Will Van Jones be fired? Or will he quit?

[BadMoodBob]

If you feel hatred towards a man partially because he took down a communist on your team, you are far weaker than a communist.

Nice scalp on Beck's wall.

[Shastafarian]

If you feel hatred towards a man partially because he took down a communist on your team, you are far weaker than a communist.

lol at the internet psychic. I guess I'm a communist because I don't worship at the altar of Glenn Beck. And I don't hate him. He's an asshole, that's for sure. But I don't hate the mentally challenged. I feel sorry for them.

[Yonivore]

lol at the internet psychic. I guess I'm a communist because I don't worship at the altar of Glenn Beck. And I don't hate him. He's an asshole, that's for sure. But I don't hate the mentally challenged. I feel sorry for them.

Actually, I think he was referring to Van Jones...not you.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Talk about being butt hurt. People still protecting someone they didn't even know until beck zeroed in on them. Face it. You lost. I think this is the easiest and quickest mission accomplished for any "smear campaign" I've ever heard about. Protect away………

[Yonivore]

Talk about being butt hurt. People still protecting someone they didn't even know until beck zeroed in on them. Face it. You lost. I think this is the easiest and quickest mission accomplished for any "smear campaign" I've ever heard about. Protect away………

, it would have been a lot quicker if the media had done it's job.

[Yonivore]

I particularly liked this part of the Jones' statement:

"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," he said.

"I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight,'"

Having called all Republicans assholes, I'd be curious to know who represented that part of the political spectrum in the call inundation.

Of course, it could be what some commenter on a blog I read, wrote:

I had to chuckle when I read Van Jones's assertion that he "received encouragement from across the political spectrum to 'stay and fight.'"

Yeah, right, from the Bolsheviks, the Mensheviks and even the Trotskyites!

[Yonivore]

More comedy...

[hope4dopes]

The wheels on the bus go round and round.. round and round round and round the wheels on the bus go ..BUMP, BUMP...BUMP,BUMP...Shiiiiiiiit .........sorry about that comrade Van.

[Yonivore]

The wheels on the bus go round and round.. round and round round and round the wheels on the bus go ..BUMP, BUMP...BUMP,BUMP...Shiiiiiiiit .........sorry about that comrade Van.

I'm not sure the wheels on Obama's bus even touch the ground anymore what with all the debris that's been tossed under there over the past year.

[Yonivore]

Scale model of the new Obama bus.

[boutons_deux]

Beck apparently has a list Magic Negro's appointees that he's going after next.

McCarthyism all over again. And we have McCarthy-ites right here in the forum.

[Yonivore]

Beck apparently has a list Magic Negro's appointees that he's going after next.

McCarthyism all over again. And we have McCarthy-ites right here in the forum.

Well, let's see...Van Jones is an actual Communist so... your point?

Oh, and one more distinguishing point. Glenn Beck isn't a U. S. Senator heading a Congressional Committee.

And, I keep thinking of points.

Is there anything Glenn Beck reported on Van Jones that wasn't true?

[hope4dopes]

Beck apparently has a list Magic Negro's appointees that he's going after next.

McCarthyism all over again. And we have McCarthy-ites right here in the forum.

I'm sorry? who was it with the watch list of vetrans and other law abiding terrorists, who was it with the whitehouse website to renounce your nieghbors, who was it tar and feathering peacefully assembled citizens as mobs.

[Yonivore]

And, as Mark Steyn put it, something he didn't say got more mainstream media attention than Van Jones.

It'll be in Bartlett's by next week

Speaking of The New York Times, Jonah, in my weekend column I noted my rare appearance in its august pages (well, okay, September pages):

Mark Steyn, a Canadian author and political commentator, speaking on the Rush Limbaugh show on Wednesday, accused Mr. Obama of trying to create a cult of personality, comparing him to Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il, the North Korean leader.

Tim Blair, the great Australian wag, has a round-up of those hardworking types at other publications whose concept of journalism begins and ends with seeing what's in The New York Times and passing it on. Tim missed a few, like The Sacramento Bee:

On Wednesday, Canadian-born writer Mark Steyn said on Rush Limbaugh's nationally broadcast radio show that Obama's ambitions to create a "cult of personality" were similar to those of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il or former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein.

And The Las Vegas Sun:

The New York Times quoted Mark Steyn, filling in for conservative radio demagogue Rush Limbaugh, as saying Obama was trying to create a cult of personality like Saddam Hussein or North Korea’s Kim Jong Il.

