Republicans celebrate the ouster of Van Jones

[IndianaGreen]

Republicans celebrate the ouster of Van Jones

By David Usborne in New York

Sunday, 6 September 2009

The White House was smothering the odour of disarray last night as conservatives celebrated the ouster of a key adviser on green policy who had stood accused of making crude remarks about Republicans and allegedly supporting claims that 9/11 might have been abetted by the Bush administration.

Van Jones resigned from his position as President Barack Obama’s Green Jobs Czar after being hounded for days both by conservative pundits like Fox television’s Glenn Beck and some Republican leaders in Congress. The embarrassing demise of Mr Jones comes at a delicate moment just as members of Congress are returning to Washington after the summer recess and Mr Obama is honing a crucial speech on reviving his troubled health care reform effort that he will deliver on Capitol Hill on Wednesday evening in prime time.

Aides to the president were striving last night to focus attention precisely back on the health care campaign. “I think we are going to have major reform this year,” David Axelrod, top political counsellor to the president, insisted on NBC’s current affairs magazine, ‘Meet the Press. “The American people want us to do it and I think we are going to get it done.”

Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, said President Obama would give a forthright address to Congress setting down more clearly than ever before the minimum that he expects from a reform deal. Democrats have voiced concern that Mr Obama has hitherto stayed too aloof from negotiations on a bill. “People will leave that speech knowing where he stands,” Mr Gibbs promised.

As much as anything, Mr Obama will be trying to regain the initiative in Washington after a dismal few weeks being battered by conservative talking heads and seeing his vision of health care reform characterised by his opponents as a kind of socialist, big-government take-over. Even Democrat loyalists are fretting that he has lost his footing. His approval ratings have also been sliding fast.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/republicans-celebrate-the-ouster-of-van-jones-1782826.html

[pkdu]

1. Crude Remarks ???? ...anyone remember Cheney telling

Pat Leahy to "go fuck himself" ... or any "outrage" and calls for resignation?

[madrchsod]

2. is glen beck in charge?

so from now on will presidential appointments have to have glen`s approval?

[pauldg0]

4. You are right!!!

...Glen Beck is calling the shots of a majority of the Repuks (the stupid ones ....er, they are all stupid), isn't he. I think we could jusifiably take the leadership away from Limpass and hand him the crown..

[foxfeet]

3. Assholes.

[classysassy]

5. Who is in charge?

Will Mr Beck demand that the resident resign,it seem as if he is running the country(ruining).?

[lamp_shade]

6. By tomorrow this will be a non-story.

[Demeter]

7. The Story Is that Anybody Can Push Obama Around

This was no reason to fire anyone. The Democrats have endured worse, without calling for resignations, and when we did call for resignations on valid legal grounds, we got laughter and were totally ignored.

It's Spine Time, as in, Grow One!