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| Van Jones is Toast |
| 2009-09-06 |
| President Barack Obama's adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday. Hmmm... I wonder - did he jump, or was he "pushed" under the bus? Good riddance! |
| Posted by:DMFD |
| #22 Free speech on the internet brought him down. Yup. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-09-06 13:33 |
| #21 Free speech on the internet brought him down. Expect Zero to take aim at free speech in a big way. The internet is really ruining his ability to rule the world. On a more philosophical note. Now that the major networks, excluding fox, are signed up for the Obama informational Coup d'etat and support his every drivel, free speech has moved and shown strength in another venue. We need to fight every regulatory effort to stifle our freedom on the internet... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-09-06 12:41 |
| #20 The assholes on Meet the Press are implying the case against Van Jones is all based on internet lies. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-09-06 10:45 |
| #19 Not coming soon to the big screen - Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin in "All the President's Czar's". |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-09-06 10:17 |
| #18 The man is out of our White House. That is enough for me at the moment. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-09-06 09:30 |
| #17 Yes, the FBI needs to get back to the Long Form for vetting Presidential appointees...this "Have you actually and willfully participated in illegal armed insurrection, sedition or treason within the past three month?" has got to go. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2009-09-06 09:10 |
| #16 Glen Beck and Michelle Malkin 2012. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2009-09-06 09:06 |
| #15 Hey, Obama, ever heard of having the FBI or CIA or maybe the Cub Scouts run a background check on any of your appointees? Michelle Malkin et al doing the job that our elected government |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-09-06 08:37 |
| #14 Van Johnson was in some great movies. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-09-06 08:17 |
| #13 resigning during the labor day weekend down the memory hole |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-09-06 08:13 |
| #12 NYT story today. About as uninformative as one can get. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-09-06 08:05 |
| #11 We can think what we wish of Fox, but nobody else was covering the story. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-06 07:21 |
| #10 How very, very disapponting....(see Verlaine's comnts for amplification). Barry will no doubt order an unofficial staff day of mourning and wax likeness of Jones constructed for the Abwechslugmuseum. All of this followed by a lobster dinner and a huge separation bonus check. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-06 06:47 |
| #9 Hey, Obama, ever heard of having the FBI or CIA or maybe the Cub Scouts run a background check on any of your appointees? Ever heard of FBI or CIA or maybe the Cub Scouts running a background check on Obama? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-09-06 05:53 |
| #8 I'm devastated. Though I expected this, I was, er - hoping against "hope" - that he'd hang tough, at least long enough so that the dam of silence might break close to the joint address. Just because I'm nihilistic and negative and such. If there's any fairness or sense of humor in the universe, another of the czars will cause a stink in the next few days, somehow. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2009-09-06 03:04 |
| #7 Well, that's got rid of a racist, communist, Truther from the White House . What! It wasn't the Joker who resigned? Never mind then. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-09-06 02:47 |
| #6 "it was not until recently that some of Mr. Jones's past actions received broad airing" Hey, Obama, ever heard of having the FBI or CIA or maybe the Cub Scouts run a background check on any of your appointees? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-09-06 02:42 |
| #5 It is known that if you want to look skinny that you should hang out with fat people. Obama's Corollary: If you want to look respectable, appoint folks like Van Jones as your czars. Is the logic working? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-09-06 02:41 |
| #4 The NY Times finally saw fit to mention Van Jones when it deigned to announce his resignation: "it was not until recently that some of Mr. JonesÂ’s past actions received broad airing" |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-09-06 02:39 |
| #3 Good he was a a-hole. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-09-06 02:01 |
| #2 he left blaming the raaaaacists and evil mongers for using his own words and speeches and video against him. Get unda da bus, b*tch! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-06 01:27 |
| #1 One down, 999 czars left to go. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2009-09-06 01:15 |