a side by side: you have Michael Steele’s Twin. The resemblance is uncanny. His personal life if displayed will tell another facet of his persona./Just Asking - seoul62......
Knock it off with spamming the Front Page sidebar!
You are absolutelyright. I keep saying that we are in a pot political era, This is is Moscow, 1917. This is Cuba 1959. Except there’s no place to flee to.
I agree with you.
I know. I meant the Bozo the clown in post #2.
That’s good. We need them on FR to keep it fun.
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