Arianna Huffington Thanks Glenn Beck for Making Van Jones Resign

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With each passing day, it becomes clear the liberal media are imploding along with the man they corruptly put in the White House.

Today's example: according to Arianna Huffington, Glenn Beck has done Van Jones a big favor by putting so much pressure on Barack Obama's "green jobs czar" that he was forced to resign in disgrace.

Honestly, only a liberal media member could spin someone's resignation in such a distorted fashion.

But that's exactly what the proprietor of the Huffington Post did Monday evening in a piece entitled "Thank You, Glenn Beck!":

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Thank you, Glenn Beck. By helping force the resignation of Van Jones, you have done a great service to your country. But in the exact opposite way than what you intended.

Your vile and vicious smear campaign has helped reverse one of the worst examples of miscasting since John Wayne took on the role of Genghis Khan in The Conqueror. [...]

Now, thanks to Glenn Beck, we've got that voice back. No longer tied to his desk with a sock in his mouth, Van is now freed to do what he does best: inspire and energize groups around the country. Student groups and labor groups and small business groups and middle class Americans everywhere who are losing jobs and losing homes and losing hope. He's free to push with all his might and insight for the vision tens of millions of Americans tirelessly worked for during the presidential campaign -- the vision they voted for in November -- but which is now in danger of being drowned in the fetid political swamps of Washington. [...]

Glenn Beck has taken Van out of his in-the-shadows position and thrust him into the spotlight. I told Van after his resignation that I hope he will take the extra attention and energy Beck created for him and, like a jujitsu black belt, turn the blow into an opening, an opportunity to transform the negative attack into something positive for himself and for the country.

Yeah, you're right, Arianna.

Now that Jones -- a person very few Americans ever heard of before he disgraced himself -- no longer has unlimited tax-payer dollars behind him, or the bully pulpit of being a member of the current Administration, he's much more likely to be able to spread his vile message.

And what's the color of the sky in your world?  

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.


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Vile and Vicious Smears = TRUTH

Arianna,

You are one lost soul.

Tc... Of course she

Tc...

Of course she is...she sold that to the highest bidder long ago.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

It is all Greek to

It is all Greek to Arianna...

d1...    ;-) ...that

d1...

   ;-)

...that it is.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

Did Arianna mention this in

Did Arianna mention this in her piece...I refuse to click over there... check out this link:

http://canadafreepre...

d1... ...and the circle,

d1...

...and the circle, won't be broken...

What a great find!!!

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

Huffington also ran for CA governor.

Remember during the recall election when Arianna started free associating into a microphone set up for a Schwarzeneggar news conference, then knocked over the microphone when she was asked to go away, since nobody considered her a serious candidate.

She looked like a fool them, just as she looks like one now. Nobody considers her a serious journalist.

Huffington also ran for CA governor.

Remember during the recall election when Arianna started free associating into a microphone set up for a Schwarzeneggar news conference, then knocked over the microphone when she was asked to go away, since nobody considered her a serious candidate.

She looked like a fool them, just as she looks like one now. Nobody considers her a serious journalist.

She's a dingbat.

Nothing more, nothing less.

 

"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann

Phew, I'm dizzy...

I'm looking at Huffy's picture there and it's spinning so bad I can't focus!

Fortunately, the white house has addressed the vetting situation, and for anyone who hasn't seen the new Waki page- here's a screencap.

moonbat

gosh Arianna changed her hair style...lol..  looks like the butt of donkey..

 

loved that write up... 

Just wondering...

I was just wondering how you can launch a vile and vicious smear campain by using complete, in context quotes of the person that is supposedly being smeared?

Arianna, do you mean that actual quotes, recording, and video can not be used as proof?

I bet Beck was happy to oblige

If Arianna wants, I bet Glenn Beck would be more than happy to petition for the release of more czars into the wild.   

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds”

Samuel Adams

Ah ha!

Ah ha!

I see what Ariana is saying.  She thinks this guy is going to be like Sarah Palin is after she resigned.  As if anything Jones says now will have great impact.

As if . . . I doubt he is going to derail any legislation with a mere two words.

→ He's a quitter!!

Van Jones is a gutless QUITTER!!

QUITTER!  QUITTER!  QUITTER!  QUITTER!

We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy

Quitter Van Jones?

Quitter Van Jones . . .

That has a certain ring to it.   ;-)

Who's laughing now, Ariana?

Huffington: "No longer tied to his desk with a sock in his mouth, Van is now freed to do what he does best: inspire and energize groups around the country. . . "

But he won't do it with any kind of quasi-governmental authority, and he won't do it on the taxpayers' dime. 

Huffington: . . . Student groups and labor groups and small business groups and middle class Americans everywhere who are losing jobs and losing homes and losing hope.

Van Jones would never be appealing to small business groups or middle-class Americans.  His agenda was a one of so-called social justice masked by ineffective Green-voodoo.

 

 

Not only that, but now that

Not only that, but now that he has no official position, no vast resources, what major influence does he have?

He still has influence

You think that just because he doesn't have an official title he is now impotent?  He still has contacts and Obama's ear...he still works for the shadow government....its just a company transfer really.

