Comments on: Oh, and Van Jones Is a TERRORIST, Too

By: Jim Cap

Jim Cap — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:41:06 +0000

Here are the facts about Van Jones and the "Swift Boat" slander campaign led by Glenn Beck:

1) Van Jones is not a "communist": That's a completely fabricated charge in classic McCarthy style.

2) Van Jones was never in jail: This didn’t happen. His enemies made this story up.

3) Van Jones is a strong advocate of economic growth that is tied to protection of the planet and our natural resources. He has been a brilliant leader in this area, praised by Republicans and Democrats alike; he has many business allies.

4) Van Jones never claimed that "9/11 was an inside job" or anything remotely like that. He did sign a petition---that he admits was poorly worded when he read it again, years later---that asked our government to appoint another 9/11 type of commission to investigate facts that may have been overlooked in the first official inquiry. (And now learning that Karl Rove was on the phone daily with people who ran the first 9/11 inquiry, trying to influence them, is reason enough to question some of their work.)

5) Van Jones did call some Republicans "assholes" in a public forum and has acknowledged this and publicly apologized for it. In that same talk, he also called himself an "asshole". This tells you something about the tongue-in-cheek tone of that discussion.

Dick Cheney and George W. Bush called Adam Clymer of the New York Times an "asshole" in 2000 when they thought the microphones couldn't pick up their voices. They never apologized for that. Cheney also told a US Senator, to his face, to go "F..K yourself". And of course, Cheney never apologized for that either.

What this is REALLY all about is the rage and bitterness of the far-right extremists after they lost last year's election. They want to destroy President Obama's administration and they see Van Jones as their current target. Next month it will be someone else.

The REAL reason for these vicious and personal attacks on Van Jones is that he is three things the right-wing despises: liberal, black, and an environmentalist. They can't admit that publicly, so they have to invent slander like "communist". It's pathetic and shameful.

The facts demonstrate that this is nothing more than a savage attack from extremist elements. They're only confirming why people no longer trust them to hold political power.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:54:33 +0000

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By: southsiderocks

southsiderocks — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:54:59 +0000

Men don't have to be black to be scary….some men's ideas and policies transcend the color of their skin. Look around and open your eyes. Hard to believe people, especially people who are supposed to be “journalists” (what a joke), can't take the blinders off. Wake up, quit sucking up to people because of the color of their skin and look beneath the color.

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By: chenlifeng0810

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By: luther blissett

luther blissett — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:58:20 +0000

24Ahead once walked down the same street as Charles Manson. I think that says it all.

By: Jared

Jared — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:27:04 +0000

Everyone knows that if you have a problem — any problem — with a black man, it must be because of the color of his skin. Never mind the fact that HE calls himself a radical, an anarchist, and a communist. :)

By: pete_r

pete_r — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:14:58 +0000

Van Jones IS a Communist. Read his own words in this four-year-old article:

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/the_new_...