Obama 'green jobs' adviser quits amid controversy

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones said in his resignation statement. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

A Wise man once told me to never trust a Politician , Van Jones while not actually being a politician ,He Sure acts like one !
Deceit is the political way anymore , you come up in your career saying whatever you want , having an agenda ( Usually one out of touch with the mainstream )Joining orgs, starting orgs , and so on ! Van Jones did all this .
Being a Communist Revolutionary , and a Black nationalist , who thinks Republicans are assholes (See video Below) , and making comments about white people being responsible for all the ills of the U.S , and then denying it all, Makes him The worst kind of racist around ! nevermind the fact that he thinks 9/11 was pulled off (or let happen ) By the Government !
And Obama thinks he is a good Guy ? WTF

Washington post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's environmental adviser Van Jones, who became embroiled in a controversy over past inflammatory statements, has resigned his White House job after what he calls a "vicious smear campaign against me."

The resignation, announced early Sunday, came as Obama is working to regain his footing in the contentious health care debate.

Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.

Jones issued an apology on Thursday for his past statements. When asked the next day whether Obama still had confidence in him, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said only that Jones "continues to work in the administration."

The matter surfaced after news reports of a derogatory comment Jones made in the past about Republicans, and separately, of Jones's name appearing on a petition connected to the events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. That 2004 petition had asked for congressional hearings and other investigations into whether high-level government officials had allowed the attacks to occur.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones said in his resignation statement. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

Jones said he has been "inundated with calls from across the political spectrum urging me to stay and fight."

But he said he cannot in good conscience ask his colleagues to spend time and energy defending or explaining his past.

Because , they would easily dig up everything that you have said , most of which is on Video ! You have no defense ! You drove your own Knife in your back jackass !(this has been updated several times , the original article now reads different !)

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