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Republican Congressman Calls on Jones to Resign

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Republican Congressman Calls on Jones to Resign
Past affiliations and statements by President Obama's "green jobs" adviser has led one Republican congressman to call for Van Jones' resignation.
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A Republican congressman is calling for the resignation of President Obama's "green jobs" adviser over new revelations about his past affiliations and statements.

Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana also said Obama should get rid of Van Jones, 40, if the adviser is unwilling to resign.

"His extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this administration or the public debate," Pence said in a written statement released Friday.

Pence also called on Obama to suspend appointment of additional so-called "czars" until Congress has a chance to examine the background and responsibilities of such individuals, as well as to determine the constitutionality of such appointments.

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It's about time. It's been over a week since we first found out that he was a communist, protested to have a cop killer released from prison and accused white people of poisoning black communities and migrant workers. I can't believe it took him being a "truther" to finally hear calls for his resignation.

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I suppose now, when Obama inevitably throws him under the bus, we'll be told how all that stuff is "not the man I knew." If it ain't broke . . .

How many of these people need to be discovered before people in general figure out that for Obama, this kind of guy is the NORM, not the exception?
 
I suppose now, when Obama inevitably throws him under the bus, we'll be told how all that stuff is "not the man I knew." If it ain't broke . . .

How many of these people need to be discovered before people in general figure out that for Obama, this kind of guy is the NORM, not the exception?

With people like Glenn Beck around, it won't take too long before the American people figure out what this president is really all about.

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With people like Glenn Beck around, it won't take too long before the American people figure out what this president is really all about.

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Unfortunately I believe many people will chose to ignore it. They will claim that Obama should stand on his own merits and not those that he surrounds himself with. I would ask them this, if you were searching for a babysitter for your child and a man applied that had no criminal record but he lived with a convicted rapist, a convicted murderer, and a convicted child molester would you take the chance?
 
With people like Glenn Beck around, it won't take too long before the American people figure out what this president is really all about..

If you or anyone else puts their faith and trust in the bufoon formally known as Glenn Beck then I have trust or respect for anything that you post.

Glenn Beck went around Rockefeller Center looking for signs of Communist statues. Glann Beck elevator has not been to the top floor in a few decades.
 
glen beck this and glen beck that

but the man who hired van jones to be a czar, that's a guy whose elevator is certifiably broke down

and, unlike beck, the man who hired van jones to be a czar lives on pennsylvania ave
 
If you or anyone else puts their faith and trust in the bufoon formally known as Glenn Beck then I have trust or respect for anything that you post.

We dont have to put our faith in him. He simply showed us what the man was like. Not taking Beck at his word I looked at the facts for myself and found that Van Jones is indeed a radical.

Glenn Beck went around Rockefeller Center looking for signs of Communist statues. Glann Beck elevator has not been to the top floor in a few decades.

Yea he definitely goes out there at times. This was a perfect example of this. Could he be right? Sure its possible but Im not convinced.
 
Sad to know that it is still a crime to be a "communist" in the US, 50+ years after the McCarthy witch hunts. Sad to know that one can not have an opinion about things that are in contradiction with the right in the US... really sad.
 
sad, sad, sad...

tears are for losers

your confessed sadness reveals your own belief that you've lost

communists are losers, too

try to cheer up, y'know, despite the reality

LOL!
 
Sad to know that it is still a crime to be a "communist" in the US, 50+ years after the McCarthy witch hunts. Sad to know that one can not have an opinion about things that are in contradiction with the right in the US... really sad.

It's not a crime it's just good form not to appoint an unratified self acclaimed communist, environut, and bigot to a position requiring job creation when we're at 10% unemployment.
 
It's not a crime it's just good form not to appoint an unratified self acclaimed communist, environut, and bigot to a position requiring job creation when we're at 10% unemployment.

Again, so what if he is a communist? He still has to follow the orders of his boss who aint a communist. It is not a crime (yet) to be a communist or anything else in the US, so why should he be ashamed of it, let alone resign over it? As for his "racial views".. newsflash.. they are his views, right or wrong, truthful or not, there are far worse views by other people out there and even many public people, and yet we have yet to hear demands for their resignation...

Sorry but this is just another "anti-Obama" action by the radical right, a part of the political sphere ripe with "odd views" that are as bad or worse as this guys.. where are the calls for their resignation?
 
Glenn Beck went around Rockefeller Center looking for signs of Communist statues.
And he found them, and documented their origins in the Progressive movement of the time.

Anyone not terribly ignorant of the history of the era involoved could hardly be surprised, since at that time, Communism was in vogue in the Academic callses and self-proclaimed Intelligentsia. This would be about the time that Lucile Ball, joined the Communist Party (on paper) to please her grandfather.

By the way, the portraits of Lenin and Marx (from artwork that has been removed from the area but were previously displayed at the NBC offices,) as well as the hammer and sickle motifs representing labor were sort of giveaways.
 
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Again, so what if he is a communist? He still has to follow the orders of his boss who aint a communist. It is not a crime (yet) to be a communist or anything else in the US, so why should he be ashamed of it, let alone resign over it? As for his "racial views".. newsflash.. they are his views, right or wrong, truthful or not, there are far worse views by other people out there and even many public people, and yet we have yet to hear demands for their resignation...

