Posted by
Bill Crawford on Friday, September 04, 2009 2:00:31 PM
This isn't about Van Jones. Mr. Jones will turn into another proof of how you are less consequential in a large arena, when you start off from way out there.
And Mr. Jones is out there. But he is a friend of the President, and his created position does not require any sort of confirmation process. And obviously no security check of any kind.
So he serves at the pleasure of the President, overseeing a budget of about $30 Billion, chasing after a 'green jobs' agenda. So he stands up in front of a friendly audience after Obama takes office (he must know by then he will be applying for a job, if he hasn't been promised one yet) and announces that Republicans are "a**holes". I guess they can roll with that, if you toss an apology out.
And he is an avowed Communist- converting to it AFTER the fall of the Berlin Wall. No problem.
Oh, wait, he signed a petition attesting to how 9/11 was an inside job, allowed by the Bush administration in order to foment a war on all of us. This one Mr. Jones does his level best to deny being any part of, even though it isn't working very well.
So Communist is OK, and so is being a hyperpartisan slug. Just stay away from the super kook conspiracy stuff, especially ones that treat your boss' predecessors as treasonous.
Just trying to get a handle on the standards in play.
Editor's Note: Mr. Jones resigned this weekend, citing "smears, lies and distortions" from the Right for his downfall. Like I said, looking in the mirror isn't a big thing with the Obama crowd.