Ted Rall for September 10, 2009
September 07, 2009
September 12, 2009
Transcript:
Exit interview: Van Jones Barack Obama: What's this? You support feeling mumia? Van Jones: Uh-huh Barack Obama: And you called Republicans "a-holes"?!? Van Jones: You betcha. Barack Obama: This white house doesn't hire liberals! You're fired! Van Jones: OK Barack Obama: Wait- maybe you can stay. Have you tortured anyone?
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 14 years ago
looks like a badge
mattro65 over 14 years ago
I guess he wasn’t politically correct.
cdward over 14 years ago
Yeah, the whole Van Jones thing was stupid. But the right will attack anyone and will find any excuse to go after them because their goal is impede governance. They are starting to sound a bit McCarthy-esque.
I don’t think it’s fair pinning this entirely on Obama, however. He may not have defended Jones enough but he did not instigate it either.
shadoweve over 14 years ago
His blackberry?
d_legendary1 over 14 years ago
Love the second panel.
I think he was referring to Churchill when he drew that panel!
Anyone to the left of his right is instantly a commie. Anyone who wants to help anyone is a commie. And anyone who wants to change the laws for the better is a commie.
So McCarthyism is alive and well within Churchill so its justified.
Ripit over 14 years ago
lol, good one, Ted.
Love the Hello Kitty Third Reich.
Motivemagus over 14 years ago
Actually, the big deal seems to be him signing (or possibly not - there’s actually some doubt) the “9/11 Truth” petition that asks for additional investigation and implies Bush might have had something to do with it. I don’t think that, but it is worthy of note that the 9/11 Commission was consistently blocked by the Bush Administration in its efforts to investigate, and was massively underfunded. (They got $3 million. By contrast, the shuttle explosion got $50 million and Whitewater got $40 million) I’d be willing to reopen the investigation.
Motivemagus over 14 years ago
Hm, interesting. I’ll check my sources, but mine wasn’t a “kooky blog.”
Charles Brobst Premium Member over 14 years ago
Obama is so Moderate he almost needs sun blocker.
Ted Rall creator over 14 years ago
Personally, I believe most of the official account of 9/11. But the Bush Administration’s reluctance to embrace transparency created the impression that they had a lot to hide. To set the doubters’ minds to rest, we ought to reopen the 9/11 investigation.
Odds are people would be more open to talk now that Bush is out of office.
The money is tiny…we spend $1 billion a week in Iraq…what’s $50 million to set things straight on 9/11?
d_legendary1 over 14 years ago
Yeah trust Wikik! Where anybody can pull sources out of their A$$ like its all good.
And I agree with Ted.
mhenriday over 14 years ago
From what I understand, the context in which Mr Van Jones called (Congressional) Republicans «assholes» was when asked why they, when in a minority position, still manage to block majority Democrats from enacting legislation. His take was that the Republicans succeed because they are willing play hardball, and he suggested that the Democrats should do so as well - become «assholes» - rather than seeking - and ever failing to find - the «bi-partisan» grail. Mr Obama’s position seems to be just the opposite, so it’s not strange that Mr Van Jones received little support from that quarter. For my part, I find his analysis flawed - like their Republican counterparts, Congressional Democrats have demonstrated time and time again that they are more than willing to play hardball to protect the interests of their real constitutents - the lobbyists who finance them. Now there’s a real victory for bi-partisanship !…
Henri