Sorry but this is just another "anti-Obama" action by the radical right, a part of the political sphere ripe with "odd views" that are as bad or worse as this guys.. where are the calls for their resignation?

i know, i know

in addition to everything being so SAD, things are all just so UNFAIR too

LOL!

hang in, EU

obama's sticking by your communist exemplar and martyr

White House stands by 'truther' Van Jones - TheHill.com
 
Sad to know that it is still a crime to be a "communist" in the US, 50+ years after the McCarthy witch hunts. Sad to know that one can not have an opinion about things that are in contradiction with the right in the US... really sad.
such an obvious strawman
 
Again, so what if he is a communist? He still has to follow the orders of his boss who aint a communist. It is not a crime (yet) to be a communist or anything else in the US, so why should he be ashamed of it, let alone resign over it? As for his "racial views".. newsflash.. they are his views, right or wrong, truthful or not, there are far worse views by other people out there and even many public people, and yet we have yet to hear demands for their resignation...

Sorry but this is just another "anti-Obama" action by the radical right, a part of the political sphere ripe with "odd views" that are as bad or worse as this guys.. where are the calls for their resignation?
So, you'd be comfortable with a president appointing a Holocaust denying Ku Klux Klansman with Nazi sympathies to a position unchecked power, so long as he appeared to be obedient, right?
 
So, you'd be comfortable with a president appointing a Holocaust denying Ku Klux Klansman with Nazi sympathies to a position unchecked power, so long as he appeared to be obedient, right?

Excellent point. A president has an obligation to appoint people who at minimum, believe in the basic foundations and principals of America. We are a Republic that respects the rule of law. We elect our leaders and Representatives by a vote of the people. We are an equal opportunity society that allows every person the right to pursue their happiness. We have a free enterprise, capitalist based economic system that rewards hard work and innovation, and gives everyone the opportunity to achieve their own financial success.

We are not a communist or Marxist country, so anyone that believes that's what America should be, should not appointed to an influential positions within our government. We are a country that strives for equality for all, therefore should not appoint anyone with racist views into influential positions within our government. We are a country ruled by law, and therefore should not appoint anyone to an influential position within our government, that has displayed a blatant disregard for our law.

Van Jones had no business being appointed by president Obama for any position within our government, because he has no respect for America, it's people, or it's foundations.

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Sad to know that it is still a crime to be a "communist" in the US, 50+ years after the McCarthy witch hunts. Sad to know that one can not have an opinion about things that are in contradiction with the right in the US... really sad.

Hey Peter shut up this has nothing to do with he being a Communist it's what he has done in the past.
 
Again, so what if he is a communist? He still has to follow the orders of his boss who aint a communist. It is not a crime (yet) to be a communist or anything else in the US, so why should he be ashamed of it, let alone resign over it? As for his "racial views".. newsflash.. they are his views, right or wrong, truthful or not, there are far worse views by other people out there and even many public people, and yet we have yet to hear demands for their resignation...

Sorry but this is just another "anti-Obama" action by the radical right, a part of the political sphere ripe with "odd views" that are as bad or worse as this guys.. where are the calls for their resignation?

Because he went out and called 50% of the USA Population Asshole you don't get to do that and stay in DC. But then again why do you care you don't live in the US your part of the Great Empire know as the EU run along I hear the French want to go on strike because they were told that they smell.
 
The Repubs are stupid. Jones would be much more valuable to the opposition if he remains close to Prez Doofus. If he stays, his views can be projected onto Doofus at the appropriate time. If he resigns now, he and his views will be inconsequential by the time they could be used to effect.

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Sad to know that it is still a crime to be a "communist" in the US, 50+ years after the McCarthy witch hunts. Sad to know that one can not have an opinion about things that are in contradiction with the right in the US... really sad.

Considering communism is antithetical to the Constitution, and public servants take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, yeah, it's a potential problem.

But the bigger problem is his being a Truther whackadoodle.

You, no doubt, would be one of the first to swoop in to denounce a Birther, so you're displaying your typical "Centrism" yet again.
 
If someone's current opinions and actions make him the perfect person for a job (Jones dropped his communist stands years ago and has since reformed himself to be a staunch supporter of green business), then past actions should not matter.
 
Jones would be much more valuable to the opposition if he remains close to Prez Doofus. If he stays, his views can be projected onto Doofus at the appropriate time. If he resigns now, he and his views will be inconsequential by the time they could be used to effect.

absolutely spot-on true

no better place for mr van jones than exactly where he is

we all hope he stays there forever

but, either way, the damage is done

no NORMAL HUMAN BEING would ever HIRE a mr VAN JONES to be a CZAR of anything

obama's particularities are EXPOSED
 
If someone's current opinions and actions make him the perfect person for a job (Jones dropped his communist stands years ago and has since reformed himself to be a staunch supporter of green business), then past actions should not matter.

Sure.

If you're a Democrat.

It's perfectly fine for Robert Byrd to have been in the KKK in his youth.

But any Republican? There would never, ever be an end to it.
 
It's about time. It's been over a week since we first found out that he was a communist, protested to have a cop killer released from prison and accused white people of poisoning black communities and migrant workers. I can't believe it took him being a "truther" to finally hear calls for his resignation.

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I say let Obama hire all the wackos he wants.That said it should be made public on every station and every newspaper how crazy these wack jobs are that Obama chooses to hire. Basically just let Obama hang himself, because people that crazy are bound to **** up really bad and it will look bad on Obama for hiring them in the first place.
 
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