President Obama’s Green Jobs Czar, Van Jones controversy is escalating to the point that a prominent Republican has asked the Obama advisor to resign. Rep. Mike Pence a ranking member of the Republican caucus has urged Van Jones to step down from his post after controversial statements Jones made about the Bush Administration and 9/11.
More Trouble for Van Jones?
Overall the mainstream media has left the Van Jones controversy alone; to date, the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, and CBS have allocated 0% coverage of the controversial Obama czar who once proclaimed himself a communist.
Republican Mike Pence said in a statement asking for Van Jones resignation:
“Given recent revelations concerning the associations and statements of the president’s green jobs czar, Van Jones should resign his position and if he is unwilling to do so, the president should demand his resignation. His extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this Administration or the public debate,” Pence said.
“The Constitution of the United States vests Congress with the responsibility to advise and consent in the appointment of high ranking officials by the president. To date, President Obama has appointed more than thirty individuals to ‘czar’ positions within his Administration without permitting the Congress or the American people to properly examine their backgrounds or public records.”
The Van Jones controversy began when talk radio host Glenn Beck began to expose Jones for his ties to radical extremist groups and for his statement that he was once a communist. A Van Jones founded group, Color of Change, then began to target Beck sponsors to boycott the host.
Van Jones also made controversial statements about republicans, calling them a%$ holes, now the revelation this week that he signed onto the left wing’s truther movement which says that the Bush Administration allowed the 9/11 terrorist attacks for the purposes of going to war.
President Obama for the most part has kept himself clear of his green jobs czar’s problems. It’s doubtful however that he will be able to keep silent as long as the Van Jones controversy escalates the way it has over the last couple of weeks.
Van Jones Controversial Video
September 5th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
This isn’t “escalation”. This is just politicking. I’m SHOCKED, SHOCKED I say, that a prominent Republican would want this guy to step down. These are the same whackjobs (some would call them “a%$ holes” or “Glenn Beck viewers”) who think the (Muslim, foreign-born) President of the US speaking to students about staying in school is N*zi indoctrination.
The right-wing blog Little Green Footballs– a site usually full of nonsense, has actually actually gotten one right by debunking the whole “Truther” Van Jones scandal. Van Jones and many of the other “signatories” were misled about the content and intent of letter and have had their names used without permission even asking for it to be removed.
For the record– “truthers” are conspiracy nutballs, as are “birthers”, “deathers”, and whatever we call the lunatics who think a public health care option is tantamount to Stalin/H*tler (your pick) rolling tanks through Wall Street.
September 5th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Rolling tanks through Wall Street, ha! ha! ha!, funny you should mention that. obama wants to tax Wall Street to pay for his government takeover of the healthcare system. Strange that one would be shocked about asking a radical to resign, but not shocked at what this street thug has said and done. There is no proof that Rep. Mike Pence feels obama is engaging in Nazi indoctrination by speaking with students, but obama’s message is not only telling children to stay in school, there’s alot more to his message than that!
Now, as far as this racist / street thug is concerned, who, I ask who will hunt obama down and ask him if he is aware of what van jones has said and done? And if so, ask obama if he will request van jones to resign? It is easy to see van jones is full of hate, a racist by his own words, a communist, an ex-convict, a 9/11 Truther, and pro black power / black panther member. How the hell did this guy get so far into the White House? You know damn well obama knows who he is, all of obama’s moves are calculated, nothing is coincidence, don’t be nieve. These facts being accepted as true, WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT oBAMA?
September 5th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Bravo, Name (required), on another spectacular liberal nutrooter rant.
Have you ever read the book “A Time To Kill?”
It’s about a little 10 year old black girl who is raped by a couple of good ol’ boys in the south during the civil rights era. Her father shoots both of them and winds up on trial himself for murder.
A white lawyer takes the case and has to convince an all white southern jury that it was justifiable homicide. It doesn’t look good at all for the father until one juror gets up during the deliberations and paints a scenario for the rest of the jurors of what that little girl must have went through. When she gets done laying out the scenario, she asks this question of her fellow jurors. “What if that little girl were white?”
So name (required), truther petition aside, considering all the racist things this man has said in just the recent past, I ask you, What if he were white?
September 5th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I guess it should be no suprise that another liberal signed something that they did not read or understand. Perhaps there should have been pictures along with the text!
