Posted on 09/06/2009 5:55:26 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The resignation early Sunday of “green jobs” adviser Van Jones says as much about the Obama White House as it does about Jones – marking the latest sacrifice to the political gods after a long summer of compromises and surrenders highlighted the limits of White House power.
The departure – nominally the choice of a still-defiant Jones, who said he feared distracting from important business – confirmed Obama’s choice of pragmatism over confrontation and a belief that controversies sometimes are better solved by capitulation, a view that infuriates Obama’s allies on the left.
It confirmed that the real opposition party to Obama right now is the conservative grassroots that draws its energy from Fox News, talk radio and the Drudge Report, and often leaves Republican elected officials scrambling to catch up.
And it was a fresh reminder that the White House’s vetting process didn’t fall down only on high-profile nominees like Tom Daschle. It barely touched the lower reaches of the administration – a White House official conceded Sunday that Jones’ past statements weren’t as thoroughly scrubbed due to his relatively low rank. Jones’ selection also was propelled by powerful patrons, who included the first lady and the vice president.
In his statement, Jones was defiant. "On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,” he said. “They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide.”
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Yes... I think it was very unfair to use his audio and video tapes to attempt to determine his beliefs (and future actions)! After all, we could have just ask him about his objectives...
He never even brought up HIS "vicious smear campaign" against Glenn Beck.
The crickets-chirping enablers/dhimmis/co-conspirators CATCH UP? Very, very few Republicans have the cajones to do ANYTHING. Thank you Michelle Bachmann & the very few (NOT ENOUGH) others for speaking out against these 'rat progressive/deceptive/collectivist/socialist/scumbag criminals.
Oh, and THANK YOU Glenn Beck! You are OUTSTANDING!
Wonder if good old Van is regretting his decision to launch the Beck attack?
Glenn was already reporting on Van before the boycott, so he would have been brought down nonetheless.
“...the conservative grassroots...often leaves Republican elected officials scrambling to catch up.”
And there’s a big part of the problem. We are having to lead our leaders. We desperately need to retire all the dead wood and elect some people who actually have a clue that communism did not go away after the Cold War ended..
LOL! Yep, it sucks to be driven out of power because of one’s own big mouth. Thanks Van, for exposing the fact that you are a communist. We really appreciate that you outted yourself! Chin up - maybe you’ll get a Pulitzer!
Good. I hope this thoroughly pisses off the Left.
After all (sing it with me), Obama is capitulating yet again to those hateful right-wingers. He clearly isn’t who we thought he was. He’s just another scum-sucking, compromising, spineless politician. The hell with him.
Remember that Dubya’s poll numbers didn’t truly tank until he lost much of his conservative base. After that his Administration was effectively crippled.
That stuff can work two ways...
When someone lies about me I do not go crawl up in a corner and cry. I defend myself apparently he had no defense because it was all true and on video. The man smeared himself and our country constantly and got exposed. Deal with it!!
Exactly. We need leaders who understand Ayn Rand’s point when she said (paraphrasing): “Any compromise between good and evil is a victory for evil.”
I say Thank God for Glenn Beck—he is not afraid to tell the truth and expose the left’s evil plot to destroy our country. The good thing about liberals is they always do themselves in with their own mouths and actions (and of course then blame it on everyone else as if they are victims).
Bravo, Glenn.
Bravo, Fox News Channel!
Squealing like a stuck liberal.
How is it a smear campaign if it’s the truth?
Yikes! And I thought the Clinton co-presidency was bad.
Yeah that’s the ticket for Lefty Angst, keep taking those punches and blame it all on the VRWC...keep old commie Jonesy front and center!
And let us not forget the precise moment when Glenn's revelations went viral...
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