The Answer to That is They're A--Holes!!

I heard about this last week. It is pitiful. More UN professional behavior. I really hate all the games. Name calling, party politics.Childish high school BS. THey degrade themselves,our government and ALL of us with their behavior. ALL OF THEM. They are doing a very important job. A job they should feel honored to have. Presidents, congressmen, advisors, mayors, gov,state elected positions etc.... They need to conduct themselves with grace, SOLEMN dignity, and professionalism. But all three of those are in really short supply now a days in our government offices. They are like badly behaving children on a play ground. Or a jerry springer episode.Remember that show? Is that really what we want the charatistics of our government to be? It just shows you how little RESPECT they have for themselves, each other,the offices they hold, the government of this country and all of the citizen of this nation that they are suppost to represent. He should be ashamed of himself. Most of them should be ashamed of themselves. WHY DO WE PUT UP WITH THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND OTHER SUCH NON SENSE FROM THESE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE BETTER. WE SHOULD DEMAND BETTER.

Annie? Are you a "truther" like Van Jones? hehe And I bet both of you guys make fun of the "birthers"! I believe his comment went like this:The answer to that is: They're a**holes. That's a technical political science term. And Barack Obama's not an a**hole. I will say this, I can be an a**hole. And some of us who are not Barack Hussein Obama are gonna have to start getting a little bit uppity." And later when asked if some of his ideas don't sound like Marxism he says, "How's that capitalism working for ya? How's that capitalism working for you this year?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZIb1DXId4o

A lot of people are a**holes. Got a few on mylot. I've seen them on both sides. It's an equal opportunity thing. And for all we know, Obama might be an a**hole too.

Now, Jones is my hero lol You're right, I'm sure that Republicans don't sit around and talk about how Democrats are so great. And if some(notice I said some) of the whack job conservatives show any resemblence to any Republican out there then I'm pretty sure that the Democrats have been called much worse than a-holes. One of the fatmouths on the right called Obama a raciest, I would much rather be called an a-hole than a raciest.

"...the right already really hate Van Jones" Hate? Who has been attacking Van Jones? Who's been showing "hate"? Just because no other news network EXCEPT Fox will cover this guy who is C-L-E-A-R-L-Y a radical (although I don't care at all about the a-hole comment. I actually laughed. ... It's everything else) does NOT mean that it's a right-wing plot to go after the guy or something. Things coming out about Jones are facts and not some bits of witchhunt fodder. Hell, I'm only in my 20s and I can honestly remember a time when a guy like Van Jones would be all over 60 Minutes or another (once) reputable primetime news show with simple questions: "Who is Van Jones?" "Once a communist, always a communist?" "How close is Jones to America's President?" etc, etc, etc... Now the country is so utterly distorted that every single outlet that isn't Fox outright REFUSES to run anything that may link Obama to a guy like Jones. The NEWS is being held back in order to make the country look far more partisan than it is. No one tells the truth about these guys. Everything's just shrugged at like, "Oh, those crazy little conservatives at Fox and their cute little grievances" It reminds me of the annoying vegans I know that live down the street. Just because they refuse to eat meat, they feel it justifies them to call all meat-eaters cruel, vicious animal killers! Just because others refuse to acknowledge news does not make those showing it anything the abstainers claim, especially when part of the reason for not showing the news is to make those claims. The real bias is on the part of those NOT reporting the news. But the above is about news in general and not Sean Hannity. Hannity, specifically, is a right-wing zealot if ever there was one. He would blow his gasket no matter what Van Jones did. I don't know if that equates to "hate." It's just partisan BS... something you're well aware of. I don't mind the a-hole comment. I personally think most policians are a-holes on some level, but it's not reserved to one side of the aisle!! Compared to some of the outrageous stuff Jones has said, "@$$holes" is some much-needed comedy relief.

anniepa, Van Jones is hurting you guys. The democrats need to be more moderate. It's people like this that scare most people.

