Van Jones Resigns

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Sunday, September 06, 2009 at 8:39 am

Van Jones, President Obama’s green jobs “czar” and best-selling author of “The Green Collar Economy,” announced his resignation late Saturday.

“On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,” Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. “They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide.”

He continued: “I have been inundated with calls — from across the political spectrum — urging me to ‘stay and fight.’ But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.”

Jones was targeted by Fox News’ Glenn Beck, who described Jones as a “former black nationalist” and a “self-avowed communist.” Jones faced increasing pressure to step down after conservative blogger Gateway Pundit found Jones among the signatories of a petition calling for an investigation into whether the Bush administration deliberately failed to act to prevent the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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rickrick
Comment posted September 6, 2009 @ 1:09 pm

Don't let the door hit you on the way out you communist! One down, about 50 more czars to go… and one racist, socialist president.

NOBAMA!


marieburns
Comment posted September 6, 2009 @ 2:13 pm

Certainly Color of Change's success in getting more than 50 advertisers to drop Beck caused Beck to step up his attacks on Jones, but the real reason behind the general attacks on Jones was his race. And President Obama, to his great discredit, caved to the right & let Glenn Beck & extremist partisan Mike Pence run the White House personnel office, just as President Clinton dumped Jocelyn Elders for her egregious remarks suggesting masturbation was normal, oh my!

The fact is that many effective black leaders are now automatically disqualified from serving in presidential administrations, because most speak truth to power in a way lily-whites haven't the guts to & many make forays into radicalism. Beck, et al. have successfully punked not just Obama-Jones, but many, many black activists (especially men). If the President has accepted Jones' resignation, shame on him.

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Lisa
Comment posted September 6, 2009 @ 8:00 pm

I can't believe he resigned. No body is perfect but you have to have a real tough skin to be in politics.


greylox
Comment posted September 6, 2009 @ 8:56 pm

**I'm sorry to see him resign, but I think it will free him up to do much needed work. Beck is a silly buttwipe, but has been elevated by the crazies to “supreme” status. He can fight him more vigorously outside the confines of the White House.


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drjykell
Comment posted September 7, 2009 @ 12:32 am

Yep,, that's right,, and if the Obama administration wants to lay down and let the far right scare them out of the “public option” maybe glenn beck can get the rest of the spineless democrats to fold up their tents and run home to momma as well,,, yea thats right Jones, the pattern is clear and the reason democrat liberals will never be able to set any agenda, no matter how many elections they win.
It's spineless people like yourself that tell the tale that a vote for any democrat is a complete and utter joke, my god man,, Glenn Beck is the most retarded man on television, Jones must have been a phoney con man to run that easy,,,,,,,,,,, they control every part of government and their still scared to death,, Hey rahm! you better heal that majority,, or we're sick mad dog beck on ya,,,,,,,,,,,What a joke!
9/11 was part of a global strategy with many guilty parties,, Corporations are in control!!


mfelder
Comment posted September 7, 2009 @ 2:09 am

Glenn Beck maybe it was not a good idea to go after Van Jones. Now that he is no longer with the administration, maybe now he can really devote his time to getting you off the show. Just say the word Van Jones, what advertisers do you need us to boycott. It is no longer acceptable that Fox has shifted their advertising to other time slots, we need to continue to work to get Glenn Beck removed from Fox.


kathrynbarrett
Comment posted September 7, 2009 @ 2:15 am

these dems have to dig in their heels and stand or fall defending the principles the voters mandated in november. somebody as deranged as glenn beck can throw around a few inflammatory words and it sends this man scurrying for cover, to hell with the committment he made to the people who overwhelmingly elected his boss, the president??? i am appalled at the navel-gazing and self-absorbed wimpiness of some of these guys who give power to the wingnutfringe by caving to their lies, half-truths, baseless claims and propaganda.

someone with a passionate committment would ignore the insanity, put their nose to the grindstone and forge ahead in the service of their country. that said, we're probably better off without mr. jones.


Terri
Comment posted September 7, 2009 @ 2:27 am

If it were only half truths Kathryn. Mr Jones is on camera extolling the fact that his old job was a community organizer and that his new job was the same. Baseless claims? Mr Jones is a self avowed communist. Propaganda? Using his own words to show him for what he is, is not propaganda. Get over it, he's gone.


Terri
Comment posted September 7, 2009 @ 2:32 am

Now now, do you really think Fox is going to get rid of Glen when his ratings are through the roof? Do you know why his ratings are through the roof? Because Glen is telling the truth. That is why Jones scurried out of Washington with his tail between his legs, in the middle of the night no less.
Jones smeared himself. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.


Nano Nano
Comment posted September 7, 2009 @ 3:21 am

Google Nano Thermite 911 ; This is the best evidence to support inside job demolition of the twin towers and building 7. There is no question that there is nano-thermite in all the dust from the demo. No Question. Perfect chips of nano-thermite all over in it. Military Grade Nano-Thermite. Hmm Military Grade; go figure. Van Jones was right about 9/11 being a demolition anyways; now we just need to find out exactly WHO placed all that NANO-THERMITE throughout the buildings from top to bottom; floor to floor.