Van Jones the Quiter

So the elites and the left kept the drum beat that Sarah Palin was a quiter.  Where is that language for Van?  And why all the venom for conservatives...we didn't force anything...all we did was expose.

And where is the outrage toward Obama...oh there's pockets here and there...but really lefties, your anger should be at Van  Obama, as he didn't defend his mirror.

→ Wow ConVoice.

Beat me by one minute.

I don't care.  I'm stealing it for my tagline.

Van Jones is a Quitter - CV

Cool Arrow

You can give credit to Free Stinker, it was his mentioning of Sarah Palin that I had my ah ha moment :)

→ Same inspiration

That's exactly where i got it.

Point goes to FS.

Van Jones is a Quitter - FS

Noel, this is from your "You

Noel, this is from your "You can't make this stuff up" file, right?

You're very welcome, Arianna!

"... Van is now freed to do what he does best: inspire and energize groups around the country..."

Nope...got that wrong, Arianna...Van is now free to travel the country, speaking to wacked out groups of Obamatons like him, while spreading his radical, racist, communist propaganda...And now, he can do this WITHOUT being paid by the American taxpayer.

Again, you're welcome, Arianna! 

"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan

Glenn Beck has the power

Now that Glenn Beck has all this power to make people quit, maybe he can make Arianna go away!

Oh, wouldn't that be...

fandamtastic?? Not likely, but we can hope!!!  ;) 

"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan

Let's give Czarina Valerie

Let's give Czarina Valerie Jarrett the same opportunity as Van Jones.

Zha-Zha speaks

"Eeets OK, he deedn't want to spend 30 billion dollarz on hees half-baked socialized programs anyway.  Thank You, Glenn Beck!"

 

Yeah, right, toots. 

The Gold-Digger has spoken!

The Gold-Digger has spoken!  Next...

mm... Yep...Ariana can

mm...

Yep...Arianna can stab one in the back quicker than Hillary can pull her knife out.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

This woman is a head case.

 

 Glenn Beck's "...vile and vicious smear campaign..." by revealing Van Jones with his own words?

Arianna, the fetid fever swamp is between your ears.

I don't trust anyone that trusts Barack Obama!

the lady speaks

I was so waiting to hear what Bertha Mason's opinion on this would be.

 

Hey, Arianna!

Here's BIG hint for ya, Honey.

In life, no one can MAKE you do anything.  Human beings have free will.  Van Jones CHOSE to resign.

Glenn Beck found the words of Van Jones freely available on the internet.  He found it in several forms; print and video.  Glenn Beck only exposed those findings and asked questions regarding their content.

That Van Jones felt enough shame/guilt because the exposure of his own (past and recent) words, thoughts, plans, and policies being offered to the White House (and the public) because they were now being reasonably subjected to a rational and logical scrutiny, it is ONLY Van Jones that caused himself to step out the door.

Typical liberal tactic, though.  David Horowitz, a former Communist, was on Beck last week talking about how the left ALWAYS attempts to blame their opposition for MAKING them behave in a certain way.  Mr Horowitz even mentions you, Arianna, and quickly mentions how no one changes their politics over night - except for you.

Fox News
September 4, 2009
Reformed Radical (10:50)
Former Self-Avowed Communist, David Horowitz, Gives Insight Into Militant Movement

You choose your own behavior, Arianna.  You choose how you will react to any given situation.  No one has the power to MAKE anyone respond to a situation in a given way.

Pathetic attempt at false blame, Arianna.  But you had to save face with the loons with whom you associate, besides, they made you write the article.  That's clear.  They'd expect nothing less than your willingness to comply.  You chose to comply.

the left loves quitters

I mean, he resigned in the middle of his job, just gave it up and walked away, because of what? Too much "distraction"? Everyone in politics has to take a few punches. If he couldn't handle the heat then he shouldn't have went into the kitchen.

The right isn't worried about Van Jones at all, because he's a nobody now. He's a quitter. A has-been. Exposed as a weakling who can't handle pressure. His career is over.

That's what happens to government officials who resign their post for no reason.....right?

 

→ Quitter Jones

Yup, candance.

He's a quitter, all right.

Wonder if he's got any young daughters David Letterman wants to make disgusting jokes about?

Yeah, I guess ol' Letterman will have weeks of material for this quitter.

Van Jones is a Quitter - FS

candance

A guest on Fox News this morning said Van Jones chose 12:01 am as his hour of resignation; the hour historically chosen for executions.

The irony is simply exquisite, isn't it?

A Van Jones Postscript

"Vile and vicious smear campaign"?  Not when the it's truth and then some: 

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/09/024460.php

"Life's tough.....It's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne 

Van Jones will be forgotten in a minute...

Van who??? Huffington, you just keep telling yourself that you and your kind are important and doing all of us who don't know what is best for us what we need...thanks for your concern...

 Limbaugh, Beck, Ingraham, Malkin and Coulter speak for me...So I can speak against those who would take away my Constitution.

Reading Between the Lines

"Now, thanks to Glenn Beck, we've got that voice back. ....... tied to his desk with a sock in his mouth, Van is now freed to do what he does best:...me..."

