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Van Jones Urges Progressives to 'Steal' Tea Party Strategy
foxnews.com ^ | October 03, 2011 | Fox News

Posted on 10/03/2011 5:13:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Making no secret of his disdain for Tea Party ideals and ideas, ex-White House adviser Van Jones on Monday nonetheless urged liberal activists to "steal" the Tea Party's playbook.

The former "green jobs" adviser, speaking at the top of a three-day conference in the nation's capital designed to galvanize liberal activists, spoke interchangeably in harsh and glowing terms about the Tea Party movement. He described their cause as "the worst" and "silly" and other unflattering adjectives. At the same time, he said progressives can learn from what the Tea Party has accomplished, as he tried to steer the crowd toward his own umbrella group which he's been working on since the summer.

Using the pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps tone President Obama has employed in recent days, Jones pointed to the Tea Party movement as an example of grassroots activism done right. He suggested liberals have relied too much on one person, Obama, to fix everything.

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KEYWORDS: communistcrook; numero2jones; teaparty; vanjones
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Jones is just another JACKASS without a clue...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsK2WeO7VbQ

Too many SHEEP and no FREE THINKERS in the entire bunch.


41 posted on 10/03/2011 9:09:25 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Progressive = Communist

When you have the follow and don’t think mentality vs. the lead and create ..... you will always lose.

You would Van could put two and two together??


42 posted on 10/03/2011 10:27:50 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: LaMudBug

Van Jones was in the White House and got a taste of power.

For a man like that the only acceptable goal would be to return triumphant, especially after he got kicked out.

And he will attempt it at any cost.


43 posted on 10/03/2011 11:37:55 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: LomanBill

Beautiful thank you.


44 posted on 10/04/2011 6:08:21 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It won’t work for progressives; they can’t do it. Pretending patriotism and a love for American values would be for them like wearing a cross and eating garlic for a vampire.


45 posted on 10/04/2011 7:47:48 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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