Posted on 09/06/2009 8:52:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Just how comfortable was the Obama team with the far left, radical statements and beliefs of Van Jones?
Obviously, they believed he fit right in. Somewhat lost in the controversy over Jones Trutherism, his conspiracy mongering about whites trying to kill black people through environmental degradation, his anti-Semitic statements on Israel, his support for the cop killer Mumia, and other beyond the pale beliefs is the fact that, as Paul Mirengoff of Powerline points out, Obama had his eye on the "former" communist for years:
Having watched the rise of Van Jones, why did Team Obama nonetheless "recruit" him into the White house? Because what Jones says and believes is well within the range of what Obama believes, and thus not jarrring to him and his crew.
If Jones is now beyond the pale, it is only because the Obama crowd finally hears him through the filter of a controversy. When Obama and company heard him only through the filter of what they believe, there was no controversy because his statements -- e.g., his attack on Israeli "occupation" dating back to 1948 and his claim that "U.S. tax dollars are funding violence against people of color inside the U.S. borders and outside the US borders" -- are not particularly controversial to Team Obama.
This, of course, is the Rev. Jeremiah Wright phenomenon all over again. Wright's racist, anti-Israeli, anti-American statements didn't jar Obama while he was sitting in Wrights's church for 20 years because they were not that different from what Obama believes. Even when controversy erupted and Obama's political future was on the line, Obama at first found Wright's pronouncements no more in need of being "disowned" than his grandmother's view that she'd rather be driven to work than be panhandled by an aggressive black man at the bus station. It took a shot by Wright at Obama himself to cause the candidate to break with his spiritual mentor.
One of Paul's friends is quoted as saying, "Van Jones is simply Jeremiah Wright behind a White House desk." How true, indeed.
Obama's radical associations may not have prevented him from winning the White House. But I have a gut feeling that his links to these nutcases won't get quite the free pass he received in 2008. A few more Van Joneses coupled with Obama's attempt to restructure our economy and the voter won't need the MSM to tell them that something is terribly wrong with the president and the company he keeps.
There are many others like that in the Obama Regime.
An important point to remember.
“There are many others like that in the Obama Regime.”
And OBAMA must be held accountable for appointing each and every one of them, because even as Van Jones leaves, he’s going nowhere but into the shadows.
not a few. the damage is done. gatesgate. van jones. people will look back at wright more closely down the line.
and i don’t capitalize their names intentionally.
Van Jones is a clone....”WRIGHT” ?????
O’Bummer and his crowd were and still are bound by their beliefs. They can’t fathom that the country is bigger than they are and they can’t effect their kind of chaotic ‘change’ without a willing electorate.
O liked his looks, ‘nuff said
Exactly the point I've been making all during this "Week of Van Jones". Van Jones fit the Obama Template to a TEE.
I am amzed at the number of people saying “He wasn’t vetted properly,” even people here on FR.
He was vetted perfectly, precisely, and proactively.
He’s one more in the catalog of Socialists and Marxists vetted for the Zer0 administration, including the head Marxist himself, President Zer0.
OBOZO and VAN JONES are TWO PEAS IN A POD!!
No Small Wonder that All of OBOZO’S Past History Has Been Disappeared!! Just Imagine OBOZO’S RANTS in KENYA Alongside His Cousin, “ODINGA”. the Racist who promised to Force KENYANS to be MUSLIMS and Follow Shria’ Law if Elected!! and when ODINGA wasn’t Elected, ODINGA Led Mass Riots, Burning Hundreds of Christian Churches to the Ground with Hundreds and thousands of their Congregant Christians Burned Alive in those Churches!!! OUTRAGEOUS!! and YET NOT A WORD OF REBUKE FROM HIS MAIN oousin,BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!! OUTRAGEOUS!! Maybe We can ask GIBBS about that ATROCITY and OBOZO’S Apparent Approval of the Mass Genocide at the next PRESSER!!??
Here’s what 0bama believes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_of_Gods_and_Earths
Supposedly there IS a link among his in-laws and himself with these organizations.
Someone who can research . . . please verify.
I believe the greatest impact on BHO
was his alleged "father" Frank Marshall Davis
He was vetted perfectly, precisely, and proactively.
He’s one more in the catalog of Socialists and Marxists vetted for the Zer0 administration, including the head Marxist himself, President Zer0.
I agree. There are several Joneses in this administration, and they must be individually exposed and systematically removed.
As a far-left whack job, Jones is obviously very qualified for a 0bama staff position.
AMEN!
bm
There still seems to be s disconnect going on with Obama and the hideous people who brings on board. Keep your guard up and we all owe a HUGE thank you to Glen Beck and Rush for exposing these monsters. These are TRUE patriots. O'Reilly should take a lesson from Glan and Rush.
Next we need to get rid of this FDC Czar as well as Emmanuel and his brother. They're ALL evil.
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