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White House source: We never asked Van Jones to fill out the vetting questionnaire
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| SEPTEMBER 07, 2009
| ALLAHPUNDIT
Posted on 09/07/2009 5:17:08 PM PDT by RobinMasters
I dont believe them. Or rather, I dont believe that this is some innocent blind spot in the vetting process.
An administration official said special advisers to the president, or czars, are not required to fill out the questionnaire that runs 7 pages and contains 63 questions.
The entire questionnaire, the official said, is reserved for appointees who must win Senate confirmation
Question 61 reads as follows: Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used - even unfairly - to impugn or attack your character and qualifications for government service?
An administration official said Jones never hid his controversial associations or remarks from the White House.
It wouldnt be fair to characterize him as being dishonest or hiding his comments or his positions, the official said. Its just fair to say that he didnt go through the most rigorous vetting process.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911truther; bho44; blunders; communist; mullahobama; valeriejarrett; vanjones; vetting
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To: RobinMasters
“An administration official said Jones never hid his controversial associations or remarks from the White House.”
Will that is worse yet....if he never hide it and they knew about it.......................
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:20:13 PM PDT
by
blueyon
(It is worth taking a stand even if you are standing alone!)
To: RobinMasters
Well, there you go. That’s why you come off looking like idiots. That’s the whole point of the questions. What amateurs.
Or, they already knew the answers and decided not to care, assuming no one would find out. What amateurs.
Conservatives will do you vetting for you. What professionals.
To: RobinMasters
Or the rest of the czars.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:22:24 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: RobinMasters
American electrate: We never asked Bary Dunham Soetoro to fill out the vetting questionnaire
To: RobinMasters
Don’t vet nominees
Don’t read legislation
Don’t audit stimulus money
To: RobinMasters
Oh gee,
I forgot to ask.........
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:23:08 PM PDT
by
roaddog727
(It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
To: RobinMasters
In a way it makes sense—everything about these clowns is likely already on the internet—just assume the worst and let it go at that—even if they filled out the forms they would likely lie anyway—either way wtf...
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:23:19 PM PDT
by
gunnyg
(SUFFER NOT FOOLS -Gunny G)
To: RobinMasters
An administration official said special advisers to the president, or czars, are not required to fill out the questionnaire that runs 7 pages and contains 63 questions. The entire questionnaire, the official said, is reserved for appointees who must win Senate confirmation. Isn't that interesting?
I know there is precedent for Presidents to appoint these czars, but maybe it's time for this practice of filling the government with people who answer to the President alone to stop.
If the President wants to ask his own advisers about something, he should make sure they are not on our payroll, and that their visits to the White House are known to the American people.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:25:45 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: RobinMasters
A Communist agent is put in charge of a $80 billion budget with absolutely no background check?
A total lie, or treasonous conspiracy. One or the other.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:25:54 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: RobinMasters
I am really getting fed up, especially with Fox. This “Did the White House vet Van Jones”? is complete B*LLSH*T! VETTED? Yeah, he was vetted and he PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS! This is WHO they in the White House are! Actually, there was no need to vet this Marxist. His credentials are all over the internet. He’s talking about Power-to-the-People-this and Transforming-America-That! There’s no question as to his political persuassion.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:28:01 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
To: FrdmLvr
EXACTLY....Van Jones is Obomba’s ALTER EGO!
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:29:46 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(George Orwell would be proud. Truth are lies, Slavery is Freedom, Oppression is Feminism.)
To: RobinMasters
I imagine they were intimidated by his “legendary” and “towering” figure. Well, it happens.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:30:21 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(ObamaCare! When "natural causes" just isn't good enough!)
To: Tennessee Nana
Yep. Can’t argue with that.
To: blueyon
From
Michelle Malcolm's story a couple days ago:
Obama czardom is the deliberate end-run around transparency. Van Jones did not just accidentally slip through the cracks of the Obama vetters. They knew what he espoused before they installed him. Take it from Obamas own political godmother Michelle and Baracks consigliere and Chicago powerbroker Valerie Jarrett took full credit at the nuttroots dKos blogger conference last month (August 15, 2009) for recruiting him and closely following his career:
JARRETT:. You guys know Van Jones? [Applause. Moderator injects: "This is his house apparently."]
JARRETT: Oooh. Van Jones, alright! So, Van Jones. We were so delighted to be able to recruit him into the White House. We were watching him, uh, really, hes not that old, for as long as hes been active out in Oakland. And all the creative ideas he has. And so now, we have captured that. And we have all that energy in the White House.
Jarrett, as I pointed out on Sean Hannitys radio show five weeks ago, is the self-proclaimed keeper of Obamas urban/racial authenticity. The Obamas dont make a move without her, according to their closest friends and allies. Jarretts praise for Joness Oakland activism is explicit endorsement of his race-baiting career at Ella Baker, funded by the Soros-supported Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights/Ford Foundation/Rockefeller Foundation, and his Free Mumia agitation in the Bay Area schools where he lambasted moderate civil rights leaders for objecting to politicizing the classrooms and where his pro-Mumia allies likened supporters of murdered police officer Daniel Faulkner to the KKK.
They knew EXACTLY who he is, and know these other Marxists they have surrounded themselves with, too. They have been chosen PRECISELY BECAUSE they are fellow travelers.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:31:35 PM PDT
by
AFPhys
((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))
To: RobinMasters
They knew he was a communist, and that was good enough for them...
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:31:47 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: FormerACLUmember
This is all very believable. Obama has not been able to attract much talent at any level. The primary problem is that EVERYBODY, including hard-core left Democrats, expect this guy to be, at most, a one-term President.
People don't take time-out from their careers with "government service" without some expectation of benefit downstream. One of the benefits is a FEDERAL RETIREMENT ANNUITY. Might not seem like much, but you only need 5 years to qualify for the minimum payment. Their present high salaries might look pretty puny down the road, but they'll still be considerably higher than the average federal worker at retirement which multiplied against a "high three" may be fair dinkum..
A one-term President will simply ruin your promotion opportunities every single time, so all you'll get out of these appointments is about 3.5 years service time. It takes another 1.5 years to get that 5, and your time working as an appointee in the FAILED OBAMA REGIME is not going to help you get a "better job" or an equal appointment in some hypothetical future Democrat Presidency.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:32:37 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Yaelle
Yalle:
They are lying. They have been lying for nearly two years now... everything from not knowing who Rev.Wright was, to denying that Ayres was something more than a professor down the street to the latest:
Obama administration lied about not knowing about the Lockerbie bomber release
It is complete BS that they didn't know (as my post just above this one shows)... they simply don't have the courage or decency to admit the truth.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:38:45 PM PDT
by
AFPhys
((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))
To: RobinMasters
The Clinton administration didn’t accomplish security checks. Why would anyone expect the illegitimate president to accomplish security checks or vettings? I don’t. If he did, he should start with himself and that ain’t going to happen.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:39:55 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
To: RobinMasters
Obama couldn’t pass his own screening process.
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posted on
09/07/2009 5:42:32 PM PDT
by
Krodg
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