White House Green Jobs Adviser Apologizes for Calling Republicans 'Assholes' - Political News - FOXNews.com
Van Jones, the Obama administration's "green jobs" adviser, apologized Wednesday for calling Republicans "assholes," saying the comments were made before he joined the administration and "were clearly inappropriate."
Jones had told a group of listeners earlier in the year that the reason Republicans are stonewalling the president is because they're "assholes," remarks that were recorded in a video and posted to YouTube.
"I apologize for the offensive words I chose to use during that speech," Jones said in a written statement to Politico. "They do not reflect the views of this administration, which has made every effort to work in a bipartisan fashion, and they do not reflect the experience I have had since I joined the administration."
He made the remarks in February during an energy lecture in Berkeley, Calif., after a woman in the audience asked him why President Obama and congressional Democrats were having trouble moving legislation -- even though Republicans, with a smaller majority, didn't have as much trouble earlier in the Bush administration.
"Well, the answer to that is, they're assholes," Jones said, to uproarious laughter. "That's a technical, political science term."
The questioner responded, "I was afraid that that was the answer."
But Jones said that, even though Obama is "not an ahole," others have to step up the fight.
"Now, I will say this. I can be an ahole, and some of us who are not Barack Hussein Obama are going to have to start getting a little bit uppity," he said.
Bold for a guy with a criminal history and an appetite for a side order of communism.
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90Beach Fanatic
waiting for one decent repub prez candidate from north of the mason-nixon line. not gonna happen unless half the party returns to being pre-civil rights dixiecrats.
What does coming from North of the Mason Dixon line have to do with anything for a presidential candidate or anything else for that matter??? Sounds like a pretty bigoted statement from a guy calling everyone else racist.
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Please, Miss Kitty, while I understand your propensity for fairness and humor, don't encourage him.:roll:
...unfortunately, Bob needs no encouragement other than, well, you know.waiting for one decent repub prez candidate from north of the mason-nixon line. not gonna happen unless half the party returns to being pre-civil rights dixiecrats.:boxing:
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waiting for one decent repub prez candidate from north of the mason-nixon line. not gonna happen unless half the party returns to being pre-civil rights dixiecrats.
More likely scenario: Moderate Republicans will abandon their party and jump over to the Democrats. Maybe some will become Independents. The Democratic party will become a little more fiscally conservative. The Republican party will become a little more obsolete.
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More likely scenario: Moderate Republicans will abandon their party and jump over to the Democrats. Maybe some will become Independents. The Democratic party will become a little more fiscally conservative. The Republican party will become a little more obsolete.
I think it is more likely that the moderate Dems abandon the tax and spend, lets throw another trillion away Democrats and join a Republican Party that repudiates the liberal spending policies of GWB and returns to being the party of fiscal responsibility.
Since the spenders are in firm control of the Dems and there is no realistic possibility of forming a third party, this is the only way that sanity can be returned to Washington.
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I think it is more likely that the moderate Dems abandon the tax and spend, lets throw another trillion away Democrats and join a Republican Party that repudiates the liberal spending policies of GWB and returns to being the party of fiscal responsibility.
Since the spenders are in firm control of the Dems and there is no realistic possibility of forming a third party, this is the only way that sanity can be returned to Washington.
I don't know how likely this is, but I sure hope it happens!
Or at least I hope voters never again allow a single party to control the House, Senate, and Presidency.
SoWal Expert
I think it is much more likely that the independents join with the moderates from both parties in rebelling against "politics as usual," bureaucracy, and the leadership of both parties.
I also foresee a large increase in the biatch slapping of those who are so focused on "us vs. them" they can't have a civilized (or coherant)discussion about ANYTHING!
I also foresee a large increase in the biatch slapping of those who are so focused on "us vs. them" they can't have a civilized (or coherant)discussion about ANYTHING!
SoWal Insider
This one is still crawcking me up~~~
:rofl: Kinda' like a soap opera......picks right up where it left off. Digg it.
:rofl: Kinda' like a soap opera......picks right up where it left off. Digg it.
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I think it is more likely that the moderate Dems abandon the tax and spend, lets throw another trillion away Democrats and join a Republican Party that repudiates the liberal spending policies of GWB and returns to being the party of fiscal responsibility.
