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Home Front: Politix
White House Green Jobs Adviser Apologizes for Calling Republicans 'Assholes'
2009-09-04
Van Jones, the Obama administration's "green jobs" adviser, apologized Wednesday for calling Republicans "assholes," saying the comments were made before he joined the administration and "were clearly inappropriate."
Yes they were. Appallingly rude, too.
Jones had told a group of listeners earlier in the year that the reason Republicans are stonewalling the president is because they're "assholes," remarks that were recorded in a video and posted to YouTube.

"I apologize for the offensive words I chose to use during that speech," Jones said in a written statement to Politico. "They do not reflect the views of this administration, which has made every effort to work in a bipartisan fashion, and they do not reflect the experience I have had since I joined the administration."
"Bitter people, clinging to their religion and their guns. But not assholes. Let's flush that particular thought right down the drain."
Posted by:Fred

#20  I've paid my taxes and am therefore unqualified for employment in any democratic administration. All Assholes a side.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2009-09-04 19:23  

#19  Please Van, don't quit. Just keep talking and talking and talking.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-09-04 17:26  

#18  Apology NOT accepted.
Posted by: mojo   2009-09-04 15:57  

#17  There's a difference between private conversation and standing up in front of a crowd as a paid authority. He was there giving a speech, then said the asshole thingy in response to an audience member's question.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-09-04 15:10  

#16  He's backing off of his truther denial as well. How much more public pressure before he sees the undercarriage of a bus? Time will tell.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-09-04 15:09  

#15   So I take it all the folks here who have called Dems assholes or worse, would refuse a job in the Palin administration?

I wouldn't be leaving that little straw man too close to the stove.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-09-04 15:00  

#14  Liberal Hawk - He's proven to the world that he is "LOW RENT"!.
Posted by: 3dc   2009-09-04 14:54  

#13  LH, I've called both Dems and Repubs worse. I guess I'm not qualified to be in any administration, then. Oh well!

If this was the only stupid thing he had done, no, I wouldn't have a problem with him. I actually agree with him on this part, only I would have added an adjective like "dumb" or "stupid" before the term a$$hole. But, that's just me.

Unfortunately, this is the least of his dumb moves (troofer petition signing, accusing white people of deliberately poisoning minority communities, naming his kid after some radical African revolutionary, his political conversion after heading to jail during the King riots in LA, etc., etc.).
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2009-09-04 12:59  

#12  Palin = Truther, LH? Come'on, that's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?
Posted by: Mike N.   2009-09-04 12:41  

#11  Actually people on the right are decent people. It is the people on the left and their apologists that are primarily the assholes. Just click on this link for written proof.
Posted by: Thirong Bourbon5870   2009-09-04 12:38  

#10  he's also a 9-11 troofer. Wanna defend that,Liberal "Hawk"?
Posted by: Frank G   2009-09-04 12:30  

#9  To Van Jones,

No worries. Thanks for the apology asshole.

Posted by: DarthVader   2009-09-04 12:27  

#8  ..would refuse a job in the Palin administration?

Your assumption is that Palin would win as a Trunk. Considering the number of knife wounds in her back from the establishment and Beltway Trunks, that's not a given.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-09-04 12:14  

#7  I don't recall anyone here calling donks ass-holes with mikes on and cameras rolling.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-09-04 11:53  

#6  So I take it all the folks here who have called Dems assholes or worse, would refuse a job in the Palin administration?
Posted by: liberal hawk   2009-09-04 11:46  

#5  Anybody remember Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz during the Nixon administration? Can we get the same treatment for Van Jones? No? Just thought I'd ask.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-09-04 11:29  

#4  I blame Trinity United Church of Christ sermon tapes.
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-09-04 09:15  

#3  I'm waiting for him to apologize for being a racist marxist revolutionary, but I'm not holding my breath.
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-09-04 08:38  

#2  Yes, but that doesn't mean that the Trunks don't have their own share. If they didn't, they wouldn't be the minority party today.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-09-04 08:17  

#1  He's obviously a small minded political hack.
Posted by: 3dc   2009-09-04 00:22  

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