That afternoon, Meg Whitman gave this statement to The Weekly Standard:
My husband and I met (Van Jones) and many others on a cruise sponsored by National Geographic and The Aspen Institute. He talked about supporting job growth in California, but of course I did not do a background check of his past over dinner. As these reports have surfaced, it's clear that he holds views that I entirely reject; any suggestion otherwise is ridiculous.
So stop quoting that other thing I said. What kind of fool would take me at my word?
Also, you've gotta love how she has to get it in that her husband was there, too. There was no, repeat NO shipboard romance between Van Jones and Meg Whitman.
Meg's only twisted love affair is with The Weekly Standard. Fred Barnes wrote a gushing cover story about her in May -
Meg Whitman is the most interesting person in American politics and, potentially, a formidable Republican leader at the national level.
-- but it was accompanied by an illustration that made her look like a hydrocephalitic village idiot with the late Richard Harris' hair.
I guess it's like when a boy at school pushes you down because he likes you.
Anyway, Meg wants you to know that, when it comes to Van Jones, although she "got to know him very well" and she's "a big fan," she also hates everything he stands for, and doesn't know him from Adam Clayton Powell.
I hope that clears it all up.
She doesn't say whether she still thinks he's articulate.
Arianna Huffington: Thank You, Glenn Beck!
Thank you, Glenn Beck. By helping force the resignation of Van Jones, you have done a great service to your country. But in the exact opposite way than you intended.
He called Republicans for what they are. What else would you call those whose only goal is to bring down the President, and with him the economy of the USA?
And he shares many Americans doubts about the official description of what happened on 9/11.
What is the controversy?
Sometimes it isn't easy being fair.
You mean like G.Gordon Liddy being blood brothers with John McCain? Wouldn't that have made for great theatre had McCain been elected (shiver !!!).
If we can have Glenn Beck on national TV, we can certainly have Van Jones talking to Obama.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
09/04/09 11:30 AM EDT
From a Nexis search a few moments ago:
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.
And so on. Even without believing the "truther" interpretation of the facts, it has to be said that the failure of the gov't and press to investigate fed the conspiracy theories.
Obama is just giving the Right fuel for their rants and they are not far from the truth.
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Read into the 9/11 truth movement you might have more than a few questions yourself. Find out that this speculation is not just a conspiracy theory but a world consensus. The real conspiracy was published it's called the 9/11 comimssion report. I'll believe the cadre of scientists and engineers over the pack of politicians any day.And most of all be wary of people who call you articulate, it usely means they haven't much regard for you and will tolerate you.
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Show me any evidence that Jones believes 9/11 was an "inside job," or that the planes were holograms, or a bomb hit the Pentagon, or Jews were tipped off to stay home, etc etc, and I will agree he is a 9/11 conspiracy nut.
But using the word "truther" as an indictment, as if demanding full disclosure and accountability is a BAD thing, is a sad indication that fear and willful ignorance are winning strategies on today's political battleground.
""In recent days some in the news media have reported on past statements I made before I joined the administration -- some of which were made years ago. If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past, I apologize. As for the petition that was circulated today, I do not agree with this statement and it certainly does not reflect my views now or ever," Jones said."
Read: "I do not agree..."
This sounds like Hillary and Obama during the primary season.
What is the big deal about Glen Beck? All he did was play audio and video of Van Jones' ACTUAL WORDS people. Isn't a "free press" supposed to hold our government accountable? Sadly, only FOX News is doing the work the American Press does not want to do. They never even vetted Obama.
Faux news reports with an audio clip, "I hate books."
Faux News is doing the work the American Press does not want to, yes, they're the Rethuglican Far Right disguised as a news organization & they do more harm than any terrorist could.
You know what is hysterically funny? That FOX NEWS claims to be "fair and balanced."
Alright, I admit it...you ARE funny. "FOX NEWS is doing the work the American Press does not want to."
Now, THAT'S funny!!!!!!
And by the way just what are American values - oh I think I know - genocide on native people, blow up Asians (Vietnam), invade and bomb Muslim nations, militarily intervene in Somalia, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. The so-called war on drugs. The list goes on. And who in the hell did you think you were fighting for - The United States? Try multinational corporations. Oh yeah those American values.
which were far worse than Somalia,Panama, etc. How 'bout the US
Civil War? Again, somehow forgotten. Blame America all you want,
just don't be selective.
In the worst economy that has ever hit California, why on earth would anyone in their right mind elect Whitman who supports shipping our technology jobs offshore?