Van Jones Not A Truther, He Just Played One In Real Life

posted at 8:52 am on September 4, 2009 by

The “I’m not a doctor, I just play one on TV” analogy moved into the political sphere long ago, most recently when a faux doctor appeared at a town hall run by Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Now we have something of a reverse analogy, someone who actually was a 9/11 Truther but who claims he was not. Van Jones, famous Glenn Beck foe and Green Jobs Czar, signed a petition calling for an investigation into whether the Bush administration knew of the 9/11 attacks in advance and whether the 911 Commission engaged in a cover-up.

Now Jones denies reading or understanding what he signed. But more evidence has been found that Jones was involved with the Truther movement as early as 2002.

Jones will end up resigning, and when he does, this will be his explanation:

“I am not a 9/11 Truther, I just played one in real life.”

Cross-posted with updates at Legal Insurrection Blog

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If you accept that he’s not a Truther, then the alternative is he’s too stupid/naive/intellectually sloppy to be trusted overseeing the distribution of $30 billion in taxpayer funds from a position that was never even vetted by Congress, because Obama wanted to work around the possibility that people like Jones could never be confirmed in the first place. That’s only about an angstrom better position for the White House to be in than if Van actually was part of the 9/11 Truther brigade.

jon1979 on September 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM

Why didn’t troofers get the same attention as birthers?

RobCon on September 4, 2009 at 11:31 AM