so this is the only fault that the republicans can find with Obama (Van Jones)

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0909/Pence_calls_on_Van_Jones_to_resign.html

It amazes me that the worst possible thing that you can say about Obama is he has a diverse set of advisers. The Republicans are really grasping at straws.

 

LOL, This is getting fun.

The only thing? Ughhhh, I can just of the top of my head think of a few more.

Tripeling of the national debt

Near double digit unemployment

Spending America into oblivion


Cutting our missle defense as N Korea and Iran are bragging about their nuke capabilities or nearing completion of their programs

Refusing to wear a flag pin untill his advisors told him it would look good

Ditto with raising hand over heart during National Anthem

How many of his appointees are tax cheats?

Nationalising GM and Chrysler and turning majority ownership over to the unions

Sided with Castro and Chaves when a Honduran leader attempted a dictator like coup

Appointing a Chaves fan to head our FCC

Attempting to nationalise our healthcare and lying about it even when there is tape of him stating his goals

Oh yeah, that Van JOnes thing is only the most recent

Thanks for the good laugh DanR, I almost spit coffee on my puter

 

If the other things have so much meat to them why do they keep hammering away at the VJ fluff story?

 

I bet some of you think I am going to comment on how stupid it is to point out the no flag pin wearing thing. Well I wont. I wont say that only some insecure butt head would wear such a trinket to show his alligence.. Maybe some of you think I might say he should wear a white cowboy hat so we know which side he is on. But I'm not gonna. I solved that problem with my child, should he ever decide to run for public office. When he was three I had The image of the US flag seared into his chest. I bet it hurt, but hell, there wont be any doubt that he is an American. Unless of course they add another state. Nope I wont comment at all on that dumb as heck observation.

 

Because this is the latest in a nearly yearlong string of example after example of Obama's shortcomings when it comes to the people he surrounds himself with. Shake the fog off & really look at he people Obama entrusts our country to. Kind scary when you start making the list, isn't it?

 

Does wearing a flag pin make you patriotic? Not necessarily, but refusing to show respect for our national traditions and actually flaunting your distain for all things American sure tends to call your patriotism or love for this country into question.

 

Diverse? I guess if you consider Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Franklin Raines, Nancy Pelosi, Van Jones, Tim Geitner, et al "diverse" then yeah, he certainly has a diverse set of advisors.

 

Exactly, it is about respect. Many people have died for that flag and the right to be an A hole I guess. If you don't respect your county, how can you respect yourself.

Maybe thats why some are so angry and miserable????

 

What tradition? No really.How is wearing a flag pin a national tradition? And just what is a national tradition anyway? I dont recall seeing any photos of Eisenhower wearing a flag pin. Does that mean he had no repsect for national teadition? How about Tyler or Harrison or Wilson or Hoover? Dont see any images of them wearing a flag pin. You sound like some old guy from the early 70's. ''These kids with thier long hair havr no respect for this country.''. If you can show me where this ''traditon'' originated and how not wearing one shows one's disDain for this counrty, I'd be grateful.

 

Forget it. Its petty. And I dont want to go over this crap again. Just reminds me of some butt hole who pays for a license plate that has USA printed on it. As if someone seeing the plate without it might get confused between Texas, USA and Texas, Switzerland.

 

No probs DanR, Mr Jones has been expired.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_adviser_resigns

Beck predicted it Thursday, and darnit, I know that peeves the left. Beck was right again.


I do wondor tho, why the current administration can accomplish nothing at all with the current power grid they control.

Never underesitmate the power of the Americans, left or right.

It is going to be a bloodbath in 2010, this is just the beggining. Goodbye Harry.

 

How many of his advisors have lied to Congress and been convicted of it I wonder Now one of President GW Bush's Czars had and what makes me laugh is he was the Democracy Czar- Elliott Abrams (A convicted fellon 1991 withheld info from Congress)
So he agreed with something Chevez & Castro said big deal, any one care to show me were it is written in stone that he can not agree with something they say? also lets be honest here what he was talking about was the Illigality of the removal of a countries leader in his own back yard by that countries armed forces. If he had not commented you lot would have been screaming that he did not care LOL
Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Franklin what posts do they hold in the administration?

