THE "VICIOUS SMEAR CAMPAIGN"

I've been watching the MSM spin on the Van Jones situation, and I have to say, it's just appalling. I knew, when I first read his resignation statement, that the MSM would take his 'vicious smear campaign' line and run with it. They are desperately trying to turn him into a martyr to the Obama Agenda. Using the 'vicious smear campaign' angle is simply laughable. And if you want to discuss 'vicious smear campaigns', I personally would point to the devastating attacks on Sarah Palin and her entire family that were not only cruel, but underhanded and untrue. Van Jones was brought down by his own words, both written and spoken.

Let's take a look at those unfounded smears, shall we?

Let's start with the accusation that sparked the whole firestorm - Jones is a self-avowed Communist. This was the original talking point from Glenn Beck about Jones - how did we end up with a communist advising the president? The MSM is refuting this claim of communism, saying he never claimed he was a communist. Not only did he proudly proclaim he was a communist, but he has never walked back from that claim, or insinuated that he is no longer one. Considering how open and public he was about his radical views, one would assume that if he had a change of heart, he would have been just as public about it, especially if it was politically expedient to do so.

Now to one of the more minor charges against him - he called Republicans a-holes. Now, that is crude, rude and impolitic, but it is a relatively minor transgression. After all, just about every politician has called the opposition a crude name at least once, especially when they feel comfortable with the crowd they are speaking to, as he most certainly was, judging by the cheers that greeted his pronouncement. The only thing that surprises me is that he must have known he was being videotaped, and so should have used a bit more discretion, but, when one is in an echo chamber, one often forgets there is a larger world beyond it. Especially since this was only 5 months ago and he was already eyeing a post in the administration - the supposedly most bi-partisan administration evah!! That the MSM is jumping all over this as a main reason he had to step down is because it makes it all seem so petty and ridiculous - this fine man had to step down because of this? How thin skinned can conservatives be? Get a grip, neo-cons!

Let's leave that minor pettiness behind and get to the real meat of the argument (excuse me, 'vicious smear campaign') against Jones. Let's look at his ideas about 9/11. First, there is his signing of the 9/11 Truth Document. The spin on this one is that he says the petition "didn't reflect his views" - and besides, he didn't "carefully review" the petition. Let's take a moment to remember that the man is a lawyer as we digest these claims of his. Every lawyer worth his salt knows you never sign anything without careful review. A quick glance at the 9/11 Truth Document website makes it pretty clear what it is all about. His response to this scandal is so lame that it doesn't even deserve the title 'spin'.

Another little-known action of his regarding 9/11 is even more appalling. On Sept. 12, 2001, he "led a vigil that expressed solidarity with Arab and Muslim Americans as well as what he called the victims of "U.S. imperialism" around the world." This alone should have kept him from holding public office, be it elected or appointed. This is a man who has a seriously flawed view of this country and should never be allowed to dictate policy of any kind.

Here's another little-known fact: Jones, until recently, sat on the board of the 'Apollo Alliance' - a cabal made up of labor, business, environmental and community leaders who, ultimately, were put in charge of writing the Porkulus bill AND Cap and Trade. BTW, the founders of the Apollo Alliance are Van Jones, Wade Rathke (co-founder of ACORN), and Jeff Jones, William Ayers' co-founder of the Weather Underground. Lovely. A veritable trifecta of radicals.

Here are some more of Jones' greatest hits:

In 2006, Jones signed another petition - this one calling for nationwide 'resistance' to police.

Equating George W. Bush with a crack head.

Accusing white polluters of purposefully directing pollution to minority neighborhoods.

Accusing white farmers of intentionally 'poisoning' minority workers.

But his most alarming statements and campaigns have to do with his radical communist agenda:

He was a main speaker at an anti-government rally in 2002, sponsored by the Revolutionary Communist Party, that urged 'resistance' against the US government, with the ultimate goal being the overthrow of our current government, followed by the the installation of a communist dictatorship.

How will this be accomplished, you ask? Easy. It's all about 'Minimum Goals and Maximum Goals'. According to Mr. Jones, revolution moves in baby steps.

He is also quite anti-capitalist. He feels that the system that has made this country, over the past 233 years, the most successful, wealthiest (our poverty level is middle class for much of the rest of the world), influential, generous, free nation in the history of the world is fatally flawed, and his preferred method of government - communist dictatorship, which has been proven over and over again to not work, impoverishes it's citizens (think Soviet bread lines), restricts their freedoms and destroys their standing in the world.

