Perfect: Van Jones also a Mumia supporter; Update: Michelle and Beck discuss Mumia connection
posted at 2:48 pm on September 4, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Via JWF and Gabe Malor, who have to be wondering whether Barack Obama appointed Van Jones as the Green Jobs Czar as some sort of blogger full-employment program. After being a Communist and a 9/11 Truther, will Jones’ support for cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal even register? Maybe it will at the White House:
More than 150 demonstrators marched from 14th Street and Broadway to the Oakland Federal Building to demand that the Justice Department re-open its corruption investigation of the Philadelphia Police Department.
Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a death row inmate convicted for the 1981 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer, said the protest was called after the Supreme Court on Monday rejected claims that Abu-Jamal, a former radio journalist and Black Panther, did not receive a fair trial.
“We knew there was another event going on, but the timing of the court decision is what dictated when the protest was held,” said Van Jones, a San Francisco civil rights lawyer who helped coordinate the protest march.
Jones said about 15 protesters occupied the rotunda at the Federal Building on Clay Street in an act of civil disobedience with the hope they would be arrested.
What will be Jones’ excuse this time? He didn’t check out the fine print on the “Free Mumia” picket signs before he held one?
Major Garrett reported on Twitter that Rep. Mike Pence said: “Van Jones should resign and if he is unwilling to do so, the president should demand his resignation.” One would think that the Obama administration would hasten to distance itself from both Truthers and supporters of cop-killers. I imagine James Crowley may be having an ironic laugh at this today.
Update: Of course, Michelle was all over this last night:
I missed this last night at the State Fair.
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Does anyone see Glenn Beck, Van Jones and Obama swilling beers at the end of this one?
jus’ aksin’….
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM
LOL. Of course he is. So is the Pres. and first lady, and much of the US gov’t. It’s President Obama the people voted for, remember?
JiangxiDad on September 4, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Oh how the term “acting stupidly” applies in this whole case… over and over again.
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 2:56 PM
“Free Mumia”? Oh, I thought they said “Fry Mumia”
I hope Dear Leader has just lost all the police unions.
rbj on September 4, 2009 at 2:56 PM
It’s raining
menCommunists.There is no way for Obama to keep Jones. This guy is getting to the radioactive point.
14:59 is quickly coming Van.
portlandon on September 4, 2009 at 2:56 PM
No wonder his past associations (Obama’s that is) were so off limits prior to the election—they are utterly unfathomable….
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Before this is over, he’ll be outed as a Birther.
Orange Doorhinge on September 4, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Glenn already reported this on his show yesterday.
yogi41 on September 4, 2009 at 2:58 PM
What isn’t this guy a part of?
Next will be he is a black panther, yet a skin head who is for gay animal right!
upinak on September 4, 2009 at 2:58 PM
President Obama: “This is not the Van Jones I thought I knew.”
/Wait for it
Mike Honcho on September 4, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Van Jones hates everything about this country that represents liberty and freedom much like the president.
cubachi on September 4, 2009 at 2:58 PM
This isn’t the only offensive anti-American Marxist pig sitting in the White House. How many do we need to flush out before the country realizes the truth about Obama? Wake up!
elduende on September 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Can we demand Obama’s resignation? This man was vetted, Obama approved. And this is just one czar, what about the others?
Conservative Voice on September 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM
you mean the two he probably had left after Gatesgate…
How can these guys ride in his motorcade?
I know, they’re professionals—but, trashing Crowley, Cambridge PO–leece, and now with Jones’ support of Mumia or whoever this toolbag cop killer is. AND, the NBPP incident
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM
And this surprises whom?
mankai on September 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Can a lefty radical be alinskyed? Interesting.
JiangxiDad on September 4, 2009 at 2:59 PM
There is a higher probability of Godzilla destroying Tokyo.
ICBM on September 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM
This would be absolutely hysterical if it wasn’t so scary.
Btw, Mike Pence makes me proud to be a Hoosier. Just sayin’.
lonesome_pine on September 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Barack Obama really knows how to pick them. This Van Jones screwball almost makes Jeremiah Wright look sane.
It’s sure good that adults are in charge.
- getalife
MB4 on September 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Jones spends morning stripping off his Charles Manson wallpaper.
whitetop on September 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM
So in other words, he’s even more of a barking, farking leftwing idiot than previously thought possible.
Good Lt on September 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM
” Just words “
Texyank on September 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Do you see what a Ivy league education gets you these days?
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM
C’mon, you wingnuts, he didn’t coordinate the march, he only helped coordinate the march. He’s a giver.
mankai on September 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM
How in the world is this guy able to walk into the White House?
Where was the FBI?
Knucklehead on September 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM
And the sick thing is, there is still more to be discovered. Its great that we find out about this AFTER Obama puts these people in power. Great Work MSM! I demand another Palin shoe story.
rob verdi on September 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM
My God, this guy is scuzzier than a New York bum.
How this admin quiets this will depend entirely upon the MSM and whether or not they think they can continue to carry Perrier for this guy now with this on top of everything else.
I have a curious feeling that today is one for the books.
JoeinTX on September 4, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Glenn Beck: “I Van.”