"Quoted", eh? Actually, if you read the Times piece - by two reporters, no less - the striking feature is that there's no direct quote, is there? Not to worry. It's even been picked up overseas. Lara Marlowe in Ireland's newspaper of record, The Irish Times:

First prize for lunacy goes to Canadian commentator Mark Steyn, who accuses Obama of trying to establish a “personality cult” like Saddam Hussein or North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

And first prize for laziness goes to Irish commentator Lara Marlowe. For the record, here's the only thing I actually said about Kim and Saddam on Wednesday's Rush show:

Obviously we’re not talking about the cult of personality on the kind of Saddam Hussein/Kim Jong-Il scale.

It shouldn't be that difficult for Ms Marlowe and the stenographers of The Las Vegas Sun, Chicago Tibune et al. The Times helpfully enclosed a link to George Soros' website and the relevant bit of audio lasts all of 54 seconds, so it wouldn't cut unduly into Ms Marlowe's and Tim Wiegand's valuable time for original research.

As I understand it, what we're supposed to miss about US newspapers will be the "layers of fact-checking" and rigorous editing. In reality, a significant percentage of American newspapering is little more than provincial wannabes doing New York Times karaoke - which might have made more sense before young Sulzberger drove his paper to junk stock and into the arms of its unlikely Mexican benefactor. Meanwhile, tens of millions of real people hear Rush's show, but any similarity between the audio and the version that appears in the "newspaper of record" is entirely coincidental.

As for my former colleague in Dublin, too many overseas "bureaus" in Washington boil down to paying someone to relocate halfway round the world, sit in an office at the National Press Building and transcribe The New York Times and Wolf Blitzer's "Situation Room" all day long. An expensive business model.

Still, look on the bright side: My non-quote got more MSM coverage than Van Jones! Gotta know your priorities.

One can't help but wonder what might have been if The New York Times hadn't waited until Van Jones resigned before noticing there was a controversy.

Or, if they had looked at Bill Ayers...

Jeremiah Wright...

Samantha Powers...

With the same enthusiasm they have when it comes to Obama's critics.

[ChumpDumper]

So Steyn said Obama is using the stay in school speech to establish a cult of personality.

[Shastafarian]

Musical Interlude!!!

[Yonivore]

Ouch!

EUGENE VOLOKH:

“Others have pointed out that having offices called ‘czars’ is an odd naming choice for a democracy. But czars weren’t just authoritarians. They were ultimately authoritarians who left their country far poorer than their more democratic counterparts, lost a world war, and of course paved the way for an even worse system of government. The label ‘czar’ thus doesn’t historically connect to a model of strongman effectiveness — it connects to a model of strongman failure.”

[Yonivore]

TOM MAGUIRE ON THE VAN JONES RESIGNATION:

“The controversy has escalated for weeks, and his resignation finally forced the Times to cover it. Folks living in the Times bubble are possibly becoming accustomed to these moments of whiplash – the Times’ first coverage of the Eason Jordan [scandal] at CNN also came with his resignation.”

[ChumpDumper]

The term czar connects to every presidency since Nixon, Democrat and Republican.

But a Democrat is in office, so now you decided to care.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

So Steyn said Obama is using the stay in school speech to establish a cult of personality.

Well yeah. He's already established it for the adults.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Any guess on what joe public thinks about this? The only people who seem to care are the people who are alive today only to harass Obama on virtually everything he does..


I'm begining to miss the townhall mobsters.... they alwaya gave me a chuckle..

[Yonivore]

Any guess on what joe public thinks about this? The only people who seem to care are the people who are alive today only to harass Obama on virtually everything he does..


I'm begining to miss the townhall mobsters.... they alwaya gave me a chuckle..

, I'd be surprised if Joe Public is much aware given the mainstream media is just now reporting the story.

Mobsters? You mean like the NEIU thugs that beat up that guy or the Obamacare supporter that bit off that finger? Those mobsters?

[hope4dopes]

Well yeah. He's already established it for the adults.

I think your being generous there. I don't know if I'd use the word adult.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Any guess on what joe public thinks about this? The only people who seem to care are the people who are alive today only to harass Obama on virtually everything he does..


I'm begining to miss the townhall mobsters.... they alwaya gave me a chuckle..

You must have a "yes we can" or "yes we did" tattoo on your back or ankle. Awww. How cute. Does finger dining make you chuckle as well? Hmmm, Obama-zombie?

[George Gervin's Afro]

You must have a "yes we can" or "yes we did" tattoo on your back or ankle. Awww. How cute. Does finger dining make you chuckle as well? Hmmm, Obama-zombie?

You won't fnd many posts defending obama's policies rather you will find me defending the baseless, petty and immature attacks by the likes of you. You're to stupid to realize that because you suffer as a grave case of obama derangement syndrome.. I know your job is make sure he fails..we get it.. What is the next on the Fox New/Sean Hannity/ Rush Limbauigh schedule to attack? Wait for your orders brave keyboard GI..be brave and hide.