Quit picking on Obama……
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Obama Approval Plummets to 42 Percent
According to CNN, it still rates higher than the Congressional Republicans.
Keep bailing out the water Gopher, keep bailing. :lol:
Glenn Beck destroys Van Jones
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Funny. Van Jones didn't look like a communist, racist, Republican-hating radical when he visited Kansas City earlier this week.
But radio shock jock Glenn Beck says that's exactly what Jones is, as Beck tries to drive him out of his job as the green jobs czar for the Obama administration.
And Jones definitely has made some very public mistakes. Calling Republicans "assholes," as Jones did earlier this year, isn't good for job security in a high-profile White House job.
On Tuesday, Jones came to Kansas City as part of his job with the White House Council for Environmental Quality Office.
Fed officials were taking a look at the Green Impact Zone, a good-faith effort by U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to reinvigorate a 150-block area of low-income neighborhoods in KC.
Cleaver at one point in the day even held up Jones' New York Times best-seller -- "The Green Collar Economy" -- and asked Jones to sign it for an audience member.
By Friday, however, Beck's pursuit of Jones seemed to be paying off, to a degree.
Jones issued denials of Beck's charges, while right-wing websites continued to call for Jones to resign.
Among the charges being spread against Jones:
-- In 2004 he signed an online petition calling for an investigation into whether 9/11 was instigated by the federal government.
Jones responded late this week: "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."
-- In February, Jones called Republicans "assholes" in discussing how Democrats had to push their agenda harder.
"And Barack Obama is not an asshole," Jones said. "So, now, I will say this: I can be an asshole, and some of us who are not Barack Hussein Obama, are going to have to start getting a little bit uppity."
Jones has apologized for that comment.
-- He attacked "white polluters" and "white environmentalists" for "essentially steering poison into the people of color communities."
Overall: Jones is not likely to survive in his job. His radical statements will continue to attract too much attention to him personally and away from Obama's hopes of shining a spotlight on the need to create green jobs.
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Funny. Van Jones didn't look like a communist, racist, Republican-hating radical when he visited Kansas City earlier this week.
But radio shock jock Glenn Beck says that's exactly what Jones is, as Beck tries to drive him out of his job as the green jobs czar for the Obama administration.
And Jones definitely has made some very public mistakes. Calling Republicans "assholes," as Jones did earlier this year, isn't good for job security in a high-profile White House job.
On Tuesday, Jones came to Kansas City as part of his job with the White House Council for Environmental Quality Office.
Fed officials were taking a look at the Green Impact Zone, a good-faith effort by U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to reinvigorate a 150-block area of low-income neighborhoods in KC.
Cleaver at one point in the day even held up Jones' New York Times best-seller -- "The Green Collar Economy" -- and asked Jones to sign it for an audience member.
By Friday, however, Beck's pursuit of Jones seemed to be paying off, to a degree.
Jones issued denials of Beck's charges, while right-wing websites continued to call for Jones to resign.
Among the charges being spread against Jones:
-- In 2004 he signed an online petition calling for an investigation into whether 9/11 was instigated by the federal government.
Jones responded late this week: "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."
-- In February, Jones called Republicans "assholes" in discussing how Democrats had to push their agenda harder.
"And Barack Obama is not an asshole," Jones said. "So, now, I will say this: I can be an asshole, and some of us who are not Barack Hussein Obama, are going to have to start getting a little bit uppity."
Jones has apologized for that comment.
-- He attacked "white polluters" and "white environmentalists" for "essentially steering poison into the people of color communities."
Overall: Jones is not likely to survive in his job. His radical statements will continue to attract too much attention to him personally and away from Obama's hopes of shining a spotlight on the need to create green jobs.
And when Bush was prez, the congressional Democrats rated far lower than his abysmal ratings.Obama Approval Plummets to 42 Percent
According to CNN, it still rates higher than the Congressional Republicans.
Overall: Jones is not likely to survive in his job. His radical statements will continue to attract too much attention to him personally and away from Obama's hopes of shining a spotlight on the need to create green jobs.
Walter, if that is the case, then shouldn’t the extreme right try to keep him in the job? I assume the far right doesn’t want any green jobs created (according to the far right, anything done to improve the environment is a blasphemy and an Al Qaeda plot to ruin USA’s economy).
So to try to keep him in his job would be doing God’s work. Surely the hate radio like Glenn Beck are doing God's work?
Walter, if that is the case, then shouldn’t the extreme right try to keep him in the job? I assume the far right doesn’t want any green jobs created (according to the far right, anything done to improve the environment is a blasphemy and an Al Qaeda plot to ruin USA’s economy).
So to try to keep him in his job would be doing God’s work. Surely the hate radio like Glenn Beck are doing God's work?
If Zogby, in his online poll says Obama has 42% approval, Obama is doing well indeed. Anything above say 20% approval in Zogby or Rasmussen is good news as far as I am concerned.
The fact that Republican pollsters like Zogby and Rasmussen would say that even one person approves of the way Obama is doing his job is astounding to me.
Well, well, so the Senate and the House are already in the bag, eh? You must be a happy camper, happy days are here again. Back to the good old days of Bush. Time to pop the Champaign cork (while the religious right still lets people drink).
The religious right? You are the one that wants to stop people from drinking.
Hmmmm:smile:
Do you see a resemblance?.......
Two good looking guys!
Of course, the message in that placard is a reference to Bush.
Barack Obama and the CIA: why does President Pantywaist hate America so badly?
Seems that is exactly what illustrious leader is doing.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/g...s_President_Pantywaist_hate_America_so_badly/
Seems that is exactly what illustrious leader is doing.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/g...s_President_Pantywaist_hate_America_so_badly/
Perhaps it had more to do with how informed the voters were.
YouTube - How Obama Got Elected... Interviews With Obama Voters
YouTube - Harlem voters
Perhaps it had more to do with how informed the voters were.
Isn’t that how it always works out, Extrafire? If a Democrat (a man of Devil) is elected, people were duped, they were misled, they were not given true story. If a Republican (a man of God, like Mark Sanford or Larry 'wide stance' Craig) is elected, that means that people were, given the true story, people voted wisely. God’s party won.
Perhaps the economic meltdown during Bush watch was a hoax created by the liberal media to get Obama elected. Oh sorry, I forgot, the 2007 meltdown was caused by Carter, not by Bush.
Isn’t that how it always works out, Extrafire? If a Democrat (a man of Devil) is elected, people were duped, they were misled, they were not given true story. If a Republican (a man of God, like Mark Sanford or Larry 'wide stance' Craig) is elected, that means that people were, given the true story, people voted wisely. God’s party won.
Perhaps the economic meltdown during Bush watch was a hoax created by the liberal media to get Obama elected. Oh sorry, I forgot, the 2007 meltdown was caused by Carter, not by Bush.
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''Perhaps it had more to do with how informed the voters were.''
LOL! If your hero Bush was so great, why did his disciples McCain & Palin lose?
LOL! If your hero Bush was so great, why did his disciples McCain & Palin lose?
Extrafire, those clips are infuriating, but not all that surprising. Seems like a great many people are completely clueless to the real issues no matter what party or person they vote for...maybe you should be made to take, and pass, a short quiz on each candidate's platforms before you can proceed to the voter's booth.