LibTired on September 4, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Check out the article by Jeffery Lord in the HA headlines. Jones will soon be out, but will he have any less influence with the administration? Lord points out the real questions that should be asked about this. Jones couldn’t have been appointed without someone very high up in the administration (Obama or Rahm Emmanuel) knowing who he is and overriding the Secret Service.
Ordinary American on September 4, 2009 at 3:02 PM
what is this FBI you speak of?
Federation of Barrack Investigators.
upinak on September 4, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Busy doing background checks on plumbers and homeschoolers.
mankai on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM
“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it”
Roosting chickens coming home.
the_nile on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM
VanGo (as I like to call him now for the need to get rid of this guy) is just the tip of the iceberg…
The next person… the one that should get the full “Beck Effect” thrown at them is Valerie Jarrett who I fully presume is the brains behind all the czars and commies, etc. that are being “installed” at the White House. Let’s dig deep into her past and her skeletons and see what we can find… after all, she is known as the Barry and Michelle’s brain (sort of the socialist version of Karl Rove)…
Who IS Valerie Jarrett?
What is her background?
What does she know and when has she acted upon it?
How much power does she actually have over the Obama’s?
Unlease the “Beck Effect” on her — full force!
angrywonk on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM
This needs to be subpoenaed
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Man this just keeps getting better and better. I wonder how long it will be before the left wing lackey’s in the MSM start calling everyone racists for outing this radical scumbag.
Hellrider on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM
That it was a long time ago…a one-off, youthful indiscretion.
AUINSC on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM
good one
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM
The final blow for AP: Jones is a Creationist!
faraway on September 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
LOL
Van Jones acted stupidly.
Maybe he will try to break into the white house after they take away his keys. A neighbor will call 911 on the dude and he will get all belligerent sayin “Yo Mama” and talkin trash before they cuff him an drag him away.
It could happen.
Geochelone on September 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Wonder how Schmerconish feels about that.
ctmom on September 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
The great intellectually Patrick Ruffini says that is the very next step.
MB4 on September 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Maybe. Van jones, cut down in his radical racist prime. He was supposed to have a long and illustrious career as a race-baiting communist. How did it all go wrong? Is it a sign or more changes to come? What’s a community organizer to do?
JiangxiDad on September 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
I was 28 years old at the time and George Bush….
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
It appears so.
thomasaur on September 4, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Obama and Jones are two peas in a pod. I’m starting to think that Bill Ayers and George Soros are running this Country through Obama’s blackberry. No wonder he demanded to keep it.
suzyk on September 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM
If half white Obama fires a black Jones, can black Jones file an EO complaint and have the union rep get him his job back, full benefits and a retirement. That is the whole point y’know….
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM
What’s this? Even Obama cannot fire a Czar. Jones must be part of a union and thus Obama has to go through loophols to actually fire him.
WashJeff on September 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
look he was just a young black man passionate about his causes…he was just finding his way…blah blah blah
tomas on September 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
I believe he is “Stuck on Stupid”.
Somebody give him a shove.
PappaMac on September 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
will Obama help him jigger or jimmy the door (wiggling hand around like he did in speech)….
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Yep! And that’s why they love him!
shick on September 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM
this bus chassis is sure getting a workout
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM
He’ll receive a part-time job, half his benefits, and be semi-retired.
kingsjester on September 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Yeah, but I still have a ques. about it. Why did these Alinskyites believe their opposition would be unable to read the same books and thwart the tactics? Perhaps Alinsky stuff only works in communities with low literacy rates. Ah well, who gives a f**k. Bye bye jones.
JiangxiDad on September 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
And that POS, Michael Smerconish, who claims to be a conservative but is an obammy supporter should suck it. Your boy is a Mumia supporter.
Blake on September 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
I blame the white devil
tomas on September 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
This is just ONE of nearly 36 ‘Czars’ Obama has appointed with no Congressional vetting, oversight, or approval. They have direct control over 1.7 TRILLION of OUR tax dollars that Barackus Caesar Obama and his Czars see fit to spend however they deem necessary.
How many of his ‘Czars’ are as F’d up as this Van Jones reprobate is?
SilverStar830 on September 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
OMG. What if he’s not really an “intellectual”? Gasp!
faraway on September 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Calling all trolls…
*tumbleweeds*
OK, I’ll help… HALLIBURTON!
mankai on September 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
then claim “disability” get his parking sticker and up his benefits to a “hunnerd pacent” *smile*…
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
all of them.
look them up and see.
upinak on September 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
The next surprise… he owes back taxes, or has never paid them.
Or even better… he owes thousands in child support.
Green Muse on September 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Obama: You’re sure you’re straight with the IRS?
Jones: Yeah man, absolutely.
Obama: Positive?
Jones: 100%
Obama: Okay, cool. That’s all that matters. Welcome aboard, brother.
SoFlaCon on September 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
angrywonk on September 4, 2009 at 3:04 PM<
Agreed.
fourdeucer on September 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Are bus related injuries covered under Obamacare? can a bus run over a Van? We’ll see?!
