Van Jones.. You more interested in ratings than telling the truth?

[busterbrown]

Jesus Christ.. I’ve put you on my useless list.. Brian Williams, Chris Mathews and now you..


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JONES: He became president of the United States in that moment, period. There are a lot of people who have a lot of reason to be frustrated with him, to be fearful of him, to be mad of him, but that was one of the most extraordinary moments you have ever seen in American politics, period. And he did something extraordinary.

USELESS!

[world wide wally]

1. Huge disappointment

[boston bean]

2. Narcissists attract. He probably thinks his farts smell like roses too.

I have not like for a while. Throughout the general election he was sympathetic to trump and cold to Hillary.

Harmful to dems. There must be a reason obama got rid of him.

[msongs]

3. the same van jones that was wildly worshipped on DU a few months back? didnt follow those

stories so taking a wild guess

[sarcasmo]

4. Van lost his dignity last night.

[brutus smith]

5. Hey van

are you looking for a job with trump? Disgusting!

[tblue37]

6. Mad OF him? nt

[Raster]

7. one word: bootlicker

[Wellstone ruled]

8. So much for you Political Career

as a Democrat Mr. Jones. What you said is and was political suicide .

[GeorgeGist]

9. I'm pretty sure he likes his paycheck ...

more than the truth.

[Skittles]

10. he made a fucking fool of himself

lost ALL credibility

[nikibatts]

11. Without that last, well staged and played display of emotional "gotcha" the speech ratings would be

40 point lower. Trump used it to cover more questioning about the way he came to approve the mission.

Condolences to the widow and her children. It really was sad on so many levels.

Although other Presidents have used similar moments to honor and herald military heroes, I don't think any other President has used the occasion to absolve themselves of responsibility for the lives lost.

[kstewart33]

12. One of the most extraordinary moments ever?

I have no idea what this man is talking about.

I'm old enough to remember many extraordinary moments (e.g., Nixon's 'my mother was a saint' in his farewell speech before boarding the helicopter, Reagan's 'tear down this wall!' etc.) in American politics.

However, Trump's so-called honoring the deceased Navy Seal and exploiting his grieving wife? It is only extraordinary in Trump's devious, manipulative use of a tragedy.

If this is Jones' benchmark for Trump emerging as a true American president, Jones needs to recalibrate his thinking.

[Maven]

13. Ugh. Reading that makes me cringe with embarrassment for him.

Seriously, he just looks like an idiot.

[randr]

14. Only thing extaordinary he did was get away with using a widow of a slain soldier who he killed.

Jones may have been moved but he was looking at the mirrors and not the image.