I honestly can't think any less of the moron than I already do. He's a jerk and a racist with no conscience who supported the L.A. riots solely because those rioting were black. I'm more concerned with how Obama has been using this "czar" crap to circumvent the confirmation process that is constitutionally required for people in such positions. That's how he's sneaking radicals and communists like this guy in under the radar without the vetting process. And no Annie, I'm not using communist as an insult, he himself has proudly claimed to be a communist.

Two wrongs don't make a right, and if a 20 year old political neophyte knows that it's not a good thing for ANY party to push things through without first working with the other party, then so should one of the presidents many "advisors". Were the Republicans a-holes during the last administration? Yes, indeed they were. The Democrats are not proving themselves to be any different, however, and I'm tired of hearing all this talk about the need to be bipartisan when NEITHER party has made an attempt to lead by example.

Not that I nessesarily disagrea with his sentiments, lol. I guess it isn't a problem anymore since he resigned. But, this isn't this guys only transgression, it's not even only one of a few, it's one of many. I cannot believe this guy got through the vetting process. Seriously annie, seriously, go back to some of this guys speeches, the groups he belonged to, he is a friggin loon. There is absolutely no defending him. ANd before anyone follows me in to this thread and fills it with "but bush had so and so...where were you when..." STFU already, BUSH isn't president, we aren't talking about BUSH or ROVE or anyone from the previous administration, we're talking about the current one. Enough with the deflections, it doesn't work.

This is the least of it. Who cares about little things like Van Jones' nasty mouth when he's got so many other things going for him - like being a radical, being a founder of STORM which dedicated itself to marxist principles and revolution, stating quite bluntly that the "green" movement is just a precursor to collapsing the system and radical revolution, and so many racist comments they are hard to count up. I know you won't have seen any of that, because a complete search of the major news media hasn't turned up even an sniff of it. Although his comment makes no sense, that somehow Republicans are holding back the Democratic majority, and although he uses profanity, it's not something that worries me that much. It's who he is and what he stands for that worries me. You should do a little research on him before you find him too amusing. And he said they were going to get "uppity" not "ugly". I saw the video days ago.

I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME. I just wish that he was at the town hall with the women in the wheelchair. That would have been gret TV.

Anyone who responds to a question in that way can't be very intelligent, nor can the person who hired him. For someone who is suppose to be such an exceptional brain, Obama isn't coming across too well. I'm not particularly worked up by Van Jones' comment. As far as I'm concerned, it is just more evidence that electing Obama was the wrong decision if he's hiring people who are unable to respond in intelligent ways. As is so often the case, inappropriate speech comes down on the speaker's head. Hasn't Van Jones lost his White House green job?

I think using that type of language, whether or not it accurate or justified, is plain old unproductive. It sure doesn't get the opposition to want to deal with you, or hear you out, or give you a chance to state your case. And, most importantly, it never did answer the question of why the Democrats aren't able to get their legislation passed even with the majority. I would love to see the Democrats get it together and get some things accomplished, think there's hope of that happening?

I don't the appointment of that person is a big deal in your country. Because it's not about the personality of person being the measurement of his capability if he contributes more to enhance jobs or make something really good in your country? If he is not capable in that position not doing anything to improve your economy and enhance more jobs. There after you can make any comments and say something bad in that person. Why don't give any chances someone to show how he deals a problem about economic growth. How if he can help? Have a nice day!

I listen to the video over and over to make sure I was hearing it correctly. The woman was asking why the Republicans could get bills passed with less than 60% of the vote but the Democrats can't. The answer from Van Jones, "Because they're a$$holes." One should ask of whom he is speaking. Would someone (without a majority) who is getting the job done be the a$$hole or would it be the one who has a majority and can't get the job done?

Sounds like Chavez inciting his supporters to attack news reporters that were not favorable to him, and they did just that. Communists are routinely violent.