Something is happening but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?*
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Something is happening but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?*
Was planning to write a withering post on the Van Jones matter -- since that's what everyone here wants to talk about, anyway -- but have been called on to write a fair and balanced article about Obama and his health care speech tomorrow. So in the meantime, the New York Times has an excellent online roundup of opinion pieces for or against the deposed "czar."
I linked to in part because it introduced me to a great post on Jones from an unlikely place, Gawker -- it says in part:
To understand why and how he's being demonized, we have to look at the way information and misinformation makes it way from crazy blogs to crazy pundits to crazy citizens to, suddenly, the non-crazy regular media.
The "why" is simple: he is a genuine left-wing liberal with a White House job. He is black. He used to be radical, and probably still has radical sympathies (you know, caring about poor black people and all that). He is, in other words, (expletive deleted) terrifying, if you frame his story right.
Could not have said that better myself.
* Semi-obscure Bob Dylan reference in response to NYT Billy Paul reference. On deck: Counting Crows?
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Van Jones was a perfectly appropriate representative of the ideology of the Obama administration. I don't know why he had to resign. He was fully vetted by Obama and found to be suitable, until the American people found out about the kinds of fruitloops that are infesting the Executive branch. Will any major media outlets pick up on this phenomenon, or will it take more Beck to raise the issue again? By the way, did Van Jones do a good job as green racism Czar, or whatever his title was?— Mr. Smith
swifty the coward can only insult with gay jokes. it must be terrible having the intellect of a 8th grader and the integrity of a coward. what a mess of a person.— chasing history- Comment removed.
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- "The "why" is simple: he is a genuine left-wing liberal with a White House job. He is black. He used to be radical, and probably still has radical sympathies (you know, caring about poor black people and all that). He is, in other words, (expletive deleted) terrifying, if you frame his story right." Keep living in denial, liberals. Denial keeps you from steering away from that electoral cliff dead ahead.— db_cooper
- glad to see that the left no longer has a lock on news channels. Before fox news (glenn beck), drudge, and other blogs, Van Jones might have been able to go unnoticed. same goes for the ultimate lib elite, Dan Rather. Bye Bye Van, you racist communist!!!— Bud Fox
- gee Will I always thought that was a coffe mug you are holding...but based on your ridiculous comments in "defense" of Jones I can see it's a bottomless Kool-Aid mug— jd587
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