Any one sort of recall that this began before he got into office!! or is that too much of a stretch for you to do, come on lets have some honesty here

Tripeling of the national debt

Near double digit unemployment

Spending America into oblivion

 

Hmmm. Seems your ignore proof.
From now on I'll just go
blah blah blah blah and move on.

 

Flag pins are dumb. Or, I guess I really mean that the reasons for which 99% of the congress people wear them are dumb.

 

What??

Proof of Obama's judgement maybe? An indication of the people he chooses to surround himself with?

 

Are they part of his administration David? Or are they perhaps just people he has known and in some cases been involved with! do they visit with him on a daily/weekly/monthly basis? what is his present relationship with them?
Now some round here have been saying that He had a convicted fellon working as one of his Czars "Van Jones" We have since found out that he was not convicted so I had a little look round and found that President GW Bush actualy did have a Czar who was convicted of lying to Congress in 1991!!

 

Huh? Have you been reading here over the past year? Do you just have a really short term memory?

AJ just gave you the short list! If a guy really wanted to take some time, it would be bad.
Who's the most recent guy that had to resign over past inflamatory statements he made that they hoped would never surface? The guy formerly in charge of the green energy initiatives? Sorry. Hadn't had a chance to read that one yet. It's been hard to keep up with all the misfits he's brought on to federal payrolls and their issues.

I think you're the one grasping at straws.

 

Grasping at straws is the exact term.
Lay out a foundation of dissent and reason, and they will pick some of substance like " pins are gay " instead of missle defense or our economy or tax cheats.

The subject here is our problems with the POTUS, not if pins are cool.

Why picks the smallest most micro topic and turn it into an opinion piece rather than debate fact? You should apply for a job with Air America, I hear they need writers. ( and stations to carry them )

Just a typical liberal tactic. Subject change is the game. The game started as " why we dislike Obama " and turns into pins are gay. The smallest of minds will choose the smallest of topics.......

Pins were about the brotherhood and pride in America after 9-11, sorry if you dont feel that. Perhaps you should leave? With all of the Cubans leaving and dying to escape that country, I am sure there are vacancy's.

WTF.

C'mon folks, dont you have anything better?

Are you glad that the guy you voted for told you he would control spending , but instead has spent more than ALL presidents COMBINED ?

Are you glad that you voted for a president who vowed to " go line by line and eliominate all earmarks " yet has signed in over 9000 earmarks since innauguration day?

Are you glad that you voted for a president who promised transparency and " any bill before congress would be online for public viewing for 5 days prior to the vote " has snuck in 300 page ammendments in the dead of night?

All we have is the X Van Jones? Are you freakin serious? Is this a freakin joke?

 

Nah. I think it's just good old fashioned denial. If some people ever opened their eyes and took in the reality of this situation like the other 50% of the public prepared for and has done, those people wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
Living in an excuse filled bubble with your ears plugged apparently works wonders for some people.

What I'm seeing is people in general and the media, grasping at straws, reaching for the most minute, positive, detail they can bring to light in order to prove Obama was the right choice after all. If there isn't a minute detail available, find a fluff story to take a jab at the republican party. Yawn.

Isn't it funny how you had to hear about how Bush lied about WMD's in Iraq over and over for years?! Then Clinton lied about Lewinsky. But Obama's lies have ALREADY topped them all combined.............AND NOT A WORD!!!!!
Only protection.
The left has worn out the broom sweeping them under the rug. We need a whirlwind of B.S. news stories so no campaign promise lie gets more than a passing moment for people to process (for themselves) before they're thinking about the next day's events.

This administration is fortunate that the general public has such short term memories. If Obama doesn't suffer over-whelming defeat for a second term, we may as well install him as dictator and be done with it. The people want to be controlled as long as there's handouts. There's no sense in having the fuss of another election.

 

No one but you said flag pins were gay. And you were the one who mentioned them in the first place. And flag pins didnt start after 9/11. That is just stupid to say. Talk about small minds. What? If you dont wear one you arent american? Thats so immature. Pres. Nixon wore one during his time in office. And I think that was before 2001. So there goes that theory. And didnt the last pres spend more than all presidents before him? And the one before him do the same? And so on. Wassamatta? Did you forget the Alamo? Do you wear a coon skin cap too? ''If you dont like perhaps you should leave.''. Just about the dumbest thing I ever read.