Jones Resignation Deals Blow to Obama and the Left

Wall Street Journal | Sep. 8, 2009 (Editorial)

The abrupt resignation of White House aide Van Jones, deep in the news hiatus of Labor Day weekend, will probably be forgotten in a few days. But it's a story that still deserves elaboration for what it says about the political coalition that helped to elect President Obama and whose demands are leading him into a cul-de-sac. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Sep 7, 2009 - 6:28 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Sep 8, 2009 - 7:51 AM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 8, 2009

Intolerant right wing innuendo and slams and disinformation, around a piece that ignores the significant social conscience and successes of Van Jones.

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Sep. 8, 2009

Gives the view from the right, including associating President Obama with Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers, two that show his "radical associations." Uses Van Jones negative statements about Republicans, which are certainly no more extreme than Dick Cheney's statements from the other end of the spectrum, and support of a full investigation into 9/11 as reasons that he is unacceptably far to the left.

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Sep. 8, 2009
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