I think the point of people like Mr. Jones is that instead of bringing up third world countries through free market trade so that they can compete with America, they would prefer to bring America down to the third world level instead. I, personally, am damn proud to live in the greatest country on earth, and I think that, considering the amount of immigrants, both legal and illegal, who flock to our shores, I'm not alone.

Bring them up to our level, Mr. Jones, don't cast us down to theirs.

There are so many questionable things about this man, so much that has made the news. But, especially in light of what the left put Sarah Palin through, are these things 'vicious smears'?

I think not.

Yet again the mainstream media has given up it's journalistic integrity and ethics in favor of water carrying for the democrat party.

VAN JONES RESIGNS Updated

Hot off the AP wires comes news that Obama's environmental advisor has resigned.


This was just a matter of time. The administration had to separate themselves from him. Every day had new video footage of him saying something incendiary or offensive. Worst of all, this firestorm of controversy started reigniting past blazes - the names Wright and Ayers had started coming up again. Clearly, the man had to go.


The administration are hoping this will play out over the Labor Day weekend and will be forgotten by Tuesday. They will have the school and joint session speeches to hype and distract with. With any luck, Jones will lay low and not pull a Blagojovich, but you just never know these days. There is also the possibility of him becoming a left-wing martyr to the cause over the coming weeks, thanks to the MSM. I'm also betting Glenn Beck will be making some sort of comment over this turn of events come Tuesday. I have to say that his resignation statement certainly leaves plenty to discuss:

""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.""

He is painting himself as a victim in this - 'They are using lies and distortions...' Really? Weren't those 'lies and distortions' either a)caught on video or b) written in his own words in books and articles? Hardly lies and distortions when they come from his own mouth.

Due to this clown's appearance on the national scene, there are many pundits (not to mention run-of-the-mill Americans) now calling for a review of the many, many 'Czars' that have been given an awful lot of power and money with a frighteningly little amount of oversight. The esteemed Mr. Jones' prolific library of gaffes and agenda-outing has brought public scrutiny of the Czar complex to a head. This may very well signal the end of the czar system - something that is unconstitutional and should not have been allowed to be expanded as radically as it has. And for those who would drag George Bush into the argument (and there are always a few), yes, Bush did appoint some czars - about eight, as far as I can discern - and was soundly criticized for it by the MSM. Mr. Obama has appointed 4x as many as that demon Bush, and yet, nary a peep from the press.

President Obama had a very difficult, embarrassing time trying to appoint Cabinet members and high-ranking officials due to the vetting and congressional approval process. When he was stymied by the legal, constitutional approach, he simply decided to circumvent the process. There are at least 32 czars actively working for the Obama administration. and only 21 Cabinet officials. Many of the czars have powers and responsibilities that overlap cabinet positions, and they all have massive budgets to enact their 'reforms' (Van Jones had a budget of $30 billion). They are answerable only to the president, they do not need to reveal their agenda to Congress for oversight, and the only way to get rid of them is to have them resign or have President Obama remove them from office.

This entire system is unconstitutional. Where are the checks and balances?

It is time to take the administration to task for these czars and demand they all resign or submit to congressional vetting and approval.


It is getting harder and harder to make excuses for the number of radicals, marxists, socialists, and, at least in Jones' case, self-avowed communists infiltrating our government under Obama. It is getting harder and harder to separate President Obama from these radicals and their ideology.

As Van Jones said himself, "Personnel is policy". Either our president is completely clueless to the type of people he is appointing, which I find hard to believe in such a savvy man, or these radical policies are ones he shares. It was allowed, during the campaign, that he sat in Rev. Wright's church for 20 years, oblivious to the man's insane rantings. I'm not sure why it was allowed, as it speaks to Obama's judgement, but allowed it was. Unfortunately, such a gross display of ignorance can only be allowed once, twice at most.

After that, it becomes a pattern, and one that should be used to get a fuller picture of who exactly the 44th President of the United States really is.

Van Jones may very well be the catalyst for that epiphany.

UPDATE: Glenn Beck has issued a statement on Jones' resignation.

UPDATE II: The MSM is managing to drop the ball even more - and boy, does it have ridiculous spin! Bad, BAD internet!!