But, honestly, the most distrubing thing about this racist is not that he is a “truther” which he is, it is the fact that he is a racist and communist that is most disturbing.
September 5th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
He is not a racist. He is a commie/marxist. Above all, the brother is hot!!!!!
September 5th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
he resigned
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjHS8S3jIndU2oI6WHB_KqB-pvwAD9AHJBMG1
September 5th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
VROOM VROOM beep beep goes the bus, the racist commie truth-er has finally resigned.
September 5th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Not much of a write-up was it lisab. But then again, it’s more than anybody else in the MSM has said up to this point.
September 5th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
lisab, I can’t even believe that the AP would just put out a one sentence blurb about him resigning. How ridiculous.
Looks like Obama’s covering himself on this.
September 5th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
“VROOM VROOM beep beep goes the bus, the racist commie truth-er has finally resigned.”
He is a commie but not a truther. Glenn Beck has more ties with the Truthers via Judge Napolitano than Jones ever did.
September 5th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Obama is weak and waaaaay in over his head.
September 6th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Well here is more.
obama wants to tax Wall Street to pay for his government takeover of the healthcare system.
What does this mean exactly? Wall Street pays capital gains rates, which is up to 35% for a short term gain… but as little as zero percent for long term capital gains in the 10-15% marginal tax brackets.
Considering Wall Street got their entire industry saved by the taxpayers to the tune of a trillion+ bucks this year, and considering they were responsible for destroying our economy and nearly putting us in Great Depression II, and considering the chuzpah of their bonuses this year, I say taxing them is the least we can do. Let their taxes pay for the stimulus that’s getting us out of this hole they’ve dug for us.
September 6th, 2009 at 4:07 am
It’s just so much fun to pick somebody and then ruin them. Does that sound like a bully to you? Do you like to call people names. You especially like the word, thug. Don’t you? Do you think that could be projection? Have your fun. No one respects or cares about you. You’ll fade into oblivion. You’re worthless. You’re negativity will get you nowhere. People despise you. Get the picture?
September 6th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Listen you little sh*tdick, craig. You were probably front and center in the character assassination of Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, GWB, etc., so your victim status now has no credibility. These commies that you love so much are going down one at a time until we get the ultimate one. Whine all you want.
September 6th, 2009 at 6:02 am
“It’s just so much fun to pick somebody and then ruin them. Does that sound like a bully to you?”
You must have hated Ted Kennedy craig because he was good at that. Just ask Clarence Thomas or Robert Bork.
September 6th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Chek must be on some serious speed right now. She has been posting constantly since 6 AM Saturday and now has a post at 2 AM (EDT) here. That is 20 hours of blogging, stalking and whining.
Mad as a March hare.
September 6th, 2009 at 7:19 am
“Have your fun. No one respects or cares about you. You’ll fade into oblivion. You’re worthless. You’re negativity will get you nowhere. People despise you. Get the picture?”
craig, are you talking about us or the Democrat controlled congress?
September 6th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Well, to single someone out and ruin them, does that only apply to those looking at van jones? Do you forget that van jones started it and did it first to Glenn Beck? That’s ok though, right? Thug…yeah I call it like it is, if that’s what you are then go on the street. So much for this street thug giving pookie a job. The only one who is worthless and will fade into oblivion is this street thug, thank God!
September 6th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Want proof? Read the following link, this guy was in deep. The people this guy has associated with is scary in itself and many of the names will sound familiar.
Note: The article states that Obama was a member of the New Party. I don’t believe he ever joined the party but did seek and get their endorsement when running for office.
http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=537732&articleId=326647&func=5
September 6th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Thought ya’ll would like the Quote of the Day from American Thinker.
“The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m president of the United States.”
Sen. Barack Obama, March 31, 2008
September 6th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Flyingmonkey: That’s downright scary!
I think we can all agree this guy had to go. I’m ticked off he was allowed to resign though. The O should have had the cojones to fire him.
September 6th, 2009 at 9:40 am
joanne, Rick Moran, blogging at American Thinker, gives an apt explanation as to why Obama appointed him and saw no problem with him.
If you read between the lines you will be even more afraid of what he’s getting at.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/jones_was_recruited_not_in_spi.html
September 6th, 2009 at 9:43 am
well obama gave congress the opportunity to write the health reform bill and its just going nowhere due to internecine politics. so he kept his word versus bushy on that issue.
September 6th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Hey Br(ai)n-less, go find another thread to haunt.
September 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am
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