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM
JiangxiDad on September 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Maybe it’s just another part of a classic “overreach” by the Democrats. They mistakenly viewed Obama’s 52% as a mandate and decided that they could get away with whatever they wanted to.
kingsjester on September 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM
fancy handshake ensues, “blackness CONFIRMED–you’ve got soul!”…
name the movie.
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM
“No comments” MSM..
the_nile on September 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
FIFy
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
I see Beck with beers
Obama in tears
and Jones getting the jeers.
clement on September 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
“This is all a distraction from the serious work my administration is trying to do, to turn back the disastrous policies of the past 8 years of the Bush administration. Without a comprehensive health care overhaul with a rigorous public option, no progress can be made. Thank you.”
JiangxiDad on September 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Resign? He doesn’t need to resign, he’s an “at-will” employee. Fire him.
mojo on September 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
I ,for one,think he was welcomed into the w/house with o knowing everything he has done.Why not?Look at o’s books and see the same radicalism all thru them.He was hoping the dumb American public would not find out and he knew his brown-nosing media buds would never check…”Oh what a tangled web we weave,when at first we do decieve”.
ohiobabe on September 4, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Will the MSM call all political bloggers talking about this guy.. a racist?
upinak on September 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
No surprise at all. Van Jones has just about every single lefty issue on his agenda.
Urban Infidel on September 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
All I can say is that the only way Ogabe doesn’t get tainted with this stink is if he not only throws VJ under the bus …
But he stops and backs over his twitching corpse several times.
VJ’s a gonna get fired – but unless it’s done with punitive zeal – it’s not going to help Ogabe.
What I really hope?
I hope he REFUSES to fire the dude.
Cuz I want to see approval ratings in the 30′s.
HondaV65 on September 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
What if the Jolly Green Jobs Czar has some inside dirt on Mr. Ebony and Ivory? Mr. Green Jeans might have the upper hand.
Geochelone on September 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Mr. Jones appears to have done it all.
We should be hearing about his trips to the Terrorist training camps soon.
And his declarations of solidarity with Fidal and Hugo.
And more.
He has been a busy busy little revolutionary.
Almost as busy as his hero.
notagool on September 4, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Is this our Van Jones from 1981?
faraway on September 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM
we should have Ed do a poll on when that will happen.
let a wager of odds begin.
upinak on September 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM
I posted about loving Glenn Beck on my FB page last night and old friends from high school were foaming at the mouth with hate for Glenn Beck last night. He is their #1 enemy right now. They wouldn’t hate him like they do if he wasn’t being as effective. Van Jones should not have been able to get this far. If the MSM were doing their jobs, Obama wouldn’t have been able to be elected to the senate, much less the White House.
TXMomof3 on September 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM
FIFY
Del Dolemonte on September 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM
ohhh, nice. blue on blue, er…? black— whatevs
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM
You all know BO thinks cops are stupid.
la.rt.wngr on September 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM
your old highschool friends were freaking out?
Don’t tell me… tin foil hats and obama stickers abound on their page?
upinak on September 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Wonder how the police would feel about this? I’m sure their unions reps pushed hard for Obama, and he chooses a defender of cop killers for his czar.
This clown is just the tip of the Obama iceberg. I’m sure his wife (The First Lady) is a fountain of racist hatred and echoes everything Van Jones preaches.
Hening on September 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Why is this surprising?
Obama: “The cops acted stupidly.”
Skywise on September 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Probably didn’t bother to look at the evidence in the case against Mumia either. Jones is probably as competent a lawyer as the “brilliant” Michelle Obama.
And hey, where can I get my “Glenn was Right!” t-shirt?
AZCoyote on September 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM
I keep saying you get what you deserve.Thank you independent American voters,hope you are happy!
LennyV on September 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM
yeah, how dare they do their jobs. If you’re a cop out there or know one, ask them how in the hell they put up with this treatment by da big boss man.
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM
To repeat my comment at JWF, I’m amazed at the number of people who think this guy just slipped through by accident. Van Jones was picked because Obama agrees with him! Rev. Wright, Ayers, and the many other extremist kooks as czars – it is completely illogical to think that Obama disagrees with the philosophies embraced by the communist nut Jones. He fits perfectly in the pattern of Obama’s other associates including his hate-warped wife and his own mother. It’s time to stop bending over backwards to give President SOB the benefit of the doubt.
Django on September 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Speaking of Mumia, isn’t Rendell on record as saying he’s signing the death warrant the second Cooke’s last appeal is denied? No clean coal plants for you, Eddie!
SoFlaCon on September 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!!! Who could have seen this after the fact finding and digging the MSM did in regards to Obama during the campaign!!!Hee hee!
Frances on September 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
FIFy
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Better serve it in plastic cups. Preferably small ones.
MarkTheGreat on September 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
I know the MSM were too busy in Alaska digging through Palin’s OB/GYN records.
Frances on September 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
yeah, I bet that little event wouldn’t end pretty for one pair o’ dudes…
ted c on September 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Valerie Jarrett will have to be outed if Van Jones is outed.
d1carter on September 4, 2009 at 3:20 PM
He’s done this several times already. I saw the documentaries that they made.
MarkTheGreat on September 4, 2009 at 3:20 PM
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