Since the spenders are in firm control of the Dems and there is no realistic possibility of forming a third party, this is the only way that sanity can be returned to Washington.
If I were a moderate Democrat, I would never consider joining the Republican party simply because my chances of getting the presidential nomination would be zero. The old guard Republicans would never throw their support behind me. They would would never let it happen. Look how difficult it was for McCain, and he's not really even moderate. He just doesn't meet the Limbaugh Litmus criteria. It was a tough battle for him within his own party. Sure, the party would welcome moderates, they would just tell them in private "welcome to our party, glad to have you, you're going nowhere".
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If I were a moderate Democrat, I would never consider joining the Republican party simply because my chances of getting the presidential nomination would be zero. The old guard Republicans would never throw their support behind me. They would would never let it happen. Look how difficult it was for McCain, and he's not really even moderate. He just doesn't meet the Limbaugh Litmus criteria. It was a tough battle for him within his own party. Sure, the party would welcome moderates, they would just tell them in private "welcome to our party, glad to have you, you're going nowhere".
The facts simply don't support your assertion that the Democrats are more inclusive than the Republicans. Pro-abortion Rudy Guliani had a huge role in the last R convention, where the Democrats would not even let pro-life Gov. Carey of Pennsylvannia speak at theirs 4 years ago. And we all heard what bastions of bi-partisanship pelosi, Reid and Obama are. What was their line? I believe something like "We won the election we'll do what we want." Frankly I do not think we need to compromise our principles, we need to stand fast against government spending and intrusion into or lives. You see what compromise on these principles got us: the bail-out and the Patriot Act.
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The facts simply don't support your assertion that the Democrats are more inclusive than the Republicans. Pro-abortion Rudy Guliani had a huge role in the last R convention, where the Democrats would not even let pro-life Gov. Carey of Pennsylvannia speak at theirs 4 years ago. And we all heard what bastions of bi-partisanship pelosi, Reid and Obama are. What was their line? I believe something like "We won the election we'll do what we want." Frankly I do not think we need to compromise our principles, we need to stand fast against government spending and intrusion into or lives. You see what compromise on these principles got us: the bail-out and the Patriot Act.
Rudy went nowhere and will continue on that path. Also if I have any complaint about Obama it's that he's showing too much bipartisanship and it's high time he said to hell with the obstructionist Republicans. Enough is enough.
SoWal Insider
What does coming from North of the Mason Dixon line have to do with anything for a presidential candidate or anything else for that matter??? Sounds like a pretty bigoted statement from a guy calling everyone else racist.we had 8 good years of yehaw junction politics. trampled constitution, 2 wars, dept. of homeland fear, tax cuts combined with deficit spending, and the complete and utter rape of america by wall street. i believe bible world can step down for awhile.
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Rudy went nowhere and will continue on that path. Also if I have any complaint about Obama it's that he's showing too much bipartisanship and it's high time he said to hell with the obstructionist Republicans. Enough is enough.
Too many on the far left believe this way. President Obama won the election with 53% of the vote. 46% voted against him. Hardly an overwhelming mandate for ultra-partisanship. 46% of us deserve representation too.
Many who voted for President Obama thought him more of a centrist. They were voting for a change in the way Washington does business. There hasn't been enough of that yet.
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Rudy went nowhere and will continue on that path. Also if I have any complaint about Obama it's that he's showing too much bipartisanship and it's high time he said to hell with the obstructionist Republicans. Enough is enough.
Looks like he's got plenty of obstructionist Democrats to deal with too.
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Hello Van, this is me, "the door" smacking you in your "what hole" on the way out of Washington!
SoWal Insider
Too many on the far left believe this way. President Obama won the election with 53% of the vote. 46% voted against him. Hardly an overwhelming mandate for ultra-partisanship. 46% of us deserve representation too.
Many who voted for President Obama thought him more of a centrist. They were voting for a change in the way Washington does business. There hasn't been enough of that yet.
Good point. What happened to all the "change"? I really have not seen any efforts for bipartisianship from either side since he was elected. Generally I'm not impressed with the way Obama is handling this at all, I thought he was going to be more involved, but he's been so stand offish since elected. I really don't feel as if we've made any progress in the last eight months.
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