RSSUnlike the MSM, Political Blogger The Gateway Pundit Did Cover Green Czar Van Jones from Start to Resignation … Van Jones Never Filled out Vetting Questionnaire
The Obama White House promised that they would be the most ethical and transparent 
Administration ever. They promised most extensive and invasive application and vetting process ever like no other Administration before them.
So when all the the baggage of radical communist Van Jones was so easily exposed with simple Google searches, it gave a moment to pause. How could all of the information that was exposed by bloggers like Van Jones’ “ahole” comment, or his White polluters steered poison into minority communities, his signature on the 9–11 Truther doc, and his support of cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal have been missed.
How did the Obama vetting process miss this? Why didn’t the MSM investigative process uncover it?
The Gateway Pundit has been on the Van Jones story from the outset. The question has been, why wasn’t the MSM? Jim Hofts, The Gateway Pundit was on the Dana Pretzer Show last night discussing Van Jones, how a radical could have received such a position and the MSM’s unwillingness to cover the story. Listen below to the Gateway Pundit on Scared Monkeys radio.
Dana Pretzer Interview with Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit [0:38m]: | Download
Either Van Jones filled out the application falsely, the White House never bothered to read it or Van Jones never filled it out. Ding, Ding, Ding … We have a winner!
Question 61 reads as follows: “Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used – even unfairly – to impugn or attack your character and qualifications for government service?”
Van Jones never filled out the 63 question, 7 page questionnaire used to vet everyone in the Obama Administration that was supposed to have a Cabinet position or a high ranking advisory position in the White House. The question now would be, why not? A person in charge of $60 billion in green stimulus money is not high ranking?
”I asked a White House official today if Van Jones filled out that famous seven-page, 63-question questionnaire that the White House put forward to everyone who was either going to have a Cabinet position or a high-ranking advisory position in the White House. Van Jones did not,” Fox News White House Correspondent Major Garrett reported Monday.
As stated by Ben Smith, “A White House official told me yesterday that Van Jones “was not as thoroughly vetted as other administration officials.” I guess the question would be, how about at all?
But many, many officials, from relatively obscure advisers like Jones to the most powerful White House staffers, aren’t confirmed by the Senate, and the suggestion that serious vetting didn’t extend to Jones’s level has raised some eyebrows from past White House officials.
A Bush Administration White House lawyer emails his thoughts:
During the Bush Administration any White House staffer with policymaking or public responsibilities would have undergone substantial vetting. At a minimum, the potential hire would have been asked the umbrella question “is there anything in your background that — fairly or unfairly — might be used to cause embarrassment to you or the President.” In, addition, anyone with a West Wing office had to undergo a national security background investigation based on the SF-86 form in order to get a permanent badge. That form includes very detailed questions about associations with anti-government groups. If Jones was asked either set of questions, the information that led to his resignation should have been disclosed.
How naive is this White House that anyone would believe that this story is over. Obama still has questions that need to be answered. A resignation under the cloak of darkness on a Holiday weekend does not make it go away. Is it any wonder why Obama’s poll numbers are going down and people are beginning not to trust him on issues.
If the Obama White House thinks the midnight under-the-bus departure of Van Jones silenced criticism of the appointment of a communist, troofer-trash adviser, they are in for a surprise. The media has belatedly realized something is very wrong here.
Allah Pundit rips all of the Obama nonsense apart and does not believe their story for one minute. Great rant and spot on!
Posted September 7, 2009 by Scared Monkeys Barack Obama, Bloggers, Media, Obama Czars, Obamanation, Politics, Scandal, Socialism, WTF | 9 comments |
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Incredible.
But not surprising. This is another example of Obama’s contempt for the voters, especially those who supported him.
But you are right. Jim Hoft did an incredible job on this story. He’s an inspiration for right of center bloggers.
Very Rank!….Actually, what in the heck is the handling
of $60 billion or so of Other People’s Money between
a couple of fine friends anyway? This brother is so cool
he doesn’t need to stop and fill out no stinking paperwork.
Daylight does make the cockroaches scatter!
BS…The President KNEW of this communist and racist past. His wife, Michelle Obama, PRESSED for his hiring. Maybe Jones is screwing Obama’s wife?
one more communist off the list, but several more to go. hopefully pelosi and reid follow shortly.
How many of Mr. President’s other “Czars” forgot to fill out the paperwork???
I doubt very much that BO or anyone supposedly doing the vetting in his administration were one bit surprised by Van Jones’ background. It’s not like these facts were buried deep. And it’s not like this administration would be surprised or put off by an avowed communist, radical, racist.
#3- Hey, Scott—Van Jones was a tool and he’s the biggest BIGOTED RACIST arsehole in the whole lot…..got to ask you, though….what was the need for that sexist comment about him screwing Michelle Obama? Come on, now. Even if she did press for his appointment, that doesn’t make them romantically involved.
The Chosen one’s inexperience is enough to land him in the middle of all his own messes—designed by his own hand- just wanted to point out that remark was not necessary.
Obamanos was walking along the snow one day and saw obamanos sucks written in urin, He got mad and had the secret service check for DNA and writing samples. A week later the results are in and the secret service tells him we got good news and bad news: The good news is Michelle’s writing and the bad news is its Van Jones urin
does anyone know where claire mc caskill positions herself on the nomination of SIEU hack craig becker’s nomination for NLRB!!