Patrick
Comment posted September 7, 2009 @ 4:10 am

Glenn!! Why can't you Beck supporters even spell his name right? It just reflects your level of intelligence. Mr. Beck is a racist and is starting a racist movement in America.


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jrusso
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 5:21 pm

How pathetic is this country, when Glen Beck, of all people, is the one to call out people for being out of line. Here's a guy who calls Obama a racist who hates white people (even though he has a white mother) and a Communist.

Come on Democrats, show some spine! The Republicans have more hypocrites and go WAY more out of line than Van Jones. They don't give up over things like this, as is demonstrated again and again by the behavor of people like Mark Stanford, John Ensign, Tom DeLay, Turdblossom (I mean Karl boy), Fredo (Gonzales) and all the others who actually have been in real legal trouble and refused to give up their power. I hear Cheney every day accuse Obama of aiding the terrorists, and you got whack-jobs like Rick Perry, Michelle Bachman and former governor Palin who want to split this country in two, and the Repugnicans act like it's the Democrats who are out of line???? I can't believe Obama is letting the Repugnicans get away with dismantling his administration like this.

I say bring on a full prosecution of the Bush Administration over 911. They dropped the ball after Clinton warned them. Then they used it as an excuse to lie to America, attack Iraq and distract America from the real scandals of Blackwater, the PATRIOT act, the lucrative contracts for Halliburton, and many other benefits that the Bush people got to enjoy after they left their offices.


Swamper81
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 5:38 pm

So what part is racist? First of all, Jones is a self proclaimed communist. There is no place in this country for a communist. Second, Obama was voted in by the people, not blacks, whites or latinos. As someone who voted for him because of his message of change, I can tell you now, He's scareing the hell out of me. I dont care for the change I am seeing and hearing. By the way it took more than just the black vote to get Obama into office. As for the Healthcare, I am not for a socialized Health care plan. To me it promotes sitting on your butt, If you have free houseing, free food, free school, and now free health care, why would anyone want to go to work? I dont feel like I owe that as a tax payer.


Swamper81
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 6:03 pm

jrussso,
Wait a minute now. As an independant, I dont see it that way. 911 was just that 911, Bush was in office for exactly 9 months when all that went down. You mean to say, the plan to fly planes into buidings wasnt formulated until Bush took office? Please stop drinking the kool-aid. I see Clinton having the distraction of ole Monica during the last year and a half. You dont get it do you? How about White Water? We both can go on and on, face it, politicians are money grubbing cons, regardless of party. But I say to you, you had better look into the backgrounds of these people President Obama is surrounding himself with. Its kind of spooky where some of these guys come from and what they beleive. And by the way, one more thing, It takes an act of congress to go to war.


abear8it
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 9:55 pm

I can't udderstand you Democrates. You control everything in the White House and you still complain. Nothing gets passed in the house and senate. Even with a democrate President. Still nothing…You could control everything if you could get your houses in order. The Republicans aren't stopping anything. What's up with that?


abear8it
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 10:01 pm

Is Glenn Beck wrong? If he is, why did Jones leave town? Just wondering…


mqueen
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 10:12 pm

UHHHHH, smear campaign? They are using lies and distortions? They did not say anything about Van Jones that they did not have on video or in your own writing! My question is how did this guy get into the White House in the first place? All his disgressions are easily found by Goggling him. There is no way that the Obamas did not know about him!


mqueen
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 10:21 pm

Not as a Republican, Not as a Democrat, As an American You deserve the truth. PLEASE just go to GlenBeck.com and search Van Jones so you can see that everything that was said about him was not made up. There is video after video showing Van Jones admiting to being a commnist, saying that it is white kids that shoot people Columbine style, not the black kids, calling Republicans A__holes, and the list goes on and on. Please watch the videos…. That is why he got out of the White House. Now the question remains…. How did he get in the White House in the first place.


mqueen
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 10:24 pm

Glen Beck is only telling you the truth…. Everything he said about Van Jones was backed up by fact. Your comments are leding me to determine that you either dont know what you are talking about, just sticking with your party, sticking up for him because he is black, or all the above


josephveca
Comment posted September 14, 2009 @ 9:51 am

I'm not, I have been talking with people in San Francisco, and some people who knew him up in Seattle during WTO. Pelosi is a wimp compared to Jones when it comes to prgressive leftness.

Jones shot himself in the foot and forever barred himself 1600 Penn. Ave. He tendered his resignation in the middle of the night. This means there was something else that was going to come out if he didn't leave that was gonna force Mr. Obama to can his sorry but.

I know it isn't a fair way to fight, but using a persons actual words, and even in context. My God, how dare Glenn Beck dare, use, dare I say it, THE TRUTH?

What it all boils down to is, Van Jones couldn't take the heat that any public official draws and he ran like the little communistics coward he is.


Charles
Comment posted October 14, 2009 @ 1:53 am

I have lived in Mississippi all my life, and to me the comments i just read reminds me of the 1960 all over again. This country is great because the people who died to make it so. All i hear is fear and hate, what happened us.


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