This is the headline I caught this morning on FoxNews (that evil media empire we all know and love ...)Van Jones, President Obama's green jobs adviser, had been linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
FOXNews.com
Sunday, September 06, 2009
White House green jobs adviser Van Jones resigned in the middle of the Labor Day weekend following persistent controversy over his past remarks and associations.
Jones, who served as an adviser to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, had generated mounting criticism over the past week. He earlier issued back-to-back apologies -- first, for calling Republicans "assholes" during a videotaped address earlier in the year, and second for signing a petition in 2004 supporting the "9/11 truther" movement, which believes the Bush administration may have been involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The latter development, which came on top of several others, was perhaps the most devastating and led to calls for his resignation.
Jones stepped down late Saturday.
In a sharply worded statement, Jones said the controversy had become an unceasing distraction and assailed his critics.
"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide," Jones said.
He said he had been "inundated" with calls from supporters urging him to "stay and fight."
"But I came here to fight for others, not for myself," he said. "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."
Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the council Jones had been advising, said in a statement that she accepted the resignation, which was effective immediately, and called him a "strong voice for creating 21st century jobs that improve energy efficiency and utilize renewable resources."
The White House had stayed relatively quiet about Jones as the controversy developed, leading to speculation that he was on the way out. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Friday said only that he "continues to work in the administration."
Asked about the resignation on ABC's "This Week" Sunday, Gibbs would not say whether President Obama ultimately urged him to leave.
"The president and the CEQ accepted his resignation because Van Jones, as he says in his statement, understood that he was going to get in the way of the president and ultimately this country moving forward on something as important as creating jobs in a clean energy economy," Gibbs said, adding that Obama does not endorse Jones' statements and associations.
"He doesn't, but he thanks him for his service to the country," Gibbs said.
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Naturally, former DNC chairman Howard Dean would defend Jones, calling his resignation a loss for the country. Also from FoxNews:
"I think he was brought down," Dean told "FOX News Sunday," saying he just spoke to Jones. "I think it's a loss for the country."
Dean pointed to Jones' credentials as a Yale Law School graduate and best-selling author.
Though Jones signed a 2004 statement calling for an investigation into possible Bush administration involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks, Dean said Jones didn't realize what he was signing at the time.
"I don't think he really thinks the government had anything to do with causing 9/11," he said.
Here is the Jones' resignation letter. Read it and rejoice:
"I am resigning my post at the Council on Environmental Quality, effective today.
On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide.
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.
It has been a great honor to serve my country and my President in this capacity. I thank everyone who has offered support and encouragement. I am proud to have been able to make a contribution to the clean energy future. I will continue to do so, in the months and years ahead."
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FoxNews also has a good summary about Jones' past: "The Radicalization of Obama's 'Green Czar.'
It makes you wonder about other appointees to Obama's office and administration. What was their vetting process? What other radicals are working for Obama and "on" the country? Let's not forget Obama's Science Advisor John P. Holdren. Another case of whack job in a position of power about whom the MSM is silent. He's an ecopalyptic eugenicist who has published writings that advocate for a totalitarian global police force to enforce forced abortions, mass sterilizations, and more insanity. (Click here to go to my July post about Holdren.)
We need to keep checking into the backgrounds of Obama's people, because I'm sure there are more like Jones ... and they need to be exposed for what they are and weeded out! We cannot rely on the MSM to do their job, knowing instead they are truly the Obamedia, complicit in appointments, legislation, and subsequent slander of those opposed to Dear Leader ... It's the good ol' Pravda of the USSR era in 21st century version. Shall we say "Pravda 2.0?"
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