"He's free to push with all his might.....tirelessly....being drowned in the fetid...swamps.."

"I told Van after his resignation that I hope he will take the extra attention and energy Beck created for him and, like a jujitsu black belt, .......blow into an opening,...."

Whadda ya mean, out of context. Her words, not mine. Heh heh heh.

"Life's tough.....It's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne 

Let me see if I got Arianna

Let me see if I got Arianna right. She is gleefully looking forward to MORE YouTube videos of Jones vile Marxist racist speeches? New stuff? Not these ''this was a yuteful mistake'' clips?

Wow -- that sounds like a great damage control plan Ari...

Us conservatives are going to run out of popcorn if this liberal logic keeps up.

I honestly believe that if

I honestly believe that if this womans brain were on the edge of a razor blade, it would look like a BB rolling down an 8 lane highway.

 

A liberal who is actually working and not sucking on the gov teet...must be a Republican in training.

"Van is now freed to do be

"Van is now freed to do be what he is - an unrepentant communist."

Fixed that for ya Ari.

Arianna,   You will be

Arianna,

 

You will be thanking Glenn Beck again very soon . .  very soon indeed.  Calling Dr. Sunstein, calling Dr. Sunstein .  . 

mitch.. Yep, he's next up

mitch..

Yep, he's next up to the bat.

As a quick add on regarding all of this....I haven't seen TV since early this morning, the one thing I did notice the little I caught, was FOX talking about Mark Lloyd as well....I was very happy to see this...

Let the games begin!

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

Ya Know . . .

. . . . It's times, and write-ups like the Huffer's, that make me wonder if a situation on a Right leaning website, for an example - Falling Aces (anyplace really), ever showed disgust for the truth where someone rants-off and projects and out-and-out lies in an article like the one Anrianna just did.  I know that sentence is strange but are you getting my drift?

I mean, she's not even on the same plane of existence in her blathering. Find the truth about the Van Jones resignation in her ''piece'', other than Arianna wanting Van to go back doing what he basically got exposed doing - which is quite extreme for ANYONE in the White Hizzie's administration.  Or even on any government payroll - anywhere.  I mean, do you want that nutcase wacko racist Commie delivering YOUR mail?

I can't wait for Glenn to go through the other Czars and their backgrounds.  Let's force the ''Most Transparent'' administration to show some transparency.

Hussein!?!  Peek-A-Boo!!!

You know..

I never really belived Arianna was the "right" opposed to Al Franken waaaay back in the day (1995) on "Strange Bedfellows" on the original Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central. Bil Maher even then just couldn't countenance real opposition to his views.

I think you're right,but also...

Franken gave her one too many dutch ovens and she got bloat of the brain. She is an idiot.

Van Jones is forever linked to Barak Obama

Huffington forgot one thing.  If Jones goes around shooting his mouth off, what will people think?  "This is the guy Barak Obama made the mistake of hiring.  Why didn't President Obama realize this guy was going to be such a problem to begin with?"   Which will serve to further embarrass The White House. 

→ But Obama didn't know

"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully.
The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The
Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists
." - Barack Obama

But no way did he know Van Jones believed America had it coming on 9-11.

Yeah, Barry. that's just a cold sore.  You'll still love him in the morning, and the check's in the mail.

Van Jones is a Quitter - FS

I want to focus on Mr. Sheppard here for a minute.

    With each passing day, it becomes clear the liberal media are imploding along with the man they corruptly put in the White House.

  I have been coming here for a few years now and it appeared that NewBusters would just be a voice in the wilderness. Nothing would change.

  But these last few months, I am finally seeing cracks. This may be the beginning of the end. The MSM came unhinged in the 2004 election and completely hitched their wagon to the Obama horse last year. It is no longer us that sees the bias. The American people are waking up.

  Or are we just getting too hopeful? 

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Hopeful, but not complacent.

Hopeful, but not complacent. Until these 60 somethings rotate out of the political system, we need to on guard for the country's survival.  

              

                      She is just another journalistic joke.....                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

my hero-G. Gordon Liddy-

has hired some very capable guys from Blackwater as a security team for Glenn Beck?

BHO-  THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE

 

 

 

Dunce with the devil

Arianna is to journalism what dunce caps are to education.

Oops! Is that politically incorrect? I so apologize.  I actually think Ms. Huffington is one of the brighter intellects on the left. :-) 

metaphorsbwithu

Answer these

Arianna, answer these simple questions about your ex-husband and Van Jones:

What did you know?

When did you know it?

Arianna has a really short

Arianna has a really short attention span. Remember back in 2008 when Obama (actually his speechwriter) had to make a full-tilt floozedoodle speech on ''racism'' to lower the heat on the Rev. Wright kerfluffle? It worked and managed to bury the story for a while until some genius (obviously a grad of the Huffington School of Political Science) thought it would be a swell idea to have Wright talk before the National Press Club.

How'd that work out Ari? It's best to keep Crazy Uncles locked in the upstairs bedroom.

I have one more question for Arianna Dollink:

What do you know about the disappearance of